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January 2022 – From the Top of the World

The last two years have been very hard for the Nepali people and many things in life stopped, but ChangeforHope continued working even in the most difficult of circumstances ( Covid, crowded busses, and lockdowns). 

 
We were very pleased to finish the Abandoned woman’s house with windows, stucco, and painting, to deliver more emergency supplies to families ( woolen blankets for ground cover), and to help the most vulnerable in the village, the elderly with warm jackets, hats, shawls, AND roofs their houses- 8 in all.
 
The Abandoned woman was able to pick out her own house color “BRIGHT BRIGHT” yellow and with the blue roof not only does she stand out in her community as a woman who helps but now her house stands out too.  We also her wooden window frames in with glass.
 
The community was enlisted to help in the tearing down of the old grass roofs and to help the paid woodworker and truss maker to roof 8 houses.
 
The consensus was all blue and it really turned out lovely.  The elderly and their family now have water-safe roofs. The blue roofs of Kalitar are a lovely sight.
 
Because my manager in Nepal, Sandip, is a master at speaking and bargaining we were able to stretch the money, donated by many but the majority from Corning Rotary Club in New York, we were also able to listen to a plea from a teacher in a very rural school that his classrooms were all leaking. They too will not be roofed- that is this last picture.
 

Thank you for your continued support.

 

Villagers carry supplies for the work.

Here we are building trusses.

This is what the new trusses look like inside

Before

After 

New roof. 🙂 

New roof. 🙂 

Stucco and roof for this house.

Started to paint.

Finished painting.

Abandoned women so happy. 🙂

 

Blankets distributed.

These are the elderly that were helped, with Sandip and the abandoned woman.

A woman overcome with joy over what God has provided for her…

New school – next project

The blue roofs of Kalitar

 

Thank you so much for your continued support.  

March 2021 – From the Top of the World

For all those that shared generously to help build this Abandoned Woman ( with 7 children AND her aged father-in-law) a home in Kalitar, here are the pictures of what has been done as of March 29, 2021 ( donations taken in December). 

The falling-down shack is her current home. 

 

 

The team has taken 5 trips there to maintain the integrity of the project.

 

All rock is carried by hand from the river about 1/2 mile away and all rock is then hand crushed to make for the flooring.

Cement is mixed with sand and small pebbles from the river to make the bricks and mortar to build the building. Everything is made on the property. 


There is nothing that can compare this woman’s face in the first picture and the last picture of her. She now has hope her family can be safe the next rainy season and cold weather season without a building falling on her. 

The thatched roofs in this village leak and the people try to patch with tarps that quickly disintegrate.   

The picture below is an example of the conditions of the roofs.

Change for Hope is currently collecting funds to roof the 9 worst houses in Kalitar.   

Our goal is to roof all the homes in Kalitar that need roofing.  The total estimated cost of the balance of the roofing is approximately $12,000.  

Please continue to give as we are continuing our work in Kalitar. 

Thank you for your generosity…the work continues….final pictures in about a month…..

February 2021 – From the Top of the World

We met this woman who had been abandoned by her husband in 2019. 

 
 
 
 
Next to her is the home she lives in currently.  Left with 7 children and an ailing father in law she has struggled to take care of everyone. She has been faithful to her family in a country where women, too, just walk away. 
 
 
Last year we purchased a water buffalo for her to help her start a business and this year we will build her a 3 room house ( each room 10×12).  It will look like the picture above.  When we told her we would do this the next time the team saw her and told her of the support we raised…well you can see how age evaporated off her face as she knew her children would be well.
 
 
So little does so much in Nepal.  Thank you for your continuous support.