Autumn 2019
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- HORAC orphanage in Kathmandu: Since the government has not (yet) built the promised access road to the site of the new building and therefore the necessary retaining wall cannot be erected, we are suspending our support for this project at the moment. Tej Bikram Shahi, the director of the children's home, is confident that his "Dreamhouse" project can be realized soon. Let's hope! He has promised to keep us informed about the latest developments.
- Agricultural College in Dhawa: The school buildings co-financed by Learn to Learn look impressive, but are no longer able to cope with the onslaught of students. We want to help Giri Lamichchane to build new classrooms as soon as possible. In addition, Giri would be very pleased to receive professional support from volunteers from Switzerland. Who knows suitable young agricultural engineers who might be interested in doing an internship or development aid in Nepal?
- Sunrise English Boarding School in Baisepathi: This spring, the headmaster Surendra Maharjan had to learn that the neighbour wanted to build a new road along the school and that three adjoining classrooms had to be dismantled. Regional planning and legal security are foreign words in Nepal! Now Giri is planning the reconstruction of the three lost rooms and we have promised him our support.
- Norbuling Children's Home in Kathmandu: This is our latest project. We heard about this very seriously run home from friends and we visited it before our return from our 22nd outreach just before Christmas. The impression was very positive and we are convinced that our commitment here will bear rich fruit. The focus of our support is above all a solar plant on the roof of the impressive house, in order to be independent of the government's uncertain power supply. The responsible director of the home wants to send us a corresponding cost estimate in the near future.
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Autumn 2018
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- Giri Lamichhane, the headmaster of the Shree Prabhat Secondary School in Dhawa visits us again in the Tibet Guest House and reports about the first steps of the new training modules in the agricultural sector. The first lecturers are obliged to procure equipment and the specialist library is opened. Now we need agricultural machinery, greenhouses and teaching materials. With a camera and a contribution for future purchases, we support this important project.
- During a visit to the HORAC orphanage of Tej Bikram Shahi we are surprised and impressed by the cheerfulness and satisfaction of the 38 children, the cleanliness and order in all rooms and the uncomplicated cohesion within the group. After an informative conversation with the young director of the home, we are happy to give him our support so that he can acquire the reserved land for an enlarged home before the land prices increase even further.
- Surendra Maharjan, headmaster of the Sunrise English Boarding School in Bhaisepati, Lalitpur, visits us in Dhulikhel and brings impressive pictures of the new installations: Pavilion for lunch for the little ones or for cultural demonstrations, computer place, etc. We will visit the school if possible during our next mission in spring 2019.
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Autumn 2017
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- While visiting the Sunrise English Boarding School in Bhaisepati, Lalitpur, we are pleased to see how cleverly the headmaster Surendra uses our funds: The inner courtyard now looks very neat and tidy, and the playground has also been leveled out. The fresh water supply, the scientific laboratory and the library look impressive. Surendra is justifiably proud of what it has achieved.
- In our spare time at Tibet Guest House, Giri Kamichhane, the headmaster of Dhawa, visits us and raves about the possibility to build up a college for the education of agronomy bachelors at his school. For this, he needs machines, tools, planters and a fishpond. We want to support him in his efforts to improve agriculture in Ghorka District.
- On one Sunday, at the suggestion of Ramji Hamal, the headmaster of Stepping Stone, we visit the small Kalika Basic School in the south of the province, which suffered heavily from the flooding six months ago. Now the fields are dry again, but the damage to the buildings is still visible. The school authorities are therefore grateful for financial support in reopening the school, and the children are happy about the T-shirts we brought with us. [report]
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February 2017
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- From the publishing house Stäheli in Biberbrugg, we can again pick up a trunk full of new books: English, biology, chemistry, geography. We bring a suitcase full of books - together with three other laptops - to Nepal and distribute everything to "our" schools.
- Another tranche of toys from Biberist comes with us.
- Shortly before departure for our 18th assignment, the headmaster Sunil of Uttargaya Public English Secondary School UPESS in Nuwakot tells us, that the promised roof of the hostel was not yet built. That is why we do not invest the donation of "Kriens hilft Menschen in Not" and the money collected by Carina and Deborah for the infrastructure but for the reconstruction of the roof. It takes a lot of patience, however, until we finally get the redeeming picture with the concrete roof. Now the cover has to dry out before they can start the completion of the interior.
