Project Wings to Dreams

An initiation by Chain For Change - CFC in collaboration with Expedición Solidaria, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain and St. Xavier's College, Maitighar, Kathmandu under the project "Wings to Dreams". Establishing Resource Centre for Accessible Facilities and integrating it in education system is CFC's mega project to overcome the graphical challenges faced by persons with visual disabilities. There are subjects in curriculum having diagram and graphical content which are understood only through visual cues or perception. This causes more than 90% of the published materials in the world inaccessible to persons with visual disabilities states World Blind Union. This is why, we need your attention and support in any way possible. Chain For Change has received the 3D printer with the support from Expedición Solidaria and has inaugurated the Resource Centre for Accessible Facilities at St. Xavier's College, Maitighar, Kathmandu on 17th March, 2023. A dedicated course has alre

On 4th May, 2024, members of Chain For Change working in the Project Wings to Dreams carried out an interactive session to the fellows of Women Leaders in Technology at Prime College, Khusibu. The session was focused to help the WLiT team understand about the project, its goals, activities, and impact along with their contribution to the community that we are serving. It began with the presentation from our Co-founder & Treasurer Sanjiya Shrestha explaining about disabilities and its types. Then, the Founder & President Abhishek Shahi briefed about the project journey and goals. Khushi Subedi explained about the trip that the group had in their design classes and workshop. Karmendra Shrestha shared how an individual conceptualized and made 3D models using locally available resources. Romee Jijicha explained the challenges that the team faced during the process. Joon Shakya - IT & Creative Specialists gave demonstration of CFC website and App along with the involvement of designing

On 18th March, 2024, members of Project Wings to Dreams gave presentation to the representative of St. Claret College, Bangalore, India where they shared about the project, its goals, activities, impact and challenges along with fun games and interaction. There were 2 teaching faculties and 8 students who attended this session. One of the project members, Sanskriti Pokharel welcomed and open the presentation with her moderating skills. Sangam Khadka shared about the project goals and the journey of collaboration between Chain For Change, St. Xavier's College, Universitat Politècnica de València and Expedición Solidaria,. Karmendra Shrestha presented about the CFC application and its features along with 3D designing team to the participants and Khushi Subedi explained about the journey that an individual had gone through as a project member in designing and making 3D models and working as a team to carry out workshops in schools to support children with visual disabilities. Srijan

On 9th March, 2024, members of Project Wings to Dreams carried out an interactive presentation to the Alumni of St. Xavier"s College in 16th Chiyaguff session. There were 35 attendees in the event who learned about Project Wings to Dreams, its goals, activities, impact and challenges along with fun games to understand and empathize about blindness. Project members Sangam Khadka and Sanskriti Pokharel moderated the session with their dramatic and emotional hosting skills. Founder and President of CFC Abhishek Shahi and Co-founder and Treasurer Sanjiya Shrestha shared about Chain For Change"s journey and the conceptualization of project and its goals. Project Lead, Joon Shakya who made CFC app and became a part of 3D design team showcased about the features of application via smart board. Likewise, Project Secretary Karmendra Shrestha presented about how each project members individually researched, designed and made accessible 3D models using locally available resources. Khushi Sube

On 30th April, 2025, Mr. Miquel Cañada Molino - who visited Nepal as an exchange staff from Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain and is working as Laboratory Technician in Digital Manufacturing, at UPV worked with Secretary of CFC, Ms. Deepika Shahi to develop a very first Do-It-Yourself (DIY) Braille Printer of Nepal. This idea was first proposed by our Intern Design Instructor (2024/25), Ms. Gala Cervera Meroño but, due to lack of spare parts in Nepal we could not built it. Later, Mr. Miquel took over this project and build an identical version in his lab at UPV. Upon his visit to Nepal, he brought some of the missing parts and screws that were required to build the braille machine. Some of the pieces were laser cut, some of them were 3D printed and rest were few screws, wires and other machine components. Mr. Miquel guided Ms. Deepika to build it from the scratch. He explained the significance of each parts and component, its placement along with its function in the printe

On 16th April, 2025, Chain For Change in collaboration with Expedición Solidaria, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain, and St. Xavier's College, Maitighar conducted four-day masterclass is designed for project interns, teachers and technical staff who gain practical skills in operating, troubleshooting, and repairing 3D printers. Mr. Miquel Cañada Molino who is working as Laboratory Technician in Digital Manufacturing, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain facilitated this session to 7 project interns and 5 teaching and technical staffs from St. Xavier's College, Maitighar. At first, Mr. Miquel assessed the knowledge of the participants in operating the 3D printers. Then, participants learned how to operate and repair 3D printers. They also learned to use different designing and slicing software for each 3D printers and print some models. Mr. Miquel also gave the participants some tips and guidelines to handle the 3D printers in a correct manner for better results.

On 16th April, 2025, the executives of Chain For Change, Mr. Abhishek Shahi and Ms. Deepika Shahi along with one of the exchange staffs, Mr. Miquel Cañada Molino visited Moware (Mountain Waste Repurposed), Taragaon, Kathmandu. The aim of this visit was to understand how Moware is working in the field of upcycling plastic waste, the process of developing products, the technologies being used (such as machines and knowledge), and to explore possibilities for collaboration. The General Manager of Moware design & Sagarmatha Next, Ms. Eva Villardón Grande, hosted our Executives and Mr. Miquel. She shared about the company and their project and also took for a tour to exhibit their workshop, labor and machineries. She also guided them to their store where they had made a lot of products from recycled items. Our Executives and Mr. Miquel also shared about their initiatives and involvements. All the parties agreed on seeking for future collaboration.

On 20th March, 2025, Chain For Change collaborated with Student Quality Circle (SQC) – Udaan to carry out an Experience Sharing Session under the theme "Walking with the excluded" and sub theme "Healing together: Sharing Experiences, Building Futures". In this event, organizations working with burn survivors and marginalized communities came together to share their challenges, impact, and inspiring journeys. Our Public Relation & Philanthropy Officer, Sangam Khadka and Design Support Officer, Khushi Subedi presented about the effort and journey of CFC and the advancement and impact that Project Wings to Dreams is making together with its partners to create accessible, beautiful and inclusive world. They also urged the participating youth in the event to join the initiative and commit to bind by the theme of the summit.