Life Skills

Welcome to Life Skills!

What are life skills?

A 13-year old boy turned to drugs when he broke up with his girl friend.

A 15-year old girl committed suicide when she discovered she was pregnant.

A 16-year old boy lost interest in life because his father forced him into studying medicine when he wanted to be a computer scien-tist.

A 14-year old girl’s dream to become a teacher burst like a bubble when her par-ents asked her to quit school and marry a stranger a few months later.

Could some of these tragedies have been prevented if teenagers in Nepal were equipped with the ability to deal with the problems and demands of their daily lives?

Had that boy been able to cope with his emotional pain after breaking up with his girl friend, perhaps he would not have taken to drugs?

If that girl had persuaded her boyfriend to wear a condom, perhaps she would not have lost her life?

That boy was aware of the harmful effects of drugs. Although he knew he should not take them, he did not have the will to say “No” when he was struck with grief and a friend offered them to him. The girl too, un-willing to have sex before marriage and aware of the advantages of condoms, was too afraid of offending her boyfriend. She did not know what to do when the boy made advances…