OUR PROJECTS
During 2022, UniCon started projects in 3 areas: Pokhara – Kaski, Fedikhola – Syngja and Moujwa – Okhaldhunga.
Target for 2023: Rupendehi, Kapilbastu, Kailali.
AVIATION & STEM EDUCATION
UniCoN recognizes the global need for a more robust and diverse aviation workforce for the future. To achieve this vision, we have been partnering with the AeroStar Avion Institute in Chicago, the Pokhara International Airport, and the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal to provide Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) education and aviation career orientation sessions at public schools.
we will be facilitating workforce development sessions for women and girls to demonstrate the vast array of opportunities that that comes with pursuing an aviation career. UniCoN recognizes that Pokhara’s new international airport will be one of the largest employment services of young people. UniCoN wants to promote women’s access to STEM and aviation careers in Pokhara.
SHREE GANESH BASIC SCHOOL RENOVATION
Shree Ganesh Basic school is a public educational centre.
The current School’s structure is dangerously close to collapsing, with roof issues, deteriorating walls, slippery floors and doors that are coming off their hinges. There is no electricity in the classrooms and natural light is very poor because windows are obstructed. Classes are flooded and full of humidity during the rainy seasons and cold during the winter. Parents and school administrators are worried that such a structure could put children’s health and safety at risk and cause an unanticipated catastrophe. Additionally, such a setting is aesthetically demotivating for kids to learn without proper furniture, decoration and materials to create a child friendly spaces. There is not a clean, lively environment for children to pursue their education.
United Community Nepal is raising funds to process as soon as possible with the school structure renovation and provide a safe learning space preventing early school drop outs. Furthermore, our intention to build aditional educational facilities for the school will enrich teacher’s primary and secondary students avoiding longs walks to reach the nearest educational center.
COMPUTER COMMUNITY LITERACY
CCLP is a development project to be implemented in Fedikhola, Kaski.
In Nepal, it is still common that children and adolescents drop out of basic education or do not continue their studies for different reasons: economic problems, lack of awareness in families, high cost of education or the geographical situation are some of them. In Fedhikola, the main problem is the lack of educational and leisure activities. Despite the fact that the distance between the village and the main urban centre is apparently small, the reality is that the road’s condition , the communications and the added cost of travelling to the city to access these services mean that people belonging to the most vulnerable families cannot afford this ”luxury”.
Fedikhola Smart Resource Centre will enable disadvantaged children and youth (especially girls) with the opportunity to learn and develop skills and innovations.
AVIATION AND STEM EDUCATION FOR NEPALESE GIRLS
UniCoN recognizes the global need for a more robust and diverse aviation workforce for the future. To achieve this vision we have been partnering with the AeroStar Avion Institute in Chicago, the Pokhara International Airport, and the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal to provide Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) education and aviation career orientation sessions at public schools.
So far, we have facilitated productive sessions to 1793 students from Grades 9 and 10 at 7 public schools.
We will be facilitating workforce development sessions for women and girls to demonstrate the vast array of opportunities that that comes with pursuing an aviation career. UniCoN recognizes that Pokhara’s new international airport will be one of the largest employment services of young people. UniCoN wants to promote women’s access to STEM and aviation careers in Pokhara.
