It being the weekend we had no school visit today so Kate and I visited Bhaktapur which used to be the capital of Nepal till the 12th century. It has a number of impressive palaces and temples and Bhaktapur Durban Square is a designated World Heritage Site. It is also known for its crafts particularly
Today we visited Neel Barahi School, our largest, with around 1,200 pupils. When I came last year the school was undergoing “retrofitting” to make it more earthquake resilient. It was good to see that these works had been finished and the building now looks really good. The other good news was that the two temporary
This morning we set off to Nepal Adarsha School. The school has some 450 pupils all the way through from class 1 to sixth form. it is based on either side of a road. Last year when we visited there were building works taking place. These have now finished. After being met at the gates
Today we visited Shree Buddha School in Godawari Municipality about 45 minutes drive away. It is a big school with over 750 pupils and growing all the time. When we visited last year the principal, Prempati Joshi, had not long been appointed. He has certainly been busy in his first year ccntinuing to grow school
Today was our first visit to some of the schools that we work with. We started by going to the poorest school that we work with which is Ishwor. The school is currently experiencing a drainage problem as a result of some digging in the road outside and as a result the school has no
Uma had arranged for us to meet all of the older children and young adults attending university and colleges at a nearby restaurant for some afternoon tea and refreshments. We were surprised to see so many tables laid out but all of the space was eventually taken up as one by one everyone turned up