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October/November 2025

October/November 2025 – 22nd trips celebrating the glorious work God has allowed me to do for 20 years.
 
 
Although I was unable to go to the villages due to flooding and rain I was blessed with a time of fellowship and teaching.
The morning after I arrived, I was whisked away to a rural area of Kathmandu to attend the grand opening of the church CFH helped to build by suppling the windows and roofs. As said previously, the people had begged to have a home church.  The land was donated; members of Prashansa church labored along with others of the community to take care of building. The building is fantastic for that area, and a wonderful meal was supplied after the service…and to my surprise a western toilet! 50 were expected and over 100 came.
 
 
Following I was able to attend the 50th anniversary of the Bible Society.  The bible has only been in Nepal for 50 years was astonishing to me. Both English and Nepali were used and I was thrilled to hear the testimonies of many.  I was tapped on the shoulder twice and was so surprised that a young student I had in ESL classes remembered me from years ago. The second tap was a man I worked with at an orphanage when I began this in 2005. Over 1500 were in attendance and there too was a wonderful meal.
 
 
Next, I taught a women class on friendship based on Biblical truth.  It was a joyous time and even I was shocked at how much the Bible teaches on friendships.  What was to be a 15 min class lasted over an hour with the ladies asking for more.
 
 
A woman’s fellowship followed with a day of praise and worship- they came to overfill the building- 100 women were expected and over 300 came.  A testimony of the love of these women. Of course there was a meal afterward and I was taken away first so this old grandma could be fed.
 
The last commitment I made for 2025 was to roof the inside of classrooms with insulating materials for Orchid Garden Nepal- run by Bina Basnet- a wonderful woman whom I have worked with for 8 years now. The rooms become a furnace in the summers, and the need to insulate is paramount. 
 
 
Updates in the next few months for blanket distributions, radio station news, warm clothing for the poor at Shree Majhi Basic School ( we have supported many times over the years), painting the toilets and shower room in Kalitar and so much more.
 
There were many meals and many visits by people whom CFH has worked with in the past.  Many days were spent talking to kids and laughing hysterically as we played Farkle and Connects. 
 
 
Thank you everyone who participated in the work that continues in Nepal.  As I reach my 74th birthday in March I pray I can continue…please pray for me.
 
Be blessed at you bless others.

October 2025 From the Top of the World

The rains came so hard that all projects in the villages were cancelled.  ChangeforHope will finish these project after the first of the year which includes:
  • Painting of the toilet and shower rooms ( male and female toilet and one shower room) the building now has stucco and awaits its paint.
  • A Wheelchair for a handicapped man in a village
  • 100 blankets delivered to a rural village that is on the way to Kalikatar
  • 10 goats to widows
  • The building of a toilet in Gorka
  • Backpacks for a rural school.
I was able to attend the opening of a Church that CFH helped with the windows/roof and doors. It was also a blessing to attend the 50th anniversay of the Bible Society in Nepal and to teach a womens group on Friendships. I was able to distribute books while there too.  
 
 
The work continues as there are many projects for 2026…..

Spring and Summer of 2025

The weather and road conditions have proved to be a difficult challenge to accomplish the goals of CFH, but we were finally able to complete the bathroom/ shower room for women and children in Kalitar ( Kalikatar), purchase goats for widows in a mountain village, and do another Medical camp.
 
The bathroom in Kalitar has a shower room for women ( with a 500-liter water tank) and a toilet facility specifically for women. We put in a separate toilet for men.  This is at one end of the village, next to the outside kitchen and home we built for an abandoned woman ( with 7 children) a few years ago.  This woman now watches the fruit trees we a few years back.  These trees are already producing fruit for the villagers.  We will paint the bathroom building when I return in October of 2025.
 
