Nepal boasts a tremendous wealth in terms of local volunteerism but we need to build the "infrastructures" if we want to leverage volunteerism. Volunteers often makes the difference but to truly harness their powers, we need to commit ourselves into a long term strategic planning process based on a national consultation.

Here you will find the full text of the historic declaration signed by Sheikh Ahmed Al-Tayeb, grand imam of Al-Azhar Mosque, the most prestigious learning institution of Islam and by Pope Francis, the head of Catholic Church. The document was signed yesterday during the historic visit of the Pope to the UAE.

The Aspen Institute's National Commission on Social, Emotional, and Academic released its final report highlighted the crucial role that social emotional learning can play in the lives of students."More than two decades of research across a range of disciplines—psychology, social science, brain science—demonstrates that the social, emotional, and cognitive dimensions of learning are deeply linked

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