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Jyotir Gyan Bhavan
Jyotir Gyan Bhavan
  • Beldandi – 2, Kanchanpur, Sudurpashchim Province Nepal
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About Us

Introducing JBPS

Educate a Child, Uplift a Family, Empower the Community.

JBPS, short for Jyotirgyan Bhavan Paropakari Samaj, is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing education, vocational training, yoga, and healthcare to underprivileged children. We aim to keep these children safe and off the streets while paving the way for a brighter future. Child poverty knows no borders; regardless of nationality, every child deserves a chance to thrive and contribute to the world.

The concept of JBPS originated from the experiences of two brothers Kapil Dev Bist and Jagadish Prasad Bist, who grew up in a war-torn area of Nepal with limited financial resources and access to education. Despite facing significant challenges during their early years, they remained determined and resilient, eventually completing their education and participating in society. Motivated by their desire to give back and uplift children facing similar poverty and limited educational opportunities, they founded JBPS. The JBPS firmly believes that financial or social hardships should hold back no child from reaching their full potential.

Our Location

JBPS is in one of Nepal's most underdeveloped regions, Beldandi Rural Municipality of Kanchanpur District, Sudurpaschim province. According to the Nepal Living Standards Survey 2022/23, around a third (34.16 percent) of the population in Sudurpaschim province lives in poverty. In rural areas like Beldandi, this figure rises to about 40 percent. Most of their earnings are allocated to food expenses, leaving very little for their children's education and the healthcare needs of the elderly population. These statistics reveal that approximately one-third of the people in Sudurpaschim cannot afford even $270 annually for food and $285 for non-food necessities such as education and healthcare.

Beldandi Rural Municipality is home to approximately 20,000 individuals, with about 40 percent being of school age. According to the Center for Education and Human Resource Development (CEHRD), there are 14 government schools within a 15 km radius of Beldandi, each with an average of 600 students. However, the student-to-teacher ratio is significantly high, and the schools suffer from poor infrastructure. Additionally, the lack of after-school support and low family incomes often compel students to drop out before completing their primary education. Statistics indicate that as many as 67 percent of children leave school before completing the 12th grade, and 24 percent still need to finish basic education.

These challenges underscore the urgent need for support. The mission of JBPS, in line with UN Sustainable Development Goals, is to take a holistic approach to upgrade the lives of children in such areas by providing vocational training, afterschool support, residential schools for the homeless, basic health facilities for the elderly and underprivileged, women empowerment programs in local communities, and scholarship for marginalized students facing financial difficulties to complete higher education.

Our Mission

To provide accessible education, or ‘Gyan,’ and create a brighter path towards a future for underprivileged children at Jyotir Gyan Bhavan – by empowering every child who cannot afford education and ensuring they have the knowledge and skills needed to overcome challenges and embrace a life of dignity, opportunity, and positive impact.

Our Objectives

To organize miscellaneous programs in order to support and provide services to marginalized and homeless, and disabled and poor children who are oppressed socially, culturally and financially in the society.

To organize skillful programs in order to make abovementioned people literate and independent.

To appeal for management of education for children and free health treatment for helpless senior citizens, women, and disabled people.

To provide support with different philanthropic hands to marginalized and oppressed by different factors in the society and to operate different educational, cultural and social activities such as yoga camp, health camp, vocational trainings, and empowerment programs by the side of the organization itself.

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