 
We purchased 14 goats for 7 widows in a distant mountain village.  Each woman received two goats.  Sandip ( my project manager)traveled 8 hrs. to take pictures.  Some of these goats had kids right after they were delivered by truck. These goats produce income for these women. This project is directed as a “goat breeding” project not a “goat eating” project. The understanding is that for one if not two, breeding cycles, the goats are not to be eaten or sold but to be bred.  The woman can then have a herd.  We are trying to instill that, instead of eating for a day, this program helps them to understand delayed financial potential.  Each goat that is large can potentially be sold for around $200.  This is a substantial amount of money for a village woman, and especially for widows who have little or no support.
 
 
We completed a one-day medical camp in May and served over 150 people. With 4 nurses, 7 doctors ( one dentist), and lay people, we treated over 150 men, women, and children who came dressed in their best attire.  We had a complete pharmacy and distributed antibiotics, anti-fungal medicines, and other necessary medicines. CFH extracted teeth, dewormed, evaluated skin issues, treated foot and eye issues, and addressed many other minor issues. We did a complete evaluation on patients and sent people on to hospital clinics that had more serious medical issues we could not handle at the day camp.  Women had gynecological exams and were treated accordingly.  It was a wonderful day of care for people who often never seek medical attention until the illness is severe. 
The Nepal government is very strict now with having Medical Camps, and we are stringent in getting permission and working with an NGO in Kathmandu that I am personally acquainted with, and no salaries are taken for any projects they do.
 
 
ChangeforHope also paid tuition for two little girls whose father abandoned them, and their mother works in a small shop.  This was a one-time gift donated. The mother, Sabina, is someone I knew at the first children’s home I worked in in 2005.  She was a child then and a wonderful young girl. Grace and Glory
 
 
Our student in Hotel Management went to Japan as part of his education and returned in May.  He will travel again in December of 2025 to help complete his Bachelor’s in Hotel Management.  I am hoping that his school will send him to Canada or the US for his continued education. 
 
 
David has a future now.
 
We put in a water treatment system / and new screens ( many, many mosquitoes) in my manager’s home,e which is the home I stay in while in Nepal.
 
I return to Nepal on October 23rd to evaluate needs in two villages.  We hope to do another medical camp in Kalitar, to build two toilets in another Himalayan village, and to help those who cannot help themselves.

October 2024 – From the Top of the World

October 2024

My return to Nepal was late ( and shorter) this year as I flew on October 8th and returned on the 28th. I had back problems in the spring (I had a back ablation done) and did not want to push the issues with the long flights and rough roads in Nepal.

 
In Kawasoti we had the joy of doing a medical camp for over 180 people. We were able to change the amounts of medicines people took or advised them on alternatives.  Young and old came, the oldest being 90 and the youngest 9 months.  We were able to hire 4 doctors and 2 nurses and Sagar, the pharmacist, to facilitate this needed project.  We had a full pharmacy and were able to resolve quite a few issues.  One of our doctors also had a PT background and we were able to instruct how to alleviate some physical issues.  One lady in a wheelchair came who had had a stroke – the doctor went over a series of exercises that she could do every day to help her.  We have refurbished this school in previous years which we found was overgrown, and so hired locals to trim trees, cut grass and prepare for the  medical camp.  All in all, a very successful help to some of the most vulnerable people in Nepal.
 
 
In another area, we spent 10 hrs one way on the road to reach a mudslide area. Three houses were lost as they slid down the hill.  Four people lost their lives, and two bodies have never been recovered.  The man in the picture with me lost both his son and grandson- they are the ones that have not been found.  Our team carried the supplies into the village, supplying the entire area with needed food for a month. We will continue our efforts in this area. 
 
Backpacks to be delivered to a very rural area school.  These children are some of the poorest of the poor.  Pictures will follow when we can complete the delivery.
Mosquito nets for the village of Kalikatar we have been working in for the past 5 years. 
 
We purchased 300 plates for functions for “Prasansha Social Service Nepal” and the church that does much of the coordination for ChangeforHope.
 
