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.