 Even in this
science and technology era, rural people have to keep themselves
away from the normal formation of science & technology in
comparison with the people living in the urban area of the developing
countries. Modern technologies are still beyond the
imagination of rural people. Youths from these part of the world have to live without minimal necessity
of living such as shelter, education, health, pure drinking
water, electricity etc. Most of the children and youths are
victimized by starvation in the developing countries like Nepal.
A country with well educated people only could have a better
constant on its sustainable development. There is no doubt that
today’s youths will write the future of a Nation. Education & awareness are much important
not only in the cities but also in the villages. As saying demands
“don’t give them fish, taught them how to catch a fish” if a person gets better education that
will help him/her to generate the
necessity of living, his/her lifestyle will increase dramatically.
S/he will start to think in a rational way for living whilst feeling
him/her as an important part of this world.
Keeping in this mind, COYON’s founder members use to think,
discuss and have vision of doing and contributing something for
those unprivileged people. As a result young people who have similar thought
of helping and serving people started a small campaign and keep
putting their little effort for helping peoples in these areas. With all
the positive thought , vision and suggestion from elders, we form "COYON" and it is on the
stage of embryo.
Recognizing the need for a more pragmatic
approach to education that help meet our local demands at the
bottom level whilst opening up opportunities and possibilities
that can be used in enhancing nation’s extremely diverse
cultural particularities, in a thoroughly sustained and forward
looking manner, Co-operative Youth Organization Nepal (COYON)
was established in Benighat VDC of Dhading district, Nepal in
the year of 2001. We are a team of well aspirant youths working
to introduce such community – based educational and awareness programmes which we consider to be not only essential but very
vital for moving towards achieving a confident and self reliant
society. Since its establishment and despite the minimum
available resources, we think we have done well at least in
communicating with the local youths that only an educational
modality having a strongly vocational academic and extra
curriculum activities can help us meet our national objectives.
In the last 5 years since our establishment some
1165 students
from 5 primary, 1 lower secondary and 1 higher seconday school, of Benighat
VDC of Dhadhing district are regularly being benefited from
those small activities that we introduced like teaching them how to brush their teeth
properly, how to cut their nails, how important it is to keep
our locality clean by means of community participation, how to
manage the garbage, how to plant trees, how to help each other
sincerely in the time of one’s need. We have been regularly
distributing some
scholastic materials such as pen, paper, pencil, eraser,
ruler, color pencils, pencil cutters, rubber bans, maps, poster,
books etc. and clothing for children such as clothes for winter,
clothes for summer, shoes, hats etc. since the very beganing of
2004. The results from our small activities encouraged
us to strengthen this particular form of alternative educational
modality which not only enhances individual’s overall
potentialities but also opens up opportunities whereby he or she
can work to contribute to remedy much of the prevalent ills of
the society.
In spite of the abundant and varied
possibilities, our failures in the right utilization of locally
available natural resource seem to have resulted in nation’s
underdevelopment and poverty. Keeping this in view, "COYON" has
been formed with the effort of local enthusiasts, educated and
self-motivated youngsters in the hope that we might as well be
able to offer our own development perspectives if we work hard
and remain honest.
Since we believe, little things that we do, can changes a lot,
we always welcome suggestion, assistance and any kind of
supports from any individual and human kind donors,
organizations through out the globe. Your useful suggestion,
assistance or little support may give food, education, health
and smile to one person in this earth.
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