Archive for January 2012
Water infrastructure Tawal Besi
Community water tap
Location: Dhading district ( 1 day jeep drive & 1.5 day walk from main roadhead town of Dhading)
Date: July 2010
Partner: Hilly Region Development Club, Tawal Besi village
Beneficiaries: 50 households and 1 school in the village of Tawal Besi
Objective: Water infrastructure (new pipe/water flow & new tap stands) for a large area below village of Tawal
Details: The water supply for the village of Tawal Besi had virtually stopped and this was shown to NAFA members when they visited in January 2010.
Outcomes: The project involved laying pipes and constructing 4 reserve tanks and 7 tap stands over this spread-out village. The completed project was visited in November 2011 and was found to be well constructed and greatly appreciated by villagers.
Lumsa Micro Hydro Project complete
The penstock brings water to the powerhouse
CONGRATULATIONS
to the Lumsa community for their determination and hard work in completing their micro hydro project in 7 months. The community were very determined to bring electricity to their village, they took out personal and business loans to help raise the money for this project. Only after these monies were raised were they able to obtain funding from the rural development NGO REMREC to begin the project.
Electricity is brought to the houses
Eighty households participated in the work, sharing the volunteer labour to carry the materials and equipment needed to the site. Part of a hillside forest has to be cleared for the penstock pipe and half a kilometre of headrace cannels dug to bring the water from the source. Some of the Lumsa electricity committee took time away from their trekking jobs to source, plan and complete this project.
Lighting makes all the difference
Khili Sherpa said after the project was completed and the electricity has been connected to her home – ‘now that I have light it seems that before at night I was walking around with my eyes shut’. Yangi Sherpa said that she was now able to watch the children doing their homework while preparing dinner and would be saving money on kerosene which she used for lighting.
Nepal in the Park 2011
Nepal in the Park
Cultural day and fundraising walk
Bring the family and enjoy a fun day out and you’ll be helping Nepal Australia Friendship Association (NAFA) build a children’s nursery in a remote village in Nepal.
Sunday 11 September 2011
Simpson Falls picnic ground, Mt Coot-tha off Sir Samuel Griffith Drive
Fundraising Walk starts at 9am – Adults $10, Child $5, Family $20
You can join in an easy 90 minute hike in the beautiful Mt Coot-tha bush
- Learn Nepali dancing
Free cultural activities from 11am to 1pm
If you don’t wish to join in the walk you can still enjoy
- meeting Brisbane’s Nepali community,
- scrumptious Nepali food,
- Nepali handicraft stalls,
- Nepali dance and cooking lessons,
- massages, games for the children and plenty of prizes.
Getting there: vehicle parking at Simpson Falls picnic ground
- children enjoy pinata
OR bus no 375 from the city to the last stop (the Bardon stop) then walk via Simpsons Road 600m to the end of Simpson Falls Road. Please join us on the day!
Link to more information, registration and sponsorship forms
Newsletter #1 #2 #3
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- Supporting a talented disabled artist
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- Craft lessons
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- Carpet factory creche
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- Discussing Silviya’s engineering course
Each year our members volunteer their time for big and small projects in Nepal. Our main projects are recorded on the website but during their stay in Nepal our members experience many different and unusual events. The newsletter was created to share these incidents with you. They give a more personal view of our work in Nepal and go some way to explain our continued fascination and interest in this diverse and wonderful country.
Building classrooms Manthali
Partially built classrooms
Location: Ramechap district (1 day drive on Jiri road east from Kathmandu)
Date: August 2011
Partner: Community Development Society (CDS), Manthali
Beneficiaries: 500 students at Karkala Devi English Boarding School and another 70 additional students will benefit
Objective: Construct 6 classrooms on top of existing school
Details: CDS was able to obtain funds for 75% of the construction costs and applied to NAFA for the remaining amount of $3,785 to start the construction. We were advised that previously the 6 classes were taught in temporary sheds with tin roof.
Outcomes: The application was approved at the NAFA August 2011 meeting for the construction of 6 classrooms and funds transferred soon after through the Joy Foundation Nepal. The NAFA Nepal Project Coordinator visited the school in mid January 2012 to view the construction of the classrooms.
The classrooms still required the cement roof to be poured after which the interior would be soon finished. The principal advised that the rooms would be ready for the start of the new school year. Since the application was received at the beginning of the year the school had started class 7 and 8. They now advised that when these classrooms are finished the school would be able to go up to class 10.