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November/ December 2016
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- Family Staudenmann, the bakers from Biberist, started a collection of playing material, children's books and clothes in Halten, which DHL again transported for us - together with ten microscopes - to Kathmandu and helped us to get everything out of the customs. Thank you all!
- We are still waiting for the first pictures from the beginning of the roofing of the UPESS hostel, which Sunil, the principal of UPESS had promised us for the beginning of this year.
- Carina and Deborah, "our" two students, have started a collection of funds for the same purpose: A new hostel for the UPESS kids.
- To Surendra, the principal of Sunrise English Boarding Secondary School in Baisepati, Lalitpur, we handed over a considerable sum from the pre-Christmas Bazar at the School in Beinwil am See. It will be used for the construction of a drinking water dwell, a science lab, a library, etc.
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February 2016
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- Thanks to a new donation, Learn to Learn could finance the plastering of the new school rooms of Chetana Kindergarten as well as the weather-proof tin roof.
- Some new playing material will allow a more child-centric teaching.
- As "our Civil Engineer" Paul checked and approved the progress of the reconstruction of the Hostel for the Uttargaya School, Principal Sunil receives the next portion of te whole budget; Paul pushed the workers to accelerate their working speed.
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November/ December 2015: |
- DHL delivers about 450 kg of teaching/ learning material and toys, which we had collected in the name of Learn to Learn, to Kathmandu.
[report]
- For the first time after the devastating earthquake in spring 2015 we visit our projects in Trisuli, Nuwakot: Shree Chattana Primary School and Kindergarten and Uttagaya Public English Secondary School.
[report "Trisuli 2015"]
[report "Reconstruction of Chettana Kindergarten"]
- Visit at the Victor Hugo Manjushree Vidyapith in Chapali to introduce and demonstrate the new "Octopus" microscope
[report]
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February 2015: |
- "Shortly before our departure in January 2015 we had the opportunity to empty a whole shelf of English textbooks at the Staeheli Publishing company in Ziegelbrücke because they were not sellable anymore. In addition, the Kantonsschule Seetal donated six discharged multimedia projectors, some old video and digital cameras and two MP3 players. Some of the material we already brought to Nepal, but much more is still waiting in our basement to be transported to Nepal. Anyway: Many thanks go to Ziegelbrücke and Baldegg!
- For the "Home of New Hopes" (Nawa Asha Griha, NAG) of the Swiss Nicole Thakuri-Wick (www.nagnepal.org) we brought a new projector (the old one is often used for teaching) and three English dictionaries.
- To the principal Giri Lamicchane of the Shree Prabhat Public School in Dhawa we handed over a bag full of English textbooks. In this school in the Ghorka district we worked four years ago. Giri visits us every time we are in Nepal and reports about the changes in his school.
- The "Stupa Community Hospital" close to the Boudhanat Stupa got a digital camera and a video camera. They both will be used in the future for documentation and instruction.
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November 2014: |
- "Memorandum of Understanding" for financing 70 windows in the upper floor of Stepping Stone English School in Dhangadhi
- Delivery of a binocular microscope from the Kantonsschule Alpenquai, Lucerne, for the science lab, as well as teaching- and studying- material for the pre-school classes of the same school
- Writing material, 2 kg of colored pencils and a ball for the Victor Hugo Manjushree Vidyapith School in Chapali
- Postcard project: Students of the Victor Hugo school designed more than 500 postcards. They will be rewarded by a Swiss company with the completion of their school building (Science lab and two classrooms) and a picnic outing.
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September 2013: |
Visit in Trisuli, Nuwakot:
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March 2013: |
Short visit in Trisuli Bazar, Nuwakot:
Dhawa, Shree Prabhat Public School:
- During the short visit to Pokhara, we handed over a binocular microscope to the principal, sponsored by "Kantonsschule Alpenquai". Thereafter, we prepared a big box with toys for the Kindergarten in Dhawa.
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November 2012: |
Trisuli Bazar, Nuwakot
- Uttargaya Public English Secondary School [report]
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October/ November/ December 2011: |
Trisuli Bazar, Nuwakot
- Uttargaya Public English Secondary School [report]
Gajuri (Dhading District)
- Shree Samitar Primary School, Kumpur-3 [report]
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