Students in Nepal learn about the 7 UNESCO Heritage Sites in Kathmandu Valley in Social Studies at school. Despite being able to list these sites, very few students have visited them, especially students from outside of Kathmandu.
As a reward for all their hard work this last year and as a networking opportunity for students across our different projects, our Panchkal group as well as several of our Nuwakot students travelled to Kathmandu for a 2 day cultural tour during their school holidays. Several of our Kathmandu students took turns being their guides as they visited 5 of the 7 sites - Boudha, Swoyambhu, Bhaktapur Durbar Square, Patan Durbar Square and Pashupatinath.
The students were exhausted but had a great time and now they can relate to these places when they study them at school.
Thanks to Saraswoti and the team for organising and hosting them all and to the Kathmandu students for being such great tour guides.
