Students Volunteering with Orchid Garden Nepal

From Left to Right: Pushpa, Harsha and Bina on their first day as volunteers with Orchid Garden Nepal

One of the cornerstones of HCC’s “Leaders Training Leaders” educational philosophy is the importance of giving back to the community. HCC students have always thrived on the notion of using their skills, talents, and hearts to transform the lives of those in need. After appearing for their Secondary Education Examination (SEE), students Harsha, Pushpa, and Bina are continuing the HCC practice of giving back to the community by performing volunteer work with Orchid Garden Nepal.

Bina helping in the classroom at Orchid Garden

Orchid Garden Nepal is a nonprofit, non-governmental organization that seeks to provide and protect the rights, welfare, and health of disadvantaged and discriminated children in Nepal. Orchid Garden serves vulnerable and neglected children aged 6 months to 9 years old by providing services as a daycare, early education center, and day hostel.

Pushpa helping in the classroom at Orchid Garden

For the next three months, Harsha, Pushpa, and Bina will be volunteering in Orchid Garden classrooms for two hours a day, assisting teachers and helping Orchid Garden students with their studies. Harsha, Pushpa, and Bina will have the opportunity to learn about working in a classroom setting and have networking and work experience within a local nonprofit organization. They will not only gain confidence but also essential leadership skills, complementing their own ongoing education. “I am thankful to get this opportunity to volunteer right after school,” noted Harsha on the benefits of this experience.

Once a month, and in coordination with Orchid Garden Nepal, Hira, HCC Director of Hostel Services and Student Coordinator for HCC, will be monitoring the work and progress of Harsha, Pushpa, and Bina. The school management was thrilled to have our three students volunteering, and hope that they will continue to work with Orchid Garden in the future. Through their hard work and dedication, Harsha, Pushpa and Bina exemplify the goals of HCC to educate a generation of compassionate and intelligent community leaders.

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.