The Malagiri School

Bringing the exams forward

The Malagiri School teachers have brought forward the final term exams this year in light of the Coronavirus pandemic. We wish the students good luck for the exams and good health to everyone in the Malagiri community and our supporters everywhere.

It’s all about hand washing

Despite its rural location even the Malagiri School is aware of Coronavirus. Teacher Miss Elina Tamang shows the children how to wash their hands thoroughly – a basic protective measures against the virus. The message to the children is “be clean and stay strong!”.

Run the Brighton Marathon for Malagiri

Feeling fit? There is still time to apply for a University of Brighton marathon place and raise vital funds for the Malagiri School. The marathon takes place on Sunday 19 April – applications for our charity places close on 10 March so don’t miss out. You’ll find all the information you need on the website…

New images show life in and out of school

Our image gallery shows school life and a glimpse into life in the village. The children and families are so proud to have such an excellent school in their village.

The sun shines on sports day

It’s not all classroom-based at the Malagiri School – sports day provides a great opportunity for having fun with your friends and learning new skills! Activities like this can only happen thanks to our very generous supporters – The Malagiri School relies 100% on charitable donations. Can you help us? £8 could provide a child’s…

10th Anniversary Visit

2021 marks 10 years since the opening of the Malagiri School. To celebrate this very important milestone we are planning for a group of University of Brighton staff, students and friends of the Malagiri School to visit Nepal in April 2021. This is an exciting opportunity to experience this amazing project first-hand, and make a…

School and community winter update

Life remains very hard in this poor mountain village. Subsistence farming on steep hills, illiteracy (Tamang their spoken language has no written form), no books and no health care to name just a few of the difficulties the community face. During the earthquake of 2015, and the months of aftershocks, all the village homes in…

Christmas raffle update

A huge thank you to everyone who bought tickets for our Christmas raffle and congratulations to our many winners. We’re delighted to announce that the raffle raised: £1,166 A fantastic result! Wishing everyone good wishes for a restful festive break.

Christmas Raffle

Don’t miss out on some great prizes in our Malagiri School Christmas raffle. 1st prize £150 2nd prize Christmas hamper 3rd prize Selection of Christmas drinks Tickets cost just £1 each and the draw takes place on 11 December 2019 so don’t delay buying your tickets! Pick up your tickets from the School of Education…

a bowl of fresh strawberries smothered in crean

Wimbledon-themed fundraisers

Two Wimbledon-themed events in the School of Education have raised £265 for the Malagiri School. The Wimbledon sweepstake offered bottles of bubbly as prizes for those who had selected the finalists for the mens, womens or doubles final. The bubbly was supplied by the school’s management team which meant all the collected sweepstake money could…