Namaste Everyone!
I am leaving April 1 to begin exploring our new project-a school and dormitory for school children who migrate down to the Pokhara Valley. Jake Peters, our man in the field, who was visiting our school projects last winter, discovered the children and adults who care for them while in Astam. What he found out was beautifully written about on Jake's blog, and has been transcribed to our HANDS in Nepal web site at www.handsinnepal.org. I hope you take the time to visit our web site and read Jake's story-as well as his video of the children singing and dancing for him.
This trip takes us a huge step forward towards helping the Mustang-Tibetan group realize their dream of a school...and a place to sleep. Education is front and center to people who live on the land-and seldom have the opportunity to learn to read and write. Add to that the possibility of bringing computers and the internet to this group, as our friend Mark Pinoli of Logged On is working on.
This is not a solo endeavor of HANDS. For the first time we are partnering with others who also care about helping children of the Himalayas. We are excited to join hands with like-minded orgs who feel like we at HANDS in Nepal that education is the greatest gift you can give people who are asking for help out of poverty. Please check-in as I begin the first leg of this project by flying over to Nepal to meet with the people, visit the land and plan out the details of this project.
I am leaving April 1 to begin exploring our new project-a school and dormitory for school children who migrate down to the Pokhara Valley. Jake Peters, our man in the field, who was visiting our school projects last winter, discovered the children and adults who care for them while in Astam. What he found out was beautifully written about on Jake's blog, and has been transcribed to our HANDS in Nepal web site at www.handsinnepal.org. I hope you take the time to visit our web site and read Jake's story-as well as his video of the children singing and dancing for him.
This trip takes us a huge step forward towards helping the Mustang-Tibetan group realize their dream of a school...and a place to sleep. Education is front and center to people who live on the land-and seldom have the opportunity to learn to read and write. Add to that the possibility of bringing computers and the internet to this group, as our friend Mark Pinoli of Logged On is working on.
This is not a solo endeavor of HANDS. For the first time we are partnering with others who also care about helping children of the Himalayas. We are excited to join hands with like-minded orgs who feel like we at HANDS in Nepal that education is the greatest gift you can give people who are asking for help out of poverty. Please check-in as I begin the first leg of this project by flying over to Nepal to meet with the people, visit the land and plan out the details of this project.
Namaste and thank you so much for your support, love and help!
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