We held a small fundraising event at Laurence House yesterday where lots of lovely cakes, all made by employees, and samosas were available to buy. I am very pleased to say that a total of over £450 was raised. Thanks go to Kate, a Trustee, for organising and Gurbi, another Trustee, for providing some excellent
At the last Trustee meeting the important decision to change the charity bankers was made. We have been banking with HSBC since the charity started in 2011. Following the introduction of significant account charges in 2021 we have been looking at alternative providers. In May 2023 we opened an account with the Co-operative Bank in
On Sunday 20th November Kate, one of our Trustees, completed the Brighton 10k along the seafront at Brighton in a very respectable time. Kate was running to raise additional funds for our charity. You can still sponsor Kate if you wish by clicking on the link below. https://donate.giveasyoulive.com/fundraising/kates-running-the-brighton-half-marathon
Our last day of official charity business took us to our sixth school of Ishwor Adharbot. It is a very small school in a poor area that has no land space to expand and so only has junior classes with about 100 pupils who are all fed tiffin each day. Facilities at the school are
On day 7 we made the 45 minute drive out to Godawari Municipality, the location of Shree Buddha School where we were met by the principal of the school, Prem Pati Joshi to welcome us. We then had an introductory meeting with the principal, the former principal, an english teacher, the school accounts manager, and
This morning we drove back from Nagarkot and in the afternoon we visited Neel Barahi School. This is the first school that KIKN started working with around 2010. The school is currently undergoing extensive building works which they call ‘retro fitting’ but it is to make the buildings earthquake proof. This is making life difficult