{"id":4033,"date":"2016-01-24T18:25:42","date_gmt":"2016-01-24T23:25:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dorjegurung.com\/blog\/?page_id=4033"},"modified":"2026-03-13T21:56:55","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T21:56:55","slug":"kumveshwori-primary-school","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.dorjegurung.com\/blog\/school-profiles\/kumveshwori-primary-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Kumveshwori Primary School"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dorjegurung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Kumveshwori-school-library.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2893 noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/dorjegurung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Kumveshwori-school-library.jpg\" alt=\"Kumveshwori school library\" class=\"wp-image-2893\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dorjegurung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Kumveshwori-school-library.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.dorjegurung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Kumveshwori-school-library-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dorjegurung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Kumveshwori-school-library-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kumveshwori School library. (Photo taken on February 6, 2014)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My first visit to Kuveshwori Primary School was almost two years ago on February 6, 2014. Having helped the school <a href=\"https:\/\/dorjegurung.com\/blog\/2013\/11\/project-update-what-is-this-obsession-people-have-with-books\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">set-up a library<\/a>, that time around, we had visited the school to preside over the <a href=\"https:\/\/dorjegurung.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/reading-in-thangpalkot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Star Reader recognition program<\/a>. On that visit, the celebrations were dampened by the my&nbsp;discovery of the sad story of Kumveshwori&#8217;s Star Reader Muskaan. (You can read about her <a href=\"https:\/\/dorjegurung.com\/blog\/fundraising\/a-fundraiser-run-to-stop-child-trafficking\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/dorjegurung.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/stolen-innocence-and-lost-dreams\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dorjegurung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Khumveshwori-Star-Readers-with-their-prizes.jpeg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2886 noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"602\" src=\"https:\/\/dorjegurung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Khumveshwori-Star-Readers-with-their-prizes.jpeg\" alt=\"Khumveshwori Star Readers with their prizes posing for a group photo.\" class=\"wp-image-2886\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dorjegurung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Khumveshwori-Star-Readers-with-their-prizes.jpeg 1000w, https:\/\/www.dorjegurung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Khumveshwori-Star-Readers-with-their-prizes-300x181.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.dorjegurung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Khumveshwori-Star-Readers-with-their-prizes-768x462.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Khumveshwori Star Readers with their prizes posing for a group photo in their library. For more photos <a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/photos\/107947545697658911765\/albums\/6028045634893177969\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I went back to the school in October 2014 for a reconnaissance visit to talk to the administrators about some of their more urgent physical needs etc. The photo below was taken on that trip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dorjegurung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Kumveshwori-school-0192.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7632 noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"603\" src=\"https:\/\/dorjegurung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Kumveshwori-school-0192.jpg\" alt=\"Kumveshwori school 0192\" class=\"wp-image-7632\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dorjegurung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Kumveshwori-school-0192.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.dorjegurung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Kumveshwori-school-0192-300x151.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dorjegurung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Kumveshwori-school-0192-1024x515.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.dorjegurung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Kumveshwori-school-0192-768x386.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And this is what the <a href=\"https:\/\/dorjegurung.com\/blog\/2015\/05\/nepal-earthquake-mounting-loss\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 25 Earthquake<\/a> reduced the library to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dorjegurung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Post-Quake-Kumveshwori-school-library.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7630 noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1005\" height=\"565\" src=\"https:\/\/dorjegurung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Post-Quake-Kumveshwori-school-library.jpg\" alt=\"Post Quake - Kumveshwori school library\" class=\"wp-image-7630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dorjegurung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Post-Quake-Kumveshwori-school-library.jpg 1005w, https:\/\/www.dorjegurung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Post-Quake-Kumveshwori-school-library-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dorjegurung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Post-Quake-Kumveshwori-school-library-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.dorjegurung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Post-Quake-Kumveshwori-school-library-800x450.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1005px) 100vw, 1005px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; My first visit to Kuveshwori Primary School was almost two years ago on February 6, 2014. Having helped the school set-up a library, that time around, we had visited the school to preside over the Star Reader recognition program. 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