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Festive opening during Sailung visit

When at the beginning of October it turned out that the mandatory 10-day quarantine for visitors to Nepal would be abolished, a travel plan was quickly made and the trip to Nepal was booked for 3 weeks. On Friday 29 October, Jan Post flew to Kathmandu via Qatar. He was invited by Krishna to attend the grand opening of the school. Krishna […]

NEWSLETTER | October 2021

Green light for the 2nd phase On 1 October we were able to give the green light for the 2nd phase of the project: the completion and layout of the extra school functions. The builders have been summoned to come again! Thanks to the various sponsorships from family, friends, strangers, companies, Rotary and the contribution of 50% extra […]

Ball Divas/Children's Day

Bal Divas/Children's Day in Nepal: September 14, 2078 Children's Day or Bal Divas Day is celebrated all over Nepal to honor the children and minors. This is the day when children are given complete freedom to play. Likewise in Sailung. made drawings together https://youtu.be/63WVkyxy_18https://youtu.be/Lfh6jbsTEsg Chair dance without chairs that's how you do it!! all a […]

Newsletter | June 2021

We are pleased and proud to announce that the first phase of the school project has been completed. Thanks to all family, friends, acquaintances and unknown sponsors who made it possible to realize this. After nine months of hard work, 6 days and often 7 days a week, the construction team will travel back home this week. […]

Making school posters together

Due to Corona, there is a strict lock-down in Nepal and many people who work in the cities have returned to their families in the villages. So are families from Sailung. The school is also closed in Sailung. That gives you time to make some nice teaching material. Magic words school poster Miss Dabakis With colored paper, […]

extra school functions and new initiatives

In Sailung, many discussions have since taken place about the possibilities of giving the school a broader meaning. This resulted in a list of activities that can take place in the building. Some of them will start soon, including a women's group that focuses on basic language development and exchange. More or less linked to the school function itself is […]

Corona in Sailung

Makar, chairman of the school board, hands out reports, sanitizer and mouth masks. Update June 12; today the reports are handed out and the children get sanitizer and mouth masks to take home. As a precaution, a ribbon has been placed to keep the distance. mouth masks for the community May 21, 2021; It was almost inevitable. Now that the corona infection in […]

Project Update April 13, 2021

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2078 The project is still going well. April 14, the Nepalese New Year 2078 has started. In the meantime, we have also started preparations for phase 2 from the foundation; the completion and completion of the school. The update is in Dutch but with a lot of pictures. update

Leiden, around the church

In the week before Easter a nice article about Ton's dream to improve education in Sailung was published in the church bulletin “Around the Church of the HH. Peter and Paul Parish Leiden and surroundings”. A brief summary of the story and situation in Sailung where the people are encouraged to […]

4,000 Number of the day

After a number of members of the Rotaryclub Sassenheim had read the interview with Jan Post about the school project in the Leidsch Dagblad, they proposed to invite Jan to make a video presentation about the project for all members. No sooner said than done. The whole story told from the adoption […]

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