Altevette Blog

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...

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...

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...

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. ...

Summer Term Has Ended This summer, news from the school has been sporadic due to poor network access.  So quite a lot of news to share now.  Summer has passed  and now students who have families, and those who can get home, have now left for a one month vacation...

olidays begin for the youngsters and more news on our Apple Tree project  The end of the winter term has arrived at the winter school in Pokhara and the younger girls who can get home, and those who have homes to go to, have set off for Upper Mustang for their one...

Today, is the beginning of Tibetan and Chinese New Year celebrations for 2146.  We are entering the year of The Earth Pig. Special prayers (puja) have been recited in school to purify diseases, obstacles and misfortunes in the coming New Year.   2 days ago Gutor,...

It hardly seems anytime at all since term began and already exams are here again! This week has witnessed a very important milestone - Year 8 Basic Level Examination of Pal Ewan Namgyal Monastic School under the supervision of  Lomanthamg Rural Municipality. This is...

No news for a while whilst the girls were at school in Mustang and now 2 newsletters come along in close proximity!  As I mentioned in the recent blog, we are now ready to launch our latest fundraiser to help raise funds for our teachers' salaries for next year. Due...

It's been a busy time during the summer school term in Upper Mustang with 2 big community-wide events and a lot of construction activity. It's been a while since the last newsletter and we have so much to share! In July the school was greatly honoured by a visit of ...