The Benighat Student Support Project helps a new school

Benighat Student Support Project at Kalika School

HCC’s Benighat Student Relief Project began in 2021 to help families in the rural and impoverished Benighat community of Dhading, Nepal. The Project provides children with school supplies, clothing, hygiene materials and food relief packages for their families. Since the start of the Project our team in Nepal have completed over a dozen supply distributions helping over 300 children in five different elementary schools.

Last month, HCC began working with a new elementary school in the area that supports a large number of children from the marginalized, indigenous Chepang community. In mid-February we distributed warm clothing (socks, sweaters, wool hats), school supplies (language & math workbooks, writing utensils and a geometry box), and personal care items (toothbrushes, toothpaste, soap & shampoo) to 310 new students.

Students and their families expressed heartfelt gratitude for the support provided. HCC extends sincere thanks to all participants, including the school administration, local authorities, and dedicated team members, for making this project a success. Together, we continue to empower students through education and holistic support.

Finally the day arrived and we had to arrive at the venue by 3. We rushed to the models and did the final fittings. By that time, Dinesh Uncle, Hira Aunt and Bruce Uncle had arrived. As my sequence was on the 4th we had a huge rush backstage that let me meet them only for a brief minute and we couldn’t even click a picture together. Show started at 7. After the third sequence we had the models change into our designs. Finally, our design was on the runway, and we walked at the end of the sequence with our showstopper, Simpal Kharel. While walking on the runway, there were a huge number of audiences, included; designers, press media, journalists, photographers, ambassadors, etc. After our sequence, we went backstage and we really had a roller coaster of emotions. All those sleepless nights, stresses, no meal days and all the difficulties we went through were finally over. It was worth everything. This concludes my three years of learning and we had the chance to showcase it to the crowd and people. After our sequence we finally had the time to breather. All along these past three months it felt as if somebody had put on something in our neck as we were suffocating but now it felt as if it had been let go. We could breathe in peace.

After the runway we had a huge feast and that tasted like the best meal that I had for the entire life.