Shree Mahakali School : 13 May 2012

Today we hiked (3 hrs from Nagarkot) to Shree Mahakali School, in the Kavre District.
Last year NAFA and Sunsuper funded the building of two classrooms through the Sunsuper Dreams $5000 grant.  I hadn't visited since November last year so it was great to see the Principal, teachers and students again.  The classrooms are still not quite finished ... handrails and desks and benches are needed ... the Principal was hopeful that this would happen very soon. 

Click on this link for more information ...  http://sunsuperdreams.com.au/winners/july-kylie-gilbert 

  

Shree Mahakali School : Feb 2012

In February 2012, Ross Hazelwood, Secretary of NAFA, attended the official opening of the classrooms at Shree Mahakali School.  The classrooms were not quite finished but the opening had to be held as Ross was returning to Australia at the end of February.  A local Government member also attended the opening. 

NAFA Newsletter # 3 : Dec 2011

Click on this link to view NAFA's Newsletter #3

http://nafa.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/NAFA-newsletter-3.pdf

Shree Mahakali Secondary School : 27 Nov 2011

check out the latest news on the Sunsuper Dreams website ....

http://sunsuperdreams.com.au/winners/july-kylie-gilbert

Shree Mahakali Higher Secondary School : 1 Nov 2011

Today Ross, Helen, Bruce, Manoj Lama & I, NAFA members & supporters, visited Shree Mahakali School to see the progress of the classrooms and to meet the teachers and students. 

There are FOUR classrooms, on the second level, currently being built ...   

... (picture above) the TWO on the left (4 windows) have been funded by the District Development Corporation (DDC), a Community/Government organisation, and the TWO on the right, plus the stairwell, have been funded by the $5,000 Grant won in July from Sunsuper (plus extra funds from NAFA).  

The two Sunsuper/NAFA funded classrooms under construction.



The students who came to welcome us.

Unfortunately it was a public holiday but the Principal and a group of teachers and students came to meet us and welcome us.  The students presented us with beautiful hand made flower malas ... made us feel very special :)

We were so impressed by the Principal, the teachers and the students who were there.  The Principal is very dedicated to his school and providing quality education ... he has been Principal for more than 15 years.  Over 500 students attend the school from 9 wards and there are 19 teachers in total ... 4 women and 15 men.

Five of the Teachers

There is a Child Club and an Eco Club ... both run entirely by the students and doing great work at the school.  There is also a computer room with 18 computers and the school has access to internet as well.

The Principal told us the story of how the school evolved which was really interesting to hear ... pre-classrooms the teachers taught under the big tree in the school yard.
 
We told them about Sunsuper and the Dream and how NAFA was able to win the Grant for their school with massive support and votes from people all over the world ... they were very happy and very appreciative for the help from Sunsuper and NAFA members and supporters.

They are planning to have an opening of the classrooms sometime after February 2012 and NAFA members are hoping to attend. 

After our visit to this School, I was even more happy that we were able to win the $5000 Grant to help the School's dream to come true :)   



NAFA members, teachers & students infront of the new 2nd level classrooms.

Please click on this link for more photos ...   

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150353062611732.352049.675116731&type=1&l=d8e3cc9173 

For more information on NAFA please visit ... http://www.nafa.org.au/
and Sunsuper Dreams ... http://sunsuperdreams.com.au/winners/july-kylie-gilbert 

Shree Mahakali Higher Secondary School : 1 Nov 2011

In July, John Wood, founder of Room to Read, kindly donated over 200 bi-lingual and other library books to the school. 

These books had already been received by the school, by the time we arrived, and the students were using them.


Some of the Room to Read books displayed on the 3rd shelf down



"World Change Starts with Educated Children" ... http://www.roomtoread.org/



Shree Deuper Primary School : 31 Oct 2011

Today Ross, Helen, Bruce, Manoj Lama and I (NAFA members and supporters) hiked to Shree Deuper Primary School in Singe Village (2 1/2 hour hike from Nagarkot) to carry out a NAFA Jumper & Beanie Distribution for Nursery to Class 5 students.

We gave out jumpers and beanies (and pencils) to over 160 children.  The kids were so tiny but we managed to find a jumper for everyone and the excitement and smiles on the kids faces said it all.  The kids looked so beautiful in the colourful jumpers and beanies, which are lovingly handknitted by up to 100 amazing women in Australia, the NAFA Knitters, for underprivileged children living in remote areas of Nepal.  These jumpers are then bagged and taken over to Nepal by supporters of Nepal and NAFA as excess baggage.

 

For more photos of the happy kids, click on ...
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150354062721732.352288.675116731&type=1&l=8f0b8478b4

It's amazing and humbling that something as simple as a new jumper/beanie can mean so much to these children ... it's such a huge privilege to be involved in these jumper distributions.

Click on http://www.nafa.org.au/ for more information on NAFA and how you can get involved.