Contact person: Mr. Ganesh Prasad Humagain;email : ganesh.humagain89@yahoo.com
Activities of Makwanpur Access Fourth Cohort
Makwanpur Access Alumni Meeting
Makawanpur Access Alumni conducted a formal meeting at NELTA Center Makawapur on January 7, 2017. In the presence of NELTA chair, all three Access instructors counseled the Access alumni about becoming members of International Exchange Alumni and Access Alumni Association, Nepal (AAAN). They explained about the importance of Access Alumni Association, Nepal which is a newly established organization and trying to increase its organizational strength and membership. The interaction was fruitful. 18 students attended the meeting and they showed their willingness to become life member of AAAN and hoped to be a part of this organization for their all-round development. Most of them filled up the membership form for AAAN in the center and also took some forms for their friends who were absent on that day due to their pre- scheduled program.
Graduation Ceremony of Makwanpur Access Graduates
The two years’ Access program in Makwanpur started in the year 2014 and has come to an end in 2016. On July 19, 2016, Access graduates of Makwanpur Access centers received their graduation certificates in the program held at Hetauda, Makwanpur. Access students Adita Nepali and Aayush Gautam shared about their Access experience. In the program, District Education Officer, Ambika Prasad Acharya talked warmly about the impact of Access program and NELTA activities in Makwanpur. NELTA Vice President Motikala Subba Dewan spoke on behalf of NELTA giving vote of thanks to all involved in the successful implementation of Access program in Makwanpur.
Guests on the dias during the graduation ceremony
Chief guest RELO Russell Barczyk giving graduation certificate to Access student
Makwanpur Access graduates
Makwanpur Access on a Field Trip
Makawanpur Access went on a field trip to Makawanpur Gadhi (One of the ancient forts in Makawanpur district) on May 14, 2016. It was ruled by King Mukunda Sen father-in-law of Late King Prithivi Narayan Shah (who unified Nepal). Access students with their Access Instructors and NELTA Makawanpur chair Mr. Surya Prasad Ghimire, vice chair/Makwanpur Access focal person Mr. Ganesh Prasad Humagain and other executive committee members were present on the occasion. Access students visited the old palace and the beautiful surroundings. They observed the old heritage and came to know about the history behind it. After visiting, they had some snacks together. They also visited the beautiful monastery of Lord Buddha on the way back home. Access students not only enjoyed themselves but also gained a lot of knowledge about the ancient palace and the history behind it.
Makwanpur Access students, instructors and Makwanpur Access focal person
Happy Halloween
Makawanpur Access students celebrated Halloween on October 31, 2015 by doing different activities. The students were shown different videos related to Halloween celebrations in the previous classes and informed about how Holloween is celebrated in the USA. On this day, the students made the Jack O’ Lantern and scary masks by themselves. Some of the students pretended as the owner of the houses and others as the children. The students presented the demo of Halloween celebrations by knocking the doors, wearing scary masks saying ‘Trick or Treat’ and distributing chocolates and coins. They also enjoyed playing “Apple Bobbing”. After doing all these things, they compared the way of celebrating Halloween and Nepali festival ‘Gaijatra’ and practically learned the similarities and differences between US and Nepalese culture.
Access students showing their creativity, making face masks and carved art
Makwanpur Access Celebrates International Day of the Girl Child
Access Makawanpur organized Oratory Contest on “Education for Girls” on 9 October, 2015 to mark the International Day of Girl at Access Center Makawanpur. During the program students participated enthusiastically and expressed their views on the ways of empowering girls. There were 10 students participating in the program. In the competition Nabin Neupane, Nirusha Bhandari and Adita Nepali secured first, second and third positions respectively. They were awarded by their instructors.
Access student Asmita Manandhar hosting the program
Makwanpur Access Students Visits ‘Manav Sewa Asram’
As part of their community service on August 8, 2015, Makwanpur Access students paid a visit to the ‘Manav Sewa Ashram’ (Human Service Home) that has been sheltering homeless, orphan, elderly and mentally retarded people. The Access family marched on foot from the Access center to the Manav Sewa Ashram where they were welcomed with garlands of flowers. Social worker Mr. Vijaya Raj Sigdel thanked the Access family for the visit and delivered a speech motivating the young minds to be kind and helpful. Vice Chair of NELTA Makawanpur talked briefly about the importance of community service; volunteer at the home, Ms. Rama shared her experience while serving the people taking shelter in the Ashram. Then the Access students observed the rooms and surroundings of the Ashram, met and talked with the people living there and provided each of them with fruits. This program has made an enlightening and emotional impact on the Access students; they have learnt the impact of social work and the importance of being kind and helpful towards the disabled and poor.
Makawanpur Access Organizes a “Field Trip Program”.
