Disabled Students

Scholarships for Disabled Students

In Nepal, disabled children are often seen as cast-offs, as pariahs, or as punishment for “sins” of the family. They seldom have an opportunity to prove themselves as productive members of society. Only 30% of disabled people are educated; the rest are relegated to barren lives, unable to read, write, or earn a living.
From its inception, NYF has paid special attention to these children, whether they are blind or deaf, suffering from conditions such as cerebral palsy, or have other challenges. If they can enter regular school or college, we enroll them there. (Both J and K House have disabled children.) For yet other children, the best place is a special school program that gives them hope and independence.
We love giving disabled youngsters a chance to prove their intelligence and capability – and to proudly learn to support themselves.
We have been working with blind children particularly since NYF was founded in 1990, in the form of scholarships and training programs. Some of the students we started to support in grade school are now in college and even graduate school. No one else in Nepal supports disabled students in college as NYF does.

“I was nothing before I got support from NYF. NYF makes us capable to fight for our rights. They want to make us able to find ourselves jobs and be independent.”Ramchandra Gaihre, a blind student
who has his own radio show