Village in the clouds embraces computers

Himanchal High School now has 15 computers

Mahabir Pun is a Nepalese educational pioneer who is trying to break the cycle of poverty in his mountain village of Nangi by taking it into the computer age. Having founded Himanchal High School, he sees the internet as the way to improve the children's education.

 The internet has been a great help for Nangi, even though we do not have a connection here.

One of my professors had helped me to put a simple website about my village and school on the web in 1996. That website has connected my village to the outside world, and I think my village is the first one in Nepal to be on the internet.

If we walk about six or seven hours outward in any direction from our village and ask the people there where Nangi is, most of the people will have no idea.

Mahabir: Bringing the future to Nepal

With the simple website we have now, people from around the world have been able to locate my village and have come to volunteer.

We regularly get volunteers from America, Britain, Australia, Singapore, Switzerland and Malaysia.

Those who have not been able to visit have also helped different ways, such as sending books, teaching materials, and money as a donation.

Moreover, students from Australia and America have been writing letters to our pupils as penpals through ordinary mail.