Access Makawanpur Center organized a “Field Trip Program” at Shahid Smarak (Martyrs’ Monument), Hetauda-11, Nawalpur on November 15, 2014. All Access students with their Access instructors and NELTA, Makawanpur executive committee members were there. Students with their instructors visited Fun Park, Mini Zoo, Martyrs’ Monument carved in a big stone, small fountains, beautiful garden etc. They kept record of what they had seen in the park. Access students not only enjoyed themselves but also gained a lot of knowledge about the martyrs of Nepal, wild life, natural beauty, flowers and plants, handicrafts and so on via this trip.
Access Makawanpur in a Field Trip
Makawanpur Access Students Celebrate Columbus Day-2014
Makawanpur Access Center celebrated Columbus Day 2014 in the Access classroom on second Monday, October 13 2014. At first, the instructors gave short information about celebrating Columbus Day. They encouraged the students to celebrate it. All the students watched the video about Christopher Columbus who discovered America which was downloaded from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6n-LJneqSU after that, the instructors raised some questions to the students related to the video about Columbus. Then the instructors divided the students into four different groups, distributed balloons and asked each student to blow the balloon by putting the small piece of informational paper inside the balloons and instructed the students about the game. The group who blasted the balloons and wrote the information first on the board about Christopher Columbus was declared the winner of the game and was awarded at last.
Students watched the video with great enthusiasm and actively participated in the balloon game. Finally, the instructors provided the necessary information and feedback to the students.
Makawanpur Access forms Makawanpur Access Reader’s Club (MARC)
On August 12, 2014, Makawanpur Access Readers’ Club (MARC) was formed at Makawanpur Access Center. All the Access students were pre-informed about the program one week before by their instructors.
In each group, there was a discussion among students about the selection. Finally, students themselves selected 10 students from each group. On Tuesday, August 12, all the selected Access students were invited in the access center. The selected students came with great enthusiasm and with the hope of bearing responsibility as motivated by their each group instructor. At first, Mr. Bhanubhakta Pathak, an Access instructor shed light on the goals, procedures and modality of the club. Then, Mrs. Roshani Paudel, Access instructor instructed the students about the rules. Similarly, Mr. Dinesh Lamichhane, Access Instructor provided the guidelines in the formation of the club, and Mrs. Srijana Paudel, Access instructor explained the responsibilities of the club and its members one after another in an interesting way. After that, they conducted the first meeting as instructed by their instructors. They nominated 7 members as an executive body of the readers’ club. The meeting has selected Mr. Rudra Sunar as the chairperson of the committee and Mr. Nabin Neupane as the secretary. Likewise, they nominated Prapanna Gautam, Aayush Gautam, Santosh Rai and Ashimta Thakuri as members. Similarly, Ms. Unisha Dhital was nominated as the moderator for the upcoming meeting which will be held on August 30, 2014 at the center in which they are discussing the book ‘ACCESSing through Stories’. They have decided to invite NELTA Makawanpur chair Mr. Surya Prasad Ghimire as a guest. They even confirmed 1st speaker and 2nd speaker as well as 5 presenters and the critics for second session in their 1st meeting. The program was the first to the students.
Finally, Access Instructors also informed them that everyone could get chance to take any post turn by turn after the previously formed club is dissolved in another semester.
Output of Recently Held Training: Access Students Enjoying Songs
Access instructor (Hetauda) Ms Roshani Paudel using songs in the classroom
Access students playing board game at Access Center, Hetauda
A Two-Day teacher training accomplished in Access Makawanpur Center
Mr. Laudari is involving the training participants singing English rhymes and miming into the rhymes. All the rhymes were incorporated from the website www.americanenglish.state.gov. This is a first teacher training that the newly selected Access teachers have attended. The objective of the training was to give guidance on how they can meet the objectives of Access Program while teaching into the classroom.
Access teachers are being involved in a lighter side of TEFL activity which is from the English Teaching Forum (volume 51 number 4). The two trainers, Mr. Shyam Pandey and SumanLaudari shared the information on utilizing the ideas from English Teaching Forum too.
The training participants playing the language board game which was downloaded from the website www.americanenglish.state.gov. In addition to this, a demonstration was given by the two trainers; Mr. Shyam Pandey and Mr. SumanLaudaripreviewing the website pages to the participants on how best they can incorporate the ideas into their Access classroom. Since the website consists variety of materials such as language games, rhymes, trace effects game, resources related the American culture, wordscapes, the participants were trained on downloading the resources from the links and playing the language games online from the website.
Mr. SumanLaudari, Training Coordinator, NELTA, Mr. Shyam Pandey, Coordinator, English Access Microscholarship Program, Nepal, four Access teachers of Makawanpur Access center and four NELTA life-members
English Access Microscholarship Program, Nepal 