Kopila Focus - Education for underprivileged children
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|  Tilmaya Gurung (13) and here she is playing with a scrunchy ball. A current craze with children in Nepal you have to keep kicking it up in the air. There are extra points for kicking it behind and to the side.
| |  The River by which many of the children and the parents spend their days as 'daily labourers' breaking stones and collecting sand.
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|  The Out of School class for Dalit and especially underprivileged children, who cannot afford to go to school. The classes are run from 7-9am and the teacher, Jothi Thapa, is a member of a mother's group in Hemja. Her salary is paid by the Child Welfare Concern NGO, but she is monitored and supported by Kopila.
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|  Women have benefited from a credit, through a parents group. Padma Nepali in her field of potatoes which she is now able to grow.
| |  Kuldeep Poudel is a key community member in Hemja. He is a member of the school management committee, an active member of the parents group and also helps the child clubs with their performances.
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Photos by Isabelle Carboni
