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Twelve middle school students from the American International School of Zagreb (AISZ) have embarked on a campaign to raise $28,000 in funding for a new computer lab at the Kopila Valley School in Nepal. The students plan to use social media to raise awareness.

To achieve their goal, these 12 and 13-year-old students will devote their time and effort to spread the word and raise interest in this cause by mounting an Internet based crowd funding campaign, called TechKopila: kids empowering kids. The students formally launched their campaign in February and hope to reach their financial goal by May 28, 2014.

Each AISZ student is playing a role in the running of the campaign, performing jobs such as logo designer, public relations manager, video producer, Facebook account manager, and school community outreach leader. Students are doing all the work necessary to make this project a success and feel strongly about this campaign. They believe they should share the privileges they have with the students of Kopila Valley. They are truly “kids empowering kids”.

About the Kopila Valley School Kopila Valley School is located in western Nepal in the town of Surkhet. It was founded by a young, American woman named Maggie Doyne and enables disadvantaged Nepali children from the region to receive a free education. The school serves nearly 400 children through grade nine. Construction is underway to build a new campus that will include a computer lab and vocational center.

About AISZ AISZ was founded in 1966, it offers English-language education to all students from junior kindergarten up to grade 12. Currently there are about 258 students enrolled at the school from all over the world, representing over 35 nationalities. The community includes pre-school, elementary, middle, and high school aged students. The goal of AISZ is to inspire, motivate, and empower students in a nurturing academic environment.