I'm trying to build a school for needy students, any help would be amazing!

[Chiefspants]

Update 8/4/14:

We did it! Thanks to your incredible support and our organizational partners around the world, we were able to break ground on a new school that will provide education to deserving students in a rural community in Nepal. In addition to providing educational access, the school will serve first hub of clean, running water for the community.







We are now turning our sights to traveling to the school next summer to build a fourth classroom (this will allow the school to accept and educate every available child in the community) and teach a group of students for a month next summer. Any more of your support would be incredibly appreciated.

Thank you all again.

Open World's Website -> http://www.openworldcause.com

Open World's Facebook Page -> http://www.facebook.com/openworldcause

Open World's Twitter -> https://twitter.com/#!/OWProject



Update 12/31/13:

Spoiler!

Update 12/31/13

Hey, everybody! My charitable organization is making a big push for New Years, and it would be great if you were involved! You have all done so much for us in the past, and your support continues to mean so much to our organization.



http://www.cafepress.com/openworldcause

Update 10/14/12:

Spoiler!

Update 10/14/12: We are now officially partnered with a non-profit known as the Foundation for Leadership and Learning and can now officially accept donations, we also have established our own store on Cafepress. (And are open for requests/suggestions )

We also just completed a six minute documentary that covers the struggles and success of the first phase of Open World while laying the foundation for the second phase of our mission.

Original Post 12/19/11:

Spoiler!

Hey, Chiefsplanet! As some of you are aware, I helped begin a mission called "The Open World Project" over the last year. I am thrilled to inform everyone that the project was successful in sending two laptops and internet access to a rural school in Nepal, (known as the SAV School) and have skyped the classroom on several occasions over the past year.

However, while we were successful in that ambition, we were dismayed to learn that due to a complication with a leasing agreement, the school we were working with lost half of their buildings and some of the students that previously attended the school.

After a wide array of conversations, we decided to launch a second phase to the project that would bring entirely new buildings to the school, but unlike before, these buildings will be in sole possession of the SAV school. We are in the beginning phases of this mission, but we are hoping to drop the "project" aspect of our cause and become a fully fledged organization known as "Open World."

We are currently in the process of establishing our own 501C3, so we are unable to accept donations at this time. All we are searching for are new supporters for our cause, any new followers on Facebook or Twitter would be absolutely incredible.

Project Announcement (Made in Another Thread) 1/12/11:

Spoiler!

As many of you already know, I am currently a senior at a high school in central Kansas. As explained in the video, My friend Jake and I started a project attempting to raise enough money to bring two laptops and internet to a school in Nepal. This original goal of the project was to raise enough money to bring a library to this school, but after having a multitude of difficulties launching that project, Jake and I turned our focus to bringing internet to this school. Our hope is that we will soon be able to share skype conversations with the students in this classroom, and that this will open the school to an innumerable amount of possibilities.

To find out more information, you can visit our website here -> http://ouropenworldproject.org/

Or, to keep up with our daily aspirations, you can follow our facebook page here -> http://www.facebook.com/pages/Open-W...78084412211706

I'd also like to shout out to one of our sponsors who brought us a good amount of initial support, you can find them at this page. http://the-gathering.net/

Thanks to everyone who took the time to read this!

Chiefspants.

[Braincase]

[Chiefspants]

Originally Posted by Phobia

Why don't you just go to nepachiefs.com?

We would have if their last update not been four months before this project started.

[Chiefspants]

Update:

My charitable organization is making a huge push for New Years day. Chiefsplanet has done so much for our cause in the past, and your support continues to mean so much to us to this day.



http://www.openworldcause.com

http://www.facebook.com/openworldcause

[Jive Ass]

Do you send items to the school?

[Chiefspants]

Originally Posted by Jive Ass

Do you send items to the school?

As in physical supplies? It's rather difficult due to the insane tariff Nepal applies to items shipping inside the country.

[TribalElder]

Since I don't visit coffee shops how could I go about helping?

[Chiefspants]

Originally Posted by TribalElder

Since I don't visit coffee shops how could I go about helping?

There are so many things you could do to help us out!

