dZi is a small INGO that partners with communities in Eastern region of Nepal to build sustainable locally-driven programs that improve quality of life and increase prosperity for communities and individuals. We accomplish this through helping community members gain the skills, knowledge, and experience necessary to achieve this end themselves. Our programs incorporate a ‘deep development’ model that empowers our partner communities to be involved in all aspects of program design and implementation. We work in a focused area of Eastern Nepal and seek to provide long-term and comprehensive support across all development sectors. Since the past 10 years, dZi has been involved in helping improve the physical infrastructure of schools in its partner communities. Now dZi is looking to expand its work into supporting rural schools on improving the quality of education as well, with a few major goals: Increase student attendance in Government schools Decrease dropout rates for female students Decrease truancy rates by 50% Increase student performance by 25% as reflected by standardized test performance in the SEE, class 8 and class 5 exams.