Altevette Blog
English blog for friends & supporters of Altevette ProjectSo Much News Part 2 – Dedicated to Nora’s memory
As Promised - So Much News, Part 2! Goodness! So much news to share - I might even have to create a part 3!! I hope it’s not too overwhelming. So, here we are, sharing more news about our visit to the school at the end of January.In Nora’s memory… One of our dear...
Spring 2023 School Visit and So Much News (Part 1)!
A Lot of News to Share…… There’s a sudden flurry of news to share about our school visit and also commitments for new projects so the newsletter will be in 2 parts. So please look out for more news in the next few days about future projects.Our Luggage Safely...
Losar2023 And A Glimpse Of Our School Trip
Happy Tibetan New Year The Lunar New Year (Losar) for Tibet and Buddhists has hopped into western 2023 with the welcome arrival of the year of The Water Rabbit, marked as a year of hope. The Rabbit is considered the luckiest of all the zodiac animals.One of the Losar...
New Beginnings For 2023
Happy New Year 2023 … to all our supporters worldwide wherever you are in the world and whatever traditions you follow.I hope you all enjoy this alternative New Year card - an image of Namgyal Monastery on the cliffs overlooking Lo Monthang in Upper Mustang. This is...
Winter Term And Teachers’ Salary Support
The Holidays Are Over The September holiday month quickly passed and students and staff packed up the summer school and travelled over the Himalaya to Pokhara to begin their winter term.Grateful Thanks! It's with grateful thanks to staff, monks and boys from the...
10 Years Passed So Quickly!
10 Years ago.... 10 years ago, 6 of us trekked together with guides, horse boys and a mule train to Upper Mustang to open the school with 18 girls and 6 staff. We had no idea how important the school was to become to the high altitude communities of Upper Mustang.Our...
Losar Tashi Delek 2022
Tashi Delek, Happy Losar Today is the beginning of Tibetan New Year, and celebrated by our staff and children as well as many of our Nepalese friends too. Tashi delek is a Tibetan expression used in greeting, congratulation, and good-luck wishes. So Losar Tashi...
Summer Term Passed Safely
Everyone is Safe & Well Apologies to all our supporters for such a long delay in sending news. With the girls and staff safely ensconced in remote Upper Mustang, and challenges with the pandemic and so on, news has been sparse. Summer school term passed...
Safely Back in Upper Mustang for the Summer
Most of our staff and students have safely made it back to Upper Mustang for the summer months. As of last week there was still snow on the ground and hopefully the weather will begin to improve soon. The photo (above) was taken last week when the girls returned to...
Remote and Yet Globally Connected
Looking Forwards A short blog to send grateful thanks to all of our friends and supporters for keeping us going through 2020. Hopefully you'll be pleased to hear that this week we sent enough funds, together with our friends at Altevette-Onlus in Italy, for our...