Nandumaya Self-Sustaining Orphan Home
One of the things we did whilst we were in Kathmandu was visit the Nandumaya Self-Sustaining Orphan Home. This is an orphanage supported by our friend Bhakta, and Jill stayed there in April for a few days when she was last in Nepal.
There were two volunteers there when we went, which was good, as they have 21 orphans to look after. The children are mainly found by the police on the streets of Kathmandu and taken to the orphanage to be looked after. The home grows a lot of its own food, selling any surplus they have, and also selling mushrooms which they grow. They also keep hens and h
ave a water buffalo which provides milk.
The place is fairly basic and not very big, but the children seem very happy and obviously care a lot about each other. They sang and danced for us whilst we were there, and we were made to feel very welcome. They are lovely children. Jill took some of the photographs she'd taken in April with her, which caused a lot of excitement.
Since then we have returned to Nagarkot, done a bit of walking and preparation for school, got very wet in a thunderstorm, and started work again after the holidays. This wasn't something we'd been particularly looking forward to, but now it's arrived it's OK. the buses haven't improved a great deal, though I didn't expect them to. This morning's bus was crammed full even before I got on it, and was even more crammed by the time I got off, and the bus coming back contained two goats who kept wandering up and down the aisle and shoving their heads in the crotches of the male passengers - curious phenomenon and one which wasn't particularly welcome.
More anon.
Love, Vivienne x
There were two volunteers there when we went, which was good, as they have 21 orphans to look after. The children are mainly found by the police on the streets of Kathmandu and taken to the orphanage to be looked after. The home grows a lot of its own food, selling any surplus they have, and also selling mushrooms which they grow. They also keep hens and h
ave a water buffalo which provides milk.The place is fairly basic and not very big, but the children seem very happy and obviously care a lot about each other. They sang and danced for us whilst we were there, and we were made to feel very welcome. They are lovely children. Jill took some of the photographs she'd taken in April with her, which caused a lot of excitement.
Since then we have returned to Nagarkot, done a bit of walking and preparation for school, got very wet in a thunderstorm, and started work again after the holidays. This wasn't something we'd been particularly looking forward to, but now it's arrived it's OK. the buses haven't improved a great deal, though I didn't expect them to. This morning's bus was crammed full even before I got on it, and was even more crammed by the time I got off, and the bus coming back contained two goats who kept wandering up and down the aisle and shoving their heads in the crotches of the male passengers - curious phenomenon and one which wasn't particularly welcome.
More anon.
Love, Vivienne x
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