Japan Hands Over the Girls’ Hostel to School in Lalitpur

By TRN Online, Kathmandu, Nov 25: Japan handed over the girls' hostel to Shree Kali Devi Secondary School (SKDSS) in Bagmati Rural Municipality, Lalitpur on Monday.

Ambassador of Japan to Nepal KIKUTA Yutaka has attended the handover ceremony.

Under the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects (GGP) of the Japanese government, the project to construct a furnished girls’ hostel at SKDSS was supported with USD 156,881 (approximately NPR 20.5 million).

According to a press release of the Embassy of Japan in Kathmandu, on the occasion, Ambassador Kikuta congratulated and expressed his appreciation for the efforts of all those involved in the project.

Previously, students, especially female students, who lived far from the school were forced to walk long distances and hours to get to school or rent rooms in the communities near the school. This situation made it difficult for them to concentrate on their school life. However, the newly constructed girls' hostel provides a more suitable and secure environment for them.

The ambassador mentioned that the school’s classroom buildings were rebuilt with the support of Japan under the Emergency School Reconstruction Project after the 2015 earthquake and that the learning and living environment for students will be further enhanced with the establishment of the hostel.

He also expressed his hope that everyone involved - the local community, the school, and the families - will be committed to continuing the good maintenance of the hostel and that the project will be an opportunity for a better future for the children and for the further development of the community.

He also encouraged the students to grow up as people who can work for the development of the society in Nepal and play an active role as a bridge between Japan and Nepal in the future.