Great progress is being made on the Wishner5 funded schools in Sindhuli, with them now being in the final finishing stages. The biggest job left to do is the painting and they are currently waiting for the concrete plaster to dry properly before applying colour, something that was slowed down by a whole load of winter […]
After the inevitable delays – the old temporary bamboo classrooms were needed for exams; the schools closed for a month for festivals and then a shortage of materials and labour – work has finally started on rebuilding the Wishner5’s 7th & 8th permanent classroom buildings, both in the Sindhuli region. Shree Jana Jyoti Lower Secondary School […]
Finally, once the monsoon rains had disappeared and the dirt track that acts as road to the school had properly dried up, our Project Manager Hari was able access the 6th Wishner5 classroom rebuild school to perform the official hand over. After 7 1/2 hours on his motorbike along a road with more switchbacks than […]
Last month we were finally able to fulfil a promise to the village in rural Rasuwa that the majority of our sister organisation, Himalayan Quest’s porters come from, by running a free eye camp for them and the surrounding communities. After a long, hot and monsoon affected journey that involved a washed out bridge and a nail biting […]
In total 36 operable cataracts were identified during the camps, but only 30 chose to come for surgery. Of these, three were unable to have surgery due to high blood pressure issues and so sadly, had to return home without having their eyes fixed. Tila and Kumar, once again performed miracles rounding everyone up, patients and […]
