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
As of Thursday 24th September KIKN now has a brand new website. It provides a long overdue update with current news, some very refreshing images and information on KIKN’s current projects. You will find details of the schools / orphanages/ disabled home we support and much much more.
Some of KIKN sponsored children came for their sponsors letters, something they all look forward to each year when I get here.. Uma gave them goodies to enjoy at the same time.They all have grown taller but not as much as Uma’s lot. They are all studying hard. I am reminded not to say ‘
In April , I made an unscheduled trip to Kathmandu from Malaysia. A short trip which lasted only 5 days. It was a very enjoyable time out for both Uma and me with the children. A week later, Nepal was hit by the most devastating earthquake since the 1920s.
As part of KIKN’s ongoing fund raising effort, we are launching our first calendar (for 2016) with photos of KIKN’s sponsored children taken by Uma and myself over the years. It is a beautiful calendar and would make an ideal Christmas present for anyone. There are 2 sizes – A4 (wall mounting) and CD size
News has just reached us that Asmita (KIKNs first year undergrad) has just passed her first year’s Chartered Accountancy exams. It is such a relief to know that the effects of the earthquake do not seem to have had an adverse effect on her studies. There were concerns at the time that the exams would