
“I first heard about Nangi village 11 years ago from another volunteer and recently I was lucky enough to volunteer there myself. It was a fantastic experience. The people of Nangi are so welcoming and big hearted and happily include you in their daily life and work. The village and surroundings are just stunning…pine forests, farm land and snow capped mountains.
I had read on the Nangi website from a former volunteer that although the students of Nangi could read and write English quite well, they weren’t very confident speaking English, so that gave me the idea for my project. My original plan was to help the older students learn spoken English but when I arrived, I was instead asked to teach grades 2,3,4 and 5 which was fine. The other part of my project was to get the children reading English books for fun and enjoyment. In Nepal the children learn English from text books that seemed very boring. Before I went to Nangi, I collected second hand books and teaching aids (puzzles, games and picture cards) that were high interest, colourful, culturally appropriate and (most important) light weight and these really helped with the teaching as I was completely hopeless at learning the Nepali language.

TIP: If you want to keep in touch with the outside world take your own laptop. The school has computers but they’re not always available.
1) Teaching the primary children and their teachers basic computer skills and usage. There is a small computer lab with 6 or so computers for the primary classes but it’s not used much at the moment.
2) Helping students with English speaking and reading aloud.
3) Increasing the usage of the books and resources in the library.
2) Helping students with English speaking and reading aloud.
3) Increasing the usage of the books and resources in the library.
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