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Dec 2022 – Jan 30 2023 From the Top of the World

A lot of work completed but not everything is listed!

The long winding roads now are under construction and often took us 10 hrs to get to places that normally took us 5 to six.
Kalitar). This was our first trip this year and after crossing the river over 50 times in a tourist type jeep w/no seat belts, bench seats with a canvas top we managed to reach Kalitar after many bumps and water almost engulfing us.  Then we took a short hike up to the village (not the small town which is other work being done).  We laughed a lot, took our lumps and bumps and continued our service work.  Sandip, Saru, I and a few others.  We are blessed even though it was cold and cement floors are interesting to say the least in the winter time.  Everyone there is so kind to me and take care of my needs to stay safe and warm they are family in the most profound way.
 

Kalitar Village:  a Team of 4 and additionally 2 doctors and a nurse

 1. Primed and painted the community center and church inside and out. 
 
 
2. Built an inside stove for the ladies in the outside kitchen the CFH built a few years ago.
 
 3. Painted the outside kitchen and bathrooms in the back of the church. 
 
 4. Distributed organic seeds a donation from Renee’s Garden  to the villagers (over 50 packets)
 
 5. Facilitated a Medical Clinic and Pharmacy: We had 2 Nepali doctors and 1 nurse for 235 villagers – and supplied all medication
 
 6. Facilitated sewing classes for 10 woman who stayed in the community center for 1 month- we supplied food – 5 sewing machines and paid a lady in the village to cook for them.

Kalitar Town: 

  1. Supplied two water tanks 1000 Liters each for the School – transportation was prohibitive for the 2000 liter tanks because of the river
  2. Supplied Playground equipment for the school- footballs, basket balls, nets, kick balls, badminton etc.
  3. Supplied Bookshelves for the Library  15×5 feet stained and trimmed 
  4. Painted inside of the library first with a primer then with color

Shree Mahji School: Terai – another dust covered long 10 hrs. to reach the school.  So much dust and bumps in the road as construction is everywhere to widen roads and build new infrastructure. 

  1. Painted the entire school inside and out 4 classrooms 
  2. Supplied Jackets and Pants for all children ( 40)
  3. Supplied Back Packs for all Children
  4. Supplied playground equipment- kick balls, soccer balls, jump ropes, etc.
  5. Purchased a big screen TV for the educational office to enhance education thru YouTube programs ( they now have internet)

Home of Dreams

  1. Made a contribution of $100 to this very small children’s home for girls
  2. Supplied 20 packets of seeds from Renees gardens to plant
 
 

Goat Purchases:  We are in the process ( March) of purchasing 4 goats of the larger quality. Poor weather kept us from doing this while I was there. One is for a Widow and 3 for a handicapped man in mountain village in Dolakha. 

 

Humanitarian issue:

Bindiya Dangol is a 21-year-old woman with 4 children from a village in Dhading.  We heard of her as she and her husband were in Kathmandu for Kidney dialysis. Bina ( Orchid Garden Nepal) who we have supported throughout our years, l informed us of the dire condition this family was in. Sandip and I visited and decided that we could help her.  The condition of where she stayed was horrid to stay the least.  We supplied a bed, a shelving unit for pots and pans, eating utensils, metal plates, cups plus blankets, toys for the children, a gas cylinder ( she had depended on other to cook after they did on their stoves), a stove and food for a month.  Bina supplied free education and a daily meal for the children during school hours. 
 
The husband passed away a few days after I came home on January 30th).  We supplied her all the required needs for cremation which included burial flowers, covering cloth and transportation to Pashupatinath Temple where anyone can now be cremated. We continued to help her with transportation back to the village with some funds to help with her children.  
 
 
All our work is inclusive of Labor Charges, transportation charges, meals for all working on the projects ( doctors, nurses, laborers, painters etc).  Inflation is very high in Kathmandu and surrounding areas.  Gas prices have soared. We have been so blessed to have Sandip who bargains and lowers prices as much as he can in the cost of items, transportation and fees for the laborers. 
 
 
 
Any question please feel free to call me. The work continues……..
 
 
 

May 2022 – From the Top of the World

The work continues in Kalitar.. 
 
We purchased 10 goats to start a breeding program.  The men took a local bus to go the six hrs to catch the river bus.  They purchased all the supplies ( not the goats) in Makwenpur and then paid to have the supplies taken down the river via a tractor to the small city of Kalitar ( not to be confused with the village Kalitar a miles or so away).
 
We chose to paint the outside and re-roof one detached classroom.  During this time in Nepal, Elections are currently being held and our men were told ‘DO NOT TO ANYTHING TO THE SCHOOL ‘. The Principal was hoping political leaders would hold to their promises and do something for their rural school.
 
 Sandip quietly told the headmaster that all the supplies were there and we would use them elsewhere if we were not allowed to do what they asked us to accomplish 3 months ago.   He gave Sandip 24 hrs before the politicians came. An impossible task without the grace needed to accomplish the task.  Sandip then made an executive decision and hired local men to help with the painting (12 in all) and he and Nabraj went to work. In 12 hours they had the painting done and the roofing done. Now it was night and hiking in swollen rivers ( mesquites buzzing everywhere) they made it back to the village to eat and then sleep on the cement floors and continue the next day planting the fruit trees.
 
As the morning rose, Nabraj and Sandip tirelessly planted trees.
 
Needless to say, I am so happy with the work we are allowed to do.  We hope to go back to the school ( we supplied computers and other educational materials in 2020) and finished the inside of the classrooms and supply them with encouraging materials to continue their educational interests.  
 
We are blessed to say I have complete faith in my fellow laborers is a misunderstanding of the love I have for their tireless work.  I am so please and proud…..
24 trees were planted, Mango, Guava, Leechee, peach, and lemon, and one detached classroom was roofed and painted.

Man’s house that received goats

The goats and the man’s family

Transportation

How the school looked

Started Whitewashing

Starting the painting and roofing

Progressing

Meet the crew. 

School when we were finished.

Dinner by candlelight 

Nabraj brushing teeth in the morning before planting

The abandoned woman will take care of the trees

Fruit trees

Inside the school-room

We will return when in October/ November to finish some of the work we started here such as painting the inside of that classroom, finishing the outside kitchen, adding a wood-burning stove, and purchasing more goats. Hopefully, we will be able to do a medical camp as well. 
 
We also have many plans and hopes for our school in the Terai and Shree Majhi Primary School.   
 
Please continue your prayers and support.

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.