If you want to give us a straight up contribution, we have donate feature built in to our website's front page. http://www.openworldcause.com/

If you would rather not give us money, it would still help us out immensely if you liked our facebook page: (https://www.facebook.com/openworldcause) and then told your friends and family about what we're trying to accomplish.

If you would be interested, we also have a flyer you could post up around your community. While it seems small, these flyers have done so much to expand our mission throughout the country.



Lastly, if you have any ideas on how we can get the word out, we would be all ears!

[listopencil]

This is a great program.

[Chiefspants]

Originally Posted by listopencil

This is a great program.

Thanks a bunch, man. Your support has always meant a lot to us.

Originally Posted by Chiefspants

Lastly, if you have any ideas on how we can get the word out, we would be all ears!

The graphic is clever. I like it. I suspect it goes over the head of lots of people though. Most people aren't as quick on the uptake as you would like. So maybe less clever on the next one and more direct.

Keep working hard, dude. It takes a lot of time to get established and gain credibility. I'm not talking in terms of months or years either. Most big donors want to see a charity with 7, 8, 9 years of longevity before they're going to throw big checks your way. Keep at it. It can happen. Just got to get in front of the right person.

[listopencil]

Originally Posted by Chiefspants

Thanks a bunch, man. Your support has always meant a lot to us.

This is right in my wheelhouse. It's a humanitarian effort to empower children through education. It's a noble effort and I thank you for it.

[Mr. Flopnuts]

Plan on seeing me as a legitimate, consistent, donor in 2014 and beyond. As my fortunes have grown over the last couple of years, I'm getting to where I'm looking for places to donate. You'll be one of them. I like the project, but also as important, I like the fact that you're a ****ing high school kid putting this kind of work, and effort into something clearly near and dear to your heart. I am not trying to put you on front street by advertising that you're a teenager, but I want to make sure people understand the scope of this thing. Not only the progress you've made for these kids, but the progress you're making for yourself.

I admire it. A great deal. And I want to see it succeed on a variety of levels. If you haven't gotten some cash from me by summer time (I'm off work for the next 3 months, so it's not even an option right now) I want you to remind me. I'm not blowing smoke up your ass here. I'll try to start off with $500 so you know I'm serious. Keep it up!

1 more thing. While I agree with Phil that Another brick in Nepal is going to go over people's heads, I personally LOVE it.

[ChiTown]

Originally Posted by Mr. Flopnuts

Plan on seeing me as a legitimate, consistent, donor in 2014 and beyond. As my fortunes have grown over the last couple of years, I'm getting to where I'm looking for places to donate. You'll be one of them. I like the project, but also as important, I like the fact that you're a ****ing high school kid putting this kind of work, and effort into something clearly near and dear to your heart. I am not trying to put you on front street by advertising that you're a teenager, but I want to make sure people understand the scope of this thing. Not only the progress you've made for these kids, but the progress you're making for yourself.

I admire it. A great deal. And I want to see it succeed on a variety of levels. If you haven't gotten some cash from me by summer time (I'm off work for the next 3 months, so it's not even an option right now) I want you to remind me. I'm not blowing smoke up your ass here. I'll try to start off with $500 so you know I'm serious. Keep it up!

1 more thing. While I agree with Phil that Another brick in Nepal is going to go over people's heads, I personally LOVE it.

Is ChiefsPants still in HS?

[listopencil]

Just a bump to make sure that everyone had a chance to share this on their FaceBook pages.

[Chiefspants]

Update: Over the last six months, Open World and the SAV School were able to secure a partnership with Edukado, an organization based in Belgium that constructs schools for underresourcded communities.

We are thrilled to announce that from the combined financial support of Open World, Edukado, and organizations known as Project Purus and Namri, they were able to break ground on a school with clean water in late July.

The school will be the only hub of clean, running water throughout the community, and will provide educational access to deserving students for the coming generations.

I want to thank you all again for your incredible support, this breakthrough would not have happened without you.







We are now turning our sights to traveling to the SAV School next summer to help build a fourth classroom (for preschool and kindergarten students) and to teach a classroom of students for the month we're there. Any more support whatsoever would be incredibly appreciated . Thank you all again!

Http://openworldcause.com