Juving Secondary School

During HOP’s “Rays of Joy” project, we worked extensively to deliver solar-powered equipment to the small town of Juving, which lies off of the main trekking route to Everest Base Camp. Juving is an important village to the Rei community in the Solokhumbu, though its location just below the start of the Everest Base Camp Trek keeps it off most tourists’ radar. WWTrek works with many Sherpas who have ties to Juving and the surrounding villages. While there, we discovered that the village was lacking basic amenities such as chairs, desks, and well-trained teachers. HOP worked with the school’s headmaster to build desks and chairs for each of the school’s 350 children, paying the salaries of four trained computer teachers for a year, and installing a PA system, a computer center with new Dell laptops, and an industrial water filter for clean drinking water year-round. 

A follow-up visit in spring of 2018 found that the new facilities at the school are well-maintained, and are being used every day by children and the community alike. Teachers are now holding classes in English, computer skills, and social studies, and HOP is exploring new ways to support the community in Juving. HOP has also committed to making sure that each child attends school every day by paying the yearly tuition cost for each child at the school.

In November of 2018, Dean Cardinale traveled to Juving with a device called RACHEL World Possible, which allows the computers at the school to access nearly 500 GB of educational resources. He also brought two Kindles pre-loaded with over 100 children’s books.

 The Juving Secondary School recently received a new athletic field! HOP knows the importance of connection, teamwork, and bonding– and there is no better way to reach those things than through sport. 

 Due to the location of the Juving School, there isn’t much flat land, thus making an athletic field hard to come by. HOP took it upon themselves to level land and install a new soccer field so the students of the Juving School can play sports together.