What is "Euta Kitaab Euta Kaapi" and how can you help flourish education in Nepal?

With chaos still mongering in the soils of Nepal after the recent disaster that destroyed the lives of so many and engulfed many historical & cultural heritages, many organizations and individuals are still struggling to help stabilize the lives of people. Fear stuck, many people are still not comfortable sleeping in their houses. While many teachers and students also suffers the same I'd still considered them to be lucky for they have their schools in a working condition. Education in Nepal has always been facing challenges in Nepal with an literacy rate of only 56.6 %¹, the recent earthquake has further added nothing but only obstacle for this developing country where child labor and child trafficking is still a major problem yet to be solved.

With a vision to provide aid for the unfortunate children who are unable to manage to go to school due to poverty and lack of resources, a local NGO from the city of Bhaktapur, My Earth Nepal (estd: 2011), initiated a project by the name  "Euta Kitaab Euta Kaapi" from 14^th of June, 2015. Their mission, through this project is to make educational resources like stationery items, school bags, uniforms etc available to those who cannot afford. They began this project being focused in rural areas where, the only means of transportation is by foot and other NGOs haven't yet paid their visit or attention.

 

Currently, the organization is striving with funds collected from within the board members and a little help from their friends abroad which certainly is not going to sustain them for the life time of this project as they do not will to put a period on their mission by making it to only one place. Their dream is to reach out to all the needy hands in every corner of the nation and pave a way for an educated generation.

Before involving themselves in this project, My Earth Nepal actively worked in various relief program after the Earthquake on the 25th of April, 2015. Sanitation in temporary shelter was their prime focus as they were well aware of the possibilities of disease outbreaks in such conditions. They also teamed up with various other organizations to build semi-permanent shelters, distribute medical and food items, tents etc.

Despite with fewer hands to help, My Earth Nepal is walking strong towards rebuilding Nepal and hopes to gain attraction of passionate youths who are willing to devout their time and efforts to bring forth a positive change in Nepal.
If you are in Nepal, if you are willing to see positive change in Nepal and if you believe that change comes from within you, don't just share this news but be a part of it.
To learn more about this project, you can contact the My Earth Nepal team through their facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/MyEarthNepal

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1. http://www.unesco.org/new/en/kathmandu/about-this-office/single-view/news/unesco_celebrates_international_literacy_day_in_nepal/#.VbDF8fmqqko

Hey Marshal, Is that an amp in your pocket? No its just an android =D

From nowhere, Marshall leaked plans this morning for a smartphone called London, which it designed with all of the retro style and texture of one of its classic guitar amps. It's a seriously cool look for a smartphone that no one else has really tried before. That's enough to put it on our wish lists, even if the specs inside of it could use a bump. This is a lower-end phone, with a 4.7-inch, 720p display, 2GB of RAM, a 2500 mAh (removable) battery, and a Snapdragon 410 processor. That at least means it has LTE, and the Moto E uses that same processor to power one of the best low-end phones we've seen. Naturally, Marshall's phone is all about music. You can read more about its specs and intentions "here", but if you want a detailed look at its rock and roll stylings, that can all be found down below.
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Who owns the most powerful passport Why is Nepal's passport one of the least desirable in the world?

Australian passports are the ninth most powerful in the world, according to a new online passport index that allows you to sort passports of the world by a 'passport power rank'.

Created by financial advisory firm Arton Capital, the index determines the ranking of a country by calculating how many countries passport holders can visit without an advance visa, or by purchasing visa on arrival.

Those holding Australian passports can visit 138 countries without having to obtain a visa prior to arrival. Czech Republic and Hungarian passport holders are also ranked equal ninth, behind 24 other countries, placing all three countries one spot behind New Zealand passports, ranked eighth most powerful with 139 countries permitting entry without a visa.

USA and UK passports are the most powerful, each possessing a total of 147 countries its citizens can visit without needing a visa.

French, Germany and South Korean citizens tied for second place, with 145 countries.

Passports from places with advanced economies, such as Hong Kong, sitting in the eleventh spot, dominate the list.

Some of the least desirable passports are from Bhutan (40), Myanmar (28), Nepal (38), Afghanistan (38), Iraq (38) and North Korea (44). These countries can be notoriously difficult to get a visa for.

Visa requirements are often an interesting, but overlooked, indicator of national relations, according to The Washington Post.

Countries that are allied usually offer each others' citizens a quick visa on arrival.

Visitors to countries on not-so-friendly terms may have to provide entry and exit information, a letter of invitation, details about where they are staying throughout the trip, as well as paying a hefty fee. Mistakes could be punished by the application process being drawn out, or worse still, rejected.

Recently, Australia was excluded from a list of 45 countries to be offered visa-free travel to Indonesia.

Strained relations over the imminent execution of two convicted Australian drug traffickers were blamed for the exclusion.

Visas were to be waived for several Asian and European countries for reciprocity.

"If we give visa-free travel to Australia, we have to be given the same thing," Tourism Minister Arif Yahya said. "It cannot be that we give it to them first."

Currently, Australians pay $US35 ($A45.76) for entry into Indonesia, which provides them with a 30 day maximum stay. Australian tourists account for 12 per cent of all foreigners visiting Indonesia in 2014, according to the Indonesian statistics bureau.

While the Passport Index does allow you to sort passports by ranking, location and colour, it does not allow you to see which countries specific passports will permit you to enter without a visa.

So, in case you were wondering which country New Zealand passport holders can enter without a visa that Australians can't - it's Brazil.

World's most powerful passports by rank

1. USA, UK (147)

2. France, South Korea, Germany (145)

3. Italy, Sweden (144)

4. Denmark, Singapore, Finland, Japan, Luxembourg, Netherlands (143)

5. Switzerland (142)

6. Spain, Norway, Ireland, Belgium, Portugal (141)

7. Canada, Greece, Austria, Malaysia (140)

8. New Zealand (139)

9. Australia, Czech Republic, Hungary (138)

10. Poland, Slovakia (137)

... and the least powerful

Palestinian Territories, Solomon Islands, Myanmar, South Sudan (28)

Iraq, Afghanistan, Nepal, Ethiopia (38)

To view the full index, click here. 

How a man cleaned up a river while walking to work: A Great inspiration

One Person "CAN" Make A Difference!

Tommy Kleyn of the Netherlands recently cleaned up a river singlehandedly, on his daily walk to work.

“It took me about 30 minutes to fill one garbage bag with trash, but one bag doesn’t make a dent in a place as polluted as this. I vowed to fill one bag of trash each day as I passed this spot,” Kleyn said.

As he picked up trash each day, Kleyn documented his progress by taking pictures and sharing them on a new Facebook page called Project Schone Schie.

Within just six days, Kleyn was able to make significant progress with his clean up effort, and when his neighbors started to notice the difference, they began to chip in as well.

“The idea is to motivate people to fill one garbage bag with litter each year. It only takes 30 minutes, it really makes a difference and you will be amazed about how good you feel afterwards,” he said.

When the story went viral, people from local towns began following in his footsteps and picking areas to clean up on their daily travels. In Kleyn’s area alone, residents have now helped to collect over a ton of trash in just a few short weeks. Now people all over the world are becoming inspired by this story after learning how a little effort can go such a long way.

Can you think of a place that you pass every day that needs to be cleaned up?

Read More: http://www.trueactivist.com/man-cleans-up-trash-from-riverbank-on-his-way-to-work/