Rain, rain, RAIN
The monsoon rain is heavy this year, everything is flooded. Video https://youtu.be/wd48n-2KaVQ Also a reason to quickly place a new school building.
Promotion from Mexico
How nice is it when you receive support from an unexpected source to promote the foundation. Niece van Ton, Anouk, has been staying in Mexico for a while, but the distance is certainly no obstacle to help us with great promotional material. If you click on the images, the relevant document will be displayed in PDF format in […]
Building permit 1st signature
Krishna obtained the first formal signature for the planning application yesterday. For this he had to go to the local office of the VDC, which is more than an hour's walk from the school. A queue with all kinds of paperwork was in front of him. Next step is the signature at the VDC headquarters, 3 hours walk. Local VDC office Sailung 1st […]
school extension
4 classrooms are still 2 Because of the Corona measures, the relocation of the school building has been delayed somewhat. It also turned out that the price of the necessary materials on the market in the neighboring village (1 hour drive) was very pricey. So I waited until Makar (president of the school) to return with the truck […]
Started with a new teacher !!
We are happy to report that the school has started again and the education team in Sailung has been expanded to include Miss Dabaki Shrestha. Dabaki has a higher Management degree. A special start immediately after the Corona lockdown. Not all schools in the region have already started and to avoid confusion, […]
An experience you will never forget, Dec 2018 Sailung
On request, Dion Smit recently wrote a report of his stay in Sailung Nepal. Dion was a teacher at the ROC in Amersfoort and Utrecht and decided in 2018 to make a long trip in Asia with a stay in Sailung at the beginning of his trip to teach there. An experience to […]
Collecting tree trunks for the new classrooms
In Sailung the school is closed due to holidays and Coronavirus. It is still unclear when the schools may open again. According to the schedule, the current school will be moved and expanded with 2 classrooms. This is done with minimal means, thin tree trunks from the forest and corrugated iron. May 19, 2020 The frame for the new setup of […]
Nature works against you, landslide
This morning I received a message from Krishna that a part of the wall that had recently been made as a partition from the school ground has been flushed away. The rainy season has started very early this year. On average, there is almost 1000mm of rain in Sailung in the period from May to September. It was expected that initially limited […]
Wall on edge of school grounds
When leveling the school grounds, a plateau was created which protrudes 1 to 2 meters above the lower ground. To prevent all soil from washing away during the rainy season, a wall has been made by a number of local craftsmen. A true work of art.
Donation school desk frames
The director Bina Basnet of the orphanage Orchid Garden Kathmandu has donated a number of used school desk frames. We are very pleased with this and can set up the 5th room that we will build in April. Transfer School desks Mrs. Bina Refurbish school desks from Kathmandu Thank you for having received a new set of used school desk frames […]
