Facebook brings relief funds for rural Nepal school

FALEBAS: An appeal for support made on Facebook has helped raise funds for the establishment of an e-library in a school in Parbat. The Nawajagrit Higher Secondary School in Tilhar, Parbat has received a computer and Rs. 210,000 in cash from donors who responded to a call for support made by the School’s principal in his Facebook wall.

Former students of the school now in Italy and the Non-Resident Nepalis Association in Italy provided the initial support and have assured for additional assistance, said Principal Bishnu Prasad Subedi.