What is REED?
The Rural Education and Environment Development Center (REED) was established in 1995 and is registered with the Government of Nepal as a non-profit organization. Although based in Kathmandu, REED works in education and environment development to promote the rights of children, regardless of gender, religion, or class, in rural areas of Nepal.
What does REED stand for?
Rural Education and Environment Development Center (REED)
What is the main purpose of REED?
The purpose of REED is to work in the development of quality education and environment to promote the achievements of the child based on the rights of children, regardless of gender, religion, or class, in rural areas of Nepal.
Why is there a need for REED?
As there are very few NGOs working in the field of quality education and not covering the whole of Nepal, there was a need for another organisation for working in the rural Nepal in the development of education and in the classroom practices so as to develop the achievement of the children so they can be the better creative and productive citizens of Nepal.
When was REED formed?
REED was formed in 1995 by a group of teacher Trainers formally working with the Himalayan Trust Teacher Training Programme in the Solukhumbu region supported by Sir Edmund Hillary the first summiteers of the mighty Everest.
The UNICEF Nepal, Naulekh Foundation a Swiss organisation, Australian Himalayan Foundation and Himalayan Trust UK support REED for the development of quality education in different districts of Nepal.
Initially REED was engaged in the quality education development in the Solukhumbu district with the 65 schools closest to the Everest with no any paid staff, but now REED works in Rasuwa district with 30 schools, Kapilvastu districts with 30 schools where it has a branch office looked by different staff based in kapilvastu, Parsa district with 30 schools where the local trainers monitor and support for the development of quality education, Humla district with 32 schools and Taplejung district with 10 schools as the pilot project for the development of the infrastructure, quality education and the environmental developmental where almost all the schools have eco clubs who care for the development of the environment in their area. Now Reed started teacher training and school supplys for the 8 VDC of Solukhumbu (65 Schools). Makalu Varun National Park Area Supported by AHF. Initially REED had 3 active members but now REED has 2 paid staff and 40 members from Nepal and a good team of advisors and supporters from New Zealand, Australia and the United Kingdom.
The key teachers training and teacher training in Himalayan Region Nepal, support by Australian Himalayan Foundation.
Himalayan Trust UK Supported the key teachers and teacher training expenditure for Kanchanjunga Himalayan Region.
Naulekh Foundation Switzerland-Nepal supported the key teachers expenditure Rasuwa.
UNICEF NEPAL supported for the key teachers expenditure for Parsa, Kapilbastu and Humla.