Additional support was provided:
  1.  We began to support a radio station that gives Local news, “good news”,  and news about the humanitarian efforts through ChangeforHope for a period of 1 year with a weekly program
  2. Our student in Hotel Management ( He is in his 3rd year)  will be going to Japan for his internship for 6 months and we are paying for his Flights, visa and paperwork.  In Japan, he will work at a ski resort on the west side of Japan and earn a small salary to sustain him.  He has one more year of classes and has worked hard to achieve and be selected for Japan.  He has had to take classes in Japanese.  The selection was not easy to go to Japan.  

We were not able to accomplish a few things as the landslides are still not all cleared.
  1. We were unable to look into bee hives at this time
  2. The other organization put off their trip to Nepal because of the flooding and landslides so we were unable to meet with them for stoves
  3. Goat purchases are being made but again, we have to wait until landslides are cleared to buy and deliver the goats for 5 widows in a very rural area
 
We will also build two toilets for  Kalikatar when we can reach there by the river as there is only 1 at the moment for the 100+ people who live there and so still use the forest!
 
At this time roads are still covered in mudslides in rural areas and so goats will be purchased and delivered in the next few months. Last APrils Medical camp was such a success with treating hundreds of patients and so we hope April of 2025 to do another. So much more to be done, this is a small sample.  Thank you for your generosity.

April 2024 – From the Top of the World

April was full of excitement as Kathmandu Prashansa Church and Change for Hope were working together to receive the government’s permission to do a medical Camp near the village of Kalitar.  With the Medical Camp, we hope to be able to serve 300 patients with minor surgeries, infections, and women’s issues.  The success was outstanding as God is always the source and we are but His Means and we received permission in record time.
 
 
 
Sandip in conjunction with the church organized and recruited 11 doctors and nurses. The pastor from Kalitar where we finished some roofs also came and helped. 
 
 
A local school allowed us to use their facilities which made examinations so much easier as we had separate rooms for minor surgery, women’s issues, pediatrics and general practice, a Physical Therapist, and a certified pharmacist with a trainee. The medical camp had a vulnerable population of over 450 people, who were treated.  Two cases of cancer were found, two women were treated for the removal of various skin issues and many infections were treated with medications.  Women received gynecological treatment by a female staff member which makes exams so much easier in the rural communities.
 
 
Minor surgeries were performed, ears examined, babies treated, the elderly examined and treated, and medications distributed with explicit instructions.
 
 
 
Sagar (Promod Tamang) was the pharmacist in attendance giving back to ChangeforHope.  He has been so helpful in the past few years as we paid for his education and start-up clinic fees several years ago. Sagar now has a thriving business, a wife, and two children at a pharmacy outside of Ring Road in Kathmandu. This all came about as he took notes during a medical camp CFH did 10+ years ago and I noticed he was very interested in medicine. Dr. Ooi from Canada came and worked with me that year and was Sagars major supporter during is school years. 
 
We also finished the 11 roofs in the Kalitar village that had been waiting. Now a total of 28 homes ( the entire village) have new roofs so that the people are able to live safer lives during monsoon seasons. They will no longer be subject to leaking water and various vermin living in the grass roofs! The pastor there is working hard at teaching this village about the love Christ has to offer and more people there are being helpful to each other.  The fruit trees we planted several years ago are thriving (only a few were eaten by the goats) and many are over 10 feet tall and may produce fruit this year!
 
 
In May we will be buying more goats and water buffalo for the most vulnerable: widows and handicapped persons.
 
This October  when I return to Nepal we will continue our efforts in another area with hopefully the following:
  • A medical camp
  • We are looking into Bee Hives 
  • In conjunction with another organization, we are looking at putting in stoves that require less fuel and are smokeless chimneys – this will help in the collection of wood as less is needed
  • More goat and animal purchases
  • Distribution to the most vulnerable of Blankets/food and necessities in rural villages
  • Backpacks for children to carry their school supplies during their long walks in mountainous areas
And much more.
 

Thank you again for your continued support