Dear all, please help Sarvodaya  USA to win Chase Community Giving Contest  to build a school in Nepal Bikesh Deshar lost his father to an unknown cause when he was six. Bikesh, now 12, and his mother, who had married very young and had remained a housewife, were left to a life of uncertainty. When it came to Bikesh's education, they turned to Jyotidaya Cooperative School. The school is a local youth run cooperative that provides education to about 300 children in the community. 40 students like Bikesh study for free.    Jyotidaya School, is a unique model in Nepal and is run by young people in Chapagaun. It is established as a middle way between expensive private schools, run for pure profit, and public schools, which lack quality education. Tuitions fees are much cheaper than private schools but quality isn't. In the last two SLC examinations 100% students have passed, compared to 68% of national average.  Jyotidaya School is a part of Sarvodaya, a non-profit organization, dedicated to bring sustainable change by encouraging local actions.  You can help construct a school in Chapagaun by simply voting on Facebook and helping win Sarvodaya. The Facebook based challenge is run by US based Chase Bank, which will give $250,000 to an organization that secures the most votes by July 12, 2010. Should Sarvodaya win the award, it plans on building school using local materials such as adobe and bamboo that reflects Nepal's rich tradition of architectural design and indigenous knowledge on constructions.  Please vote and pass it on: www.iLike2give.org/facebook About Sarvodaya: www.sarvodayausa.org  See our work: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v... NO DONATION REQUIRED. Please vote for Sarvodaya. Click Here. Not a Facebook user? You can easily create a Facebook account. Here's what we hope you'll do right away: 1. Click here and vote! 2. Ask your Friends and family to vote for Sarvodaya. Forward this email. If you ask them personally, they will respond. Remember. This is easy! It doesn't cost anything. Forward this to a friend. 3. Write on Facebook walls, on your blog, website and social networks. If you have ideas about how to reach other people to vote, please do it and share your ideas with us. Thank you for your support! Last edited: 29-Jun-10 11:30 PM