Mountaineer Um Hong-gil built the 3rd school in Nepal
Um Hong-gil Human Foundation held opening ceremony in Lumbini
The 4th ground-breaking ceremony on 25 Feb.
16 schools will be built in future
Um Hong-gil Human Foundation (Chairman Lee Jae-hu) with the motto “Love for Nature and Love for People” built a school on 21 in Lumbini, the southern part of Nepal and the birthplace of Buddha.
Um Hong-gil with school children
The two-story Um Hong-gil Human School is of 489.46m² and it was built in the village of Bagadwa Bisunpura of the Province Lumbini, Nepal. It has 5 classrooms, a staff room, a computer room, a library, an infirmary, a toilet and a community hall.
Mr Um Hong-gil said at the opening ceremony, “We will never stop challenging and our goal is to build 16 schools, like the number of 16 eight-thousand metres peaks.”
Um Hong-gil delivering a speech
Mr Ramnayt Tukgal, a Member of Nepali Parliament said, “It is not a myopic plan to build 1 or 2 schools, but a long-term vision. I am really grateful for continuous support through your foundation.”
According to Um Hong-gil Human Foundation, the Lumbini Human School Project was sponsored by Millet (CEO Han Chul-go), an outdoor clothing company, Industrial Bank of Korea (CEO Cho Jun-hee) and AIA Life (CEO Lee Sang-hui).
Everyone at the opening ceremony
Um Hong-gil Human Foundation was established in May 2008 and as of January 2012, it has a membership of 1,040. Mr Um Hong-gil lost a Nepali Sherpa Suldin Dorji during his expedition to the south-west side of Himalaya in January 1987. Then, he decided to build a school in Pangboche, a hometown of Suldim Dorji and 23 years later, his dream came true. On 5 May 2010, he opened the Pangboche Human School. On 23 February 2011, he opened the second school in Tarf. The ground-breaking ceremony for the fourth school will be held on 25 February in Kaski co-hosted by the Daegu Chapter of Um Hong-gil Foundation and Korea International Cooperation Agency.
Photos by Kim Young-kwan, general manager of Um Hong-gil Foundation
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