September 2025
Fieldwork in Makwanpurgadhi
In February, Paul and Carine, are part of the team at the Centre for Educational Policies and Practices in Makwanpurgadhi, a rural area in the hills south of Kathmandu. With Amarmaya Lama, educational coordinator, Smarika Limbu, responsible for educational support in the neighbouring Sindhuli District, Michael Rai, general coordinator, and Karna Thing, ecological coordinator, we create new educational materials for the preschool classroom, using nutshells, paint, and cardboard. The children follow suit: they take out their paints and paint themselves on the pump—one of the children is called Bikash! We practise language games in the field in front of the local office, amidst the freshly harvested mustard seeds, receive visits from villagers, and visit several families ourselves. We admire the kitchen at Kalidevi School in Chaap (part of the Post School, designed by KU Leuven Architecture and financed by Bikas), where a hot lunch is prepared for the children every day. The storytelling classroom doubles as a kindergarten classroom, and we teach the children the Flemish traditional song "Hoedje van papier"... in Nepali!
At Hemkarna School, together with the CEPP team and Flynn, intern from Erasmus University College Brussels, we provide training to teachers from all the schools that Bikas supports with CEPP in this area.
Here are a few impressions of our wonderful time together:
That was February 2025! We hope to see you again and work together in 2026!
Your generous donation to account number BE 32 2200 7878 0002 of Bikas npo, with the reference "From school to school," is very welcome to support this project!
With sincere thanks from the children, parents and teachers of so many villages in CEPP's field of work, from all the staff, and from
Paul Beké and Carine Verleye
