The emphasis is learning through fun. The village trained teachers also have a lot of learning to do as these methods of teaching and learning are very different from their own traditional Nepalese education. Teachers are encouraged to use their surrounding environment as much as possible and take the children for walks and collect things to use back in the classrooms. At the moment CWS is working in the whole of Bhachok VDC to introduce a new smokeless stove concept into the village area. The project has already been introduced in Saimarang VDC last season, and was a great success.
Open wood stoves in the mountainous villages cause untold damage to all the villagers' health.
Every day in the health centres patients arrive suffering from ailments like coughs, chronic bronchitis, and asthma. More serious diseases like pneumonia are also all too common in the villages. Smoke inhalation a major cause of under weight births. Specific Objectives Awareness creation of the importance of ICS and its linkage with health improvement focused on children, fuel wood saving, household sanitation and environmental protection. Sustainable adoption of ICS by the local community members, in order that the villagers will be able to install, use and maintain ICS units at the end of the project period, with minimum after-care support from Child Welfare Scheme.