As 2017 drew to a close, we were finally able to get out to Makawanapur to officially hand over the 3 new Wishner5 classroom buildings that were completed during the fall. Up before the birds for the long and twisty drive south, we witnessed the sunrise over Kathmandu and the majestic Himalayan range. Four and […]
Last week saw us officially handover the brand new, three room classroom building to the principal, teachers and children of the Shree Madan- Aashrit Basic School in Tokha on the northern edge of the Kathmandu Valley. Their main building was damaged in the 2015 earthquake. Initially the children were taught in bamboo and tarpaulin temporary […]
Hot off the back of our highly successful eye camp in Baruwa Village, Sindhupulchok our 8 cataract patients, Pasang and Community Medical Assistant, Rabina packed themselves into a jeep for the long, bumpy journey to Kathmandu. With a probable average age for our patients somewhere in the mid 70s, for most of them it was their […]
On Thursday morning we set off with two senior optometrists from Kathmandu’s Teaching Hospital, Dr Sanjeeb Mishra and Dr Gauri Shankar Shrestha to finally fulfil a promise made to the community of Baruwa in Sindhupalchok, to return and support them in their health care needs by running a free eye camp. After a long, bumpy […]
Earlier this month Kate attended the official opening ceremony for a new classroom block at the Shree Bigyan Prabha Lower Secondary School, in Ikudole, rural southern Lalitpur. Although only about 25km from Kathmandu as the crow flies, by road, it’s a long, windy, bumpy 3+ hour journey along dirt trails in a 4WD vehicle, into what feels […]
