Good to see that this thread is still running. I liked the idea of grants and loans.The private banks in India do have educational loan programs.What about Nepali private banks?? Some questions regarding that: -How to keep track of loan disbursed and make people accountable if they do not pay/leave the country?(Assuming Nepal does not have SSN tracking.) -How about one person /one mentor approach as Ashu is following?That could also trigger the effect of "Pay it forward". Ashu,the four dreams you talked about are 50% doable at this moment . FM radios and Wi-fi. I read about a guy in Nepal who had connected schools in the Himalayas by broadband. I also read that FM radios imparting on-air classes for SLC students somewhere in the mountains. Good to be back from Tihar and Mha puja.No bhai pooja for me . :-(