A Big ‘Thank you’ from Reejana. Reejana is the young nursery teacher @Neel Barahi School whose family home was so badly damaged during the earthquake that they had to stay in a tent long after most of the people returned or found another room to rent. She supports her family of 7 on her meagre
KIKN has identified a family with 3 children living in a steel container in the aftermath of the earthquake. The children attend Jana Sudhar school. The eldest, Aneta Anai is a small 14 year old in class 6. She speaks very good English. Both children are good students according to Raju, the teacher who accompanied
Uma and I met 2 of the children Luni ( Uma’s daughter) sponsor. A very sad tale, it would appear that it is very common amongst the families from the lower socio-economic class. This little girl is 10 years old. Her brother is 5. They have been staying in a tent since the earthquake. Their
Uma and I paid our first visit to the school this morning. What an amazing welcome! Instead of children lining the street in the sun ( as of last year ), this year they all stayed in their respective classrooms and came forward with their bunches of flowers. A most touching gesture to say thank
Having returned from Gorkha yesterday, my remaining day was taken up meeting the girls from Parapokar Orphanage. What a difference a year has made to these girls. Beautiful, tall and oh so grown up. KIKN sponsor 5 girls from the oldest established orphanage in Kathmandu. They are all high achievers. Three of them are in
As part of her trip to Kathmandu this September/October Lai See has been visiting some of the outlying areas that were very badly affected by the earthquake around Gorkha visiting some children and schools that are being helped by another locally based organisation in the UK, Progress Nepal, who we may be working with more