Speaking at the camp, Skanda not only told about Dhumbarahi Children's Library, she also shared about the discrimination in education in Nepal and who is suffering from it.
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Representatives of more than 100 higher secondary schools from all states and territories of Australia gathered in Sydney. Skanda Swar was representing Nepal in this four-day meeting of the National Leadership Camp.
Skanda came to the camp to discuss what is the special power of leadership and the necessary skills and abilities for this.
Organized by Burn Bright, an organization run by youth, this camp was attended by student representatives from Nepal and Indonesia for the first time as international representatives. Skanda was one of the two student representatives.
Skanda Dhumbarahi Children's Library has been running the open library concept in Dhumbarahi for two years now. She not only told about this library in the camp, she also shared what kind of discrimination exists in education in Nepal and who is suffering from it.
In a camp attended by students studying in grades 10 to 12, Skanda said that in Nepal, public and private education is running in parallel and most of the students studying in government schools do not have access to books outside the course. She also told the fact that most of the parents studying in government schools are forced to consider buying books outside the course as a luxury.
She shared the example of the library in the government school in Dhumbarahi, where she lives, in front of more than a hundred students from Australia. She said, 'There was a library in the government school but the books and chairs were covered with dust. There was no life .'
Skanda said that students do not go to the library which is open only one day in a week, and she said that after this incident, she came to the thought that she should open a community library.
Skanda, along with her brother Saharsh and friends, has been running an open school for children every Saturday in Dhumbarahi for the last two years. Skanda, who is working on the concept of a community library to encourage children to focus on books and increase reading culture from the current digital addiction, says how she is working by making the slogan 'Read' which means read, 'Exchange' which means exchange, 'Boro' which means borrow and 'Donate'. Experiences are shared among Australian students.
Skanda said that at least 40 students come to Dhumbarahi Children's Library every week and this number is increasing, she said that they continue to try to bring children closer to each other through games like musical chairs to have fun with the library. Having gathered the experience of the
National Leadership Camp, she said, 'Rather than how big your plan is, I got the opportunity to tell how many people it will personally affect.'
She said that she learned a lot from the experiences of international students and the keynote speakers, and said, 'I also got to know and learn what qualities should be in leadership and why a person in leadership should be generous, open and smart.'
