Altruism, Compassion & A Little More Information…
Our Children Learn Important Life Skills After such a long absence of news, (slight) apologies for sending newsletters 2 weeks running. There’s news and more photos to share and some important information to update and clarify last week’s fundraiser announcement.As well as normal national curriculum studies, all the Namgon children, the boys at the monastic school and our girls in the nunnery school learn important life lessons about caring for their homes (the school buildings) and contributing to the local environment and community as well as taking some responsibility for...
Read MoreNews Is Sparse….
The school in the evening light Sparse news in lock down Communications are obviously more challenging during the lock down period and news is less frequent. After nearly 4 months with travel restrictions in place, we’re happy though to share that some children from villages nearer to the school in Mustang are able to return. For our girls whose families live in even more remote areas such as Dolpo and Rukum in the impoverished western regions, they are unable to get back to school due to the strict travel restrictions still in place. The nunnery school is doubling up as home for...
Read MoreWe Are Living In Challenging Times….
Sorry for the delay in sending news….We are indeed living in challenging times. Today, I’m mindful that it was 5 years ago today that the deadly earthquake struck in Nepal killing over 9,000 people. 5 years later we face the difficulties of living with corona virus and the challenges of staying safe and healthy. I’m grateful and happy to let you know that all students and staff are safe and healthy. The school decided to close their doors to visitors at the beginning of March , a few weeks before the formal lock down was initiated. Everyone had regular cleaning duties...
Read MoreNews of Spring 2020 School Visit
A wonderful trip to the winter school Having delayed the visit from November 2019 due to work commitments, the long awaited annual visit to see the girls in girls at their winter school arrived at last. Our kind supporters have been very generous and loaded with knitted warm clothing, underwear, maths & science teaching aids, English & maths books we limited our own personal luggage to carry on only! Taking all these bags on the smaller domestic planes was a challenge but thankfully a local friend came to the rescue and asked a bus driver friend of a relative (this is how networks...
Read MoreAltevette Project Winter Term 2019 News
National Exams have begun It seems hardly any time at all since our girls were sitting their end of term exams in Mustang. Now in winter school it’s test time again. Oral exams began last weekend and Nepalese national exams have begun for everyone this week. Luckily the daytime weather is crisp and sunny in Pokhara so there’s plenty of opportunity for last minute studying in the sun. Let’s get Scientific…. As many of you know, the school has grown in leaps and bounds since opening in 2012. We could hardly have imagined such growth. The older girls have now reached...
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