A delegation from Reach Out To Asia (Rota), a member of Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development, has opened two community centres  in Nepal.
The ongoing project, launched in 2014, is aimed at empowering youth and providing information and communications technology facilities to help eliminate ICT barriers.
The project, developed in partnership with READ Global and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, will serve an estimated 100,000 people, including 35,000 from four rural districts throughout central and western Terai.
With a special focus on ICT skills, the project aims to establish and upgrade 11 community centres overall, creating educational, social, and economic opportunities for communities with a special focus on youth. The delegation, led by Rota’s director of quality, impact, and  strategy,  Abdulla al-Abdulla, opened the Deukhuri community library and Resource Centre (CLRC) in the Dang District, and the Kalika CLRC Centre in the Bardiya district on march 5 and 6.  
“Through this project, Rota intends to expand living and educational resources for communities and the youth in particular. This is in line with our mission to engage young people and diverse community members to address educational and developmental challenges both at home and abroad,” al-Abdulla said.
The first centre to benefit as part of the delegation is the Deukhuri CLRC, constructed in 2015 in Gadhawa village in the Rapti Zone of the mid-western region of Nepal, where 68% of a total population of 12,453 are literate. In partnership with READ Global, Rota has provided financial aid of about QR 455,000 to support the four-year programme, which will run from 2014 to 2017.
The second centre to prosper from the Rota delegation is Kalika CLRC, located in Kalika village in the Bheri Zone, also in the mid-western region of Nepal. The village is home to a population of 15,910 and has a literacy rate of 86%. Rota has provided QR 601,606 to improve local infrastructure, provide training, enhance education, support ICT development, build center capacity, and create alternative energy power resources.