It’s weird to think and see how much Our Sunday Project has changed and grown. It all started in December 2018 with me as a shy 3rd grader. Now here I am as a 7th grader currently writing this. It all started in a garage where 10 kids became 17. That garage became a place that created friendships and built a community that soon turned into a family.
I remember when we built the Dharahara, the Buddha Stupa, the Swayambhu Stupa, and made plays about these various locations. Our acting wasn’t on point, however, the building part was fun as we got to collaborate and communicate with each other. During Sunday Project we do not just make friends and have fun we learned a lot about our culture and religion, for example, learning about various landmarks and festivals in our country and culture has made me more confident as a Nepali if someone asks me to tell them something about Nepal.
I think that Sunday projects are great for kids to make friendships, bonds, and more. It’s also a great place for kids to learn about money, culture, religion, as well as discuss important topics in the world. One way that we learn about money is that we have different funds going on that all help different communities in Nepal, our Education fund is where we help a student Ayusha, make her dream come true of going to nursing school. We’ve been helping her out with food, transportation and were even able to get her a laptop! We also have the Our Sunday Project Disaster Relief Birthday Fund where on each of our birthdays we donate $5 that is collected by me and given to the Birthday Fund.
As you can see, Our Sunday project is perfect for everyone to make friendships and learn new things. Especially on the weeks where we learn and discuss important topics in the world with Elisha Mhanandhar who takes time out of her day to teach and talk to us Youth Nepali Associates about important topics such as LGBTQ+, Racism, Stress, Anxiety, Depressions, and other things that may have effects on us teens.
I am grateful for all the people that have helped out with Our Sunday Project and taken time out of their busy schedules to help us kids, the future generation.