Global Alternative Learning Alliance (GALA) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization formed by five teachers in 2006. GALA works with inspired educators and others in their communities around the world to 1) develop non-traditional and creative alternative education programs for children who would otherwise go without education or whose educational needs are not being met by existing schools; and 2) create education programs that promote community development and provide training and information to community members, especially young people, in areas such as health and hygiene, income generation and employment, and environmental preservation. All of GALA’s current programs are located in the country of Nepal.

GALA’s Projects in Nepal

Global Alternative Learning Alliance supports a variety of educational initiatives in Nepal.

Junkiri (which means “Firefly” in Nepali) is an alternative school in the village of Sankhu near Kathmandu. Many of the children attending Junkiri previously lived in prison with a convicted parent. [Read more...]

Village Junkiri is a community school located in a small farming village in Jhapa district in southeastern Nepal. Village Junkiri serves as a school, library, afterschool program, community center, and youth club all rolled into one. [Read more...]

Milky Way School is a kindergarten through second grade program for children of carpet factory workers and other poor families in Arubari, near Kathmandu. [Read more...]

Hopeful Vocational School (HVS) in Kathmandu provides training in tailoring to eight teenage girls living at Hopeful Home Orphanage. [Read more...]

Children for Green New Nepal (CGNN) raises awareness about environmental issues among school aged children and local communities in Nepal. [Read more...]