Ms. Gita Ghimire is now a teacher in Shree Mahankal Devi Ma. Vi.. She was nature club member in the past. She had participated in the CTC held 7 months ago and has become ECCA counselor. The knowledge gained during CTC and her experience as nature club member has helped her to improve the teaching method. She says that the environment related game is one of the easiest tools for her to teach the students. She also thanks ECCA for providing an opportunity to be an ECCA counselor and nature club member (in the past).

I am Kalpana Timalsina , student of class 9, Shree Vidyadhiswori Ma. Vi., Ashrang. I am involved in almost all the activities conducted by nature club. After being involved in nature club activities, I have made toilet, waste pit and the charcoal stove (Gol Chulo) in my house. These things help to change not only my behavior but also of my family members. My family members are cleaner than before and have become more conscious on health and sanitation. The charcoal stove installed in my house has changed a lot in our community. Now, each house has the charcoal stove which helps to decrease deforestation. As the charcoal stove is smoke free, I am utilizing the cooking time in my studies. This has helped to improve my study and all these happened because of the ECCA project in our area.

Mr. Krishna Kumar K.C. Principal, Shree Vidyadhiswori Ma. Vi., Ashrang said that the library has been operating jointly by the team of nature club members and teachers. The library is being used during lunch time and after school time. The principal added that the library users are increasing day by day and it also helps to develop good relationship between the students and teachers. Students have started to discuss with the teachers the queries they had during the study. It has also generated reading interest in the students.

Mr. Sunil Lama, ex-nature club member, Sankhu said that he was very much impressed from ECCA training. He adds “before joining ECCA program, I threw wastes every where; I even used the road as a toilet. After participating in ECCA camp, my behavior has changed. My family has money to build toilet but not the knowledge. So, after the training, I started to share the knowledge gained in the camp with my family. They were very happy and impressed and agreed to build a toilet and improved cooking stove in my house. My neighbors have also shown interest on the changes in my house and have started to build toilet and ICS in their house too. "ECCA is my source of encouragement and I am proud of it."