A SMALL BRAND COMMITTED TO MAKING A BIG IMPACT
A SMALL BRAND COMMITTED TO MAKING A BIG IMPACT
Together We've Donated
1,452,591
School Days for Children In Nepal
Our goal is to provide 10 million school days by 2030.
Sherpa is adventure gear with a purpose. Our vision is to inspire lives of adventure by exploring new lands and opening minds through learning.
Each product that you purchase provides a donation to Room to Read’s Nepal Education Program. This ‘Day of School’ donation is calculated based on the average daily total of the above costs across Room to Read’s Nepal Education program.
What is a day of school?
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Teacher and Staff Members Training
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Building Libraries
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Developing and Distributing Quality Reading Materials
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Building Classrooms
In addition, the Sherpa Adventure Gear brand funds the educational scholarships of nine children in Nepal.
This scholarship scheme is a project that was initiated by Tashi Sherpa and the Sherpa family and has enabled a community of Nepali children from remote villages to benefit from fully funded boarding school education in Kathmandu. These scholarships cover primary and secondary schooling as well as incidental costs such as medical and subsistence.
These scholarships have closed to new admissions since the start of the Room to Read partnership, but the continued costs of the enrolled students are factored into the donation from every product sold to ensure that we continue to provide education to these nine children until they have all completed their secondary schooling.
We have partnered with the globally recognized charity, Room to Read.
They have been working in Nepal for 20 years to provide the tools that schools, teachers and students need to succeed. Room to Read's Nepal education program has a particular focus on literacy and gender equality in primary education.
Room to Read's impact involves, but is by no means limited to, the following key initiatives:
- Quality materials & learning environments: Transforming schools into child friendly learning environments with teaching materials and libraries full of locally written and illustrated children's books.
- Equipping teachers with tools & training: Providing professional training for teaching reading and writing skills as well as library management and activities. Following up with on-site coaching and assessments to ensure educators can effectively apply their newfound skills and knowledge.
- Community Engagement: Collaborating with local governments, schools, communities and families to ensure they understand the importance of literacy and how they can play a role in enabling students to achieve their full potential.
Girls' Education Program
Room to Read Nepal introduced a means to identify female students who were at risk of dropping out of school. Through collecting data across their education programs, they identified that girls who exhibited certain risk factors were more than five times as likely to drop out of school as girls who did not show these risk factors.
This enabled Room to Read to intervene more promptly through their social mobilizers in Nepal to support girls by conducting home visits, monitoring their progress and summarizing the content of missed lessons so that they were less at risk of falling behind. The Girls’ Education Program has continued to evolve to benefit as many girls in Nepal as possible through holistic support at home and at school, as well as in many of Room to Read’s other countries of operation.
10 Million School Days
We believe that when people have the knowledge and skills they need to prosper, the whole world benefits. The future will only be brighter if we ignite the spark for today’s young people.
In January 2020, we set the goal to reach 10 million school days by 2030. In spite of a global pandemic and the continued challenges of changing political and economic landscapes, we are still set on providing those 10 million school days to the children of Nepal.
Along the way, we want to benefit other people in Nepal too, from Nepali employment and manufacturing to our limited edition capsule collections that benefit chosen Nepal-based charities.
We are a small brand committed to making a big impact.
Frequently Asked Questions
Literacy rates in Nepal are staggeringly low. We know when a child learns how to read and write, they are able to better control their future. Our goal is to foster lifelong learning through independent reading, comprehension and writing skills.
We have partnered with globally recognized charity, Room to Read. They have been working in Nepal for 20 years to provide the tools schools, teachers and students need to succeed. We are working specifically with their literacy program in primary schools, which provides:
Quality Materials & Learning Environments: Transforming schools into child-friendly learning environments with teaching materials and libraries full of locally written and illustrated children’s books.
Equipping Teachers with Tools & Training: Providing professional training for teaching reading and writing skills as well as library management and activities. Following up with on-site coaching and assessments to ensure educators can effectively apply their newfound skills and knowledge.
Community Engagement: Collaborating with local governments, schools, communities and families to ensure they understand the importance of literacy and how they can play a role in enabling students to achieve their full potential.
Teachers and school staff across Nepal are highly dedicated to their students, but there is little funding or direction available to them. There is no set curriculum in Nepal and minimal teacher training. Schools often do not have reading and course materials.
Every day is different! All class sessions are formulated to capture a child's imagination and make learning fun, giving space for them to look forward to the next day of school and the next step in their learning. The model empowers teachers and educators to teach in the best way for their students. In addition to regular class time, each grade has a designated time for activities in the library. Here, librarians conduct reading activities with students such as read-aloud, paired reading, independent reading, and post-reading comprehension activities. Students also have the opportunity to check out books from the library to read at home.
Sherpa Adventure Gear partners with globally recognized charity Room to Read to provide programming and materials in Nepal. The organization is dedicated to working with government schools to reach the most students and create scalable change. Room to Read partners closely with local communities and governments to develop their professional capacity, challenging them to be active participants in the program. This ensures their sense of ownership in sustaining and adopting initiatives that add to children's literacy.
Our funds impact schools throughout the Himalayan region and the Tarai flatlands of Nepal.
We support students through each year of primary school. Although ages vary, on average, students range from age 5 to age 11.
Our partner Room to Read works actively with each selected school over a four-year timeframe. The goal of the program is to set the school up for success to operate independently at a high level after the four-year period concludes. After the four-year period they continue to assess the progress of students and teachers and offer support if needed.
Yes! We are committed to education in Nepal and have set an ambitious goal of providing 10 million days of school by 2030.
Yes, we also support full scholarships for nine Sherpa students. Each are from remote villages and attend top boarding schools in Kathmandu. Sherpa Adventure Gear provides tuition, boarding, meals, clothing, school supplies and extra-curricular activities for the entirety of their education.
When you wear Sherpa Adventure Gear, you're helping to teach a child and create opportunity for a new generation.
