Earthquake Survivor and Future Doctor

Bikash lost his father in the earthquake, leaving his mother to support Bikash, his brother Bishal and their elderly grandparents. The earthquake destroyed almost all of the buildings, homes, and farms in their village, jeopardizing the family’s primary source of income from agriculture and animal rearing.

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Bikash is one of our Rise students and he just finished 10th grade. At the end of 10th grade all students in Nepal have to take an exam, the Secondary Education Exam (SEE). You need to pass this to be able to progress to grade 11. Bikash scored a 3.96 (out of 4), which was the second highest grade in the whole Dhading district. He was honored by the local government, He is on summer break now and will go to focus on science in 11 and 12th grades. His plan is to be a doctor.

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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.