When talking with volunteer teacher Megan, the children also spoke about the problems they face. Many struggle to consume enough clean water and many talked about the lack of space and loss of playground. The school is still being rebuilt from the earthquake and so there is little space for sporting activities at break and […]
Once again we are pleased to fund uniforms, books and shoes for children in need at the Shree Manakamana school for the deaf near Gorkha. Several of GDS Trustees have visited the school and have been inspired by the work they do for children who would otherwise be isolated in their community. Our Gorkha committee […]
Children from 6 local schools were invited to Balmandir school to be presented with their sponsorship from GDS. Teachers had selected the children as most in need of support and they were provided with new uniforms to include rucksacks and shoes together with school equipment and writing books for the year from the Gorkha committee […]
The school year begins in May in Nepal and this year we are proud to have provided uniforms, stationary and equipment to school children, as well as tuition fees for several year 11 and 12 children and college students. All were selected by staff as most deserving and most in need for support. We thank […]
We are so pleased to hear that the first of the sponsorship packages to include school bags, shoes, uniform and school equipment has been presented to ? children at the Himalayan Secondary School, Barpak Six years ago the remote Himalayan town of Barpak was the centre of Nepal’s devastating earthquake when many of the buildings […]
We’re really pleased to say that we have sponsored another 125 children this year. 50:50 male to female split, 13 different schools and the local campus (college). The children are aged 5 (class 1) to 18 (Class 12 – A level equivalent). At each school teachers and headmasters have identified those most in need but […]
To understand the situation in Gorkha we asked our team to let us know more about the families we helped with food supplies and below are some background stories of some families identified by the community for humanitarian help. We must stress that normaly the Nepali people look after those around them but now due […]
Again our amazing team in Gorkha have worked wonders. They requested funds to supply food to 62 families in acute poverty due to covid, we provided funds for 82 families but they have in fact managed to distribute food to 125 families and we thank them all for their efforts and humanity. Below is letter […]
Following an online meeting in Gorkha, the committee contacted GDS for support requesting food relief for families. “Till date, we identified 62 families around only Gorkha municipal areas whom we need to support basic food items urgently, and we planned to provide each families at the cost of NRS 4000/- (£27) Basic items of food […]
Our committee in Gorkha also decided to provide help to the Gorkha Orphanange in Manabha Sewa Asram which cares for 47 homeless children. This was set up by local people to care for babies abandoned by their mothers who became pregnant outside of marriage as this remains an issue in Nepal and shameful for the […]
We would like to share a letter from Laxman which explains what was bought and shows the excitement and thanks for the small help we have been able to provide in this global crisis. Dear Linda and GDS It’s our immense pleasure to inform and thank you a lot for the successful completion of our […]
Just ONE WEEK after receiving the request from the hospital we are thrilled to announce that on 1st June the oxygen concentrators were presented to Gorkha Hospital. This was big news for the town and even in the crisis, the Mayor and journalists were allowed to attend the special handover. It was exceptional teamwork in […]
The GDHEDS committee in Gorkha worked so hard as a team with full discussions and contacting suppliers to try to obtain a good price for the Oxygen concentrators required. With demand high prices up to 3 times normal were sometimes stated. In the UK GDS agreed to fund £5,000 in one lump payment for covid […]
Nepal faces a crisis situation in relation to Covid and with such limited medical resources, severe lockdown is their only means of protection from the Indian variant now sweeping the country. On 25th May with cases of the virus rising in Gorkha where GDS work is based, the Doctors at Gorkha Hospital contacted our Committee […]
In the UK, Deaf Awareness Week aims to raise awareness and challenge perceptions of hearing loss and deafness. In Nepal, we are pleased to share GDS connection with Gorkha Deaf School which several of our Trustees have visited and we recently offered to support a number of children at the remarkable deaf school in Manakarmina […]
Having recently being happy to support 124 children in 14 Schools/college, we have received photos from Bal Mandir school in Gorkha and the rural Sensari High School. We have worked with both of these schools since the devastation of the 2015 earthquake and are happy to continue close links through Sarita and Madhu. All students […]
Little could former Essex teacher Joy Leighton have imagined that when she formed GDS and the sister charity in Gorkha in 1988, that as she celebrates her 95th birthday (sadly in lockdown) 33 years later, her work would continue to support the poorest of families and children’s education in her beloved Nepal. As a result […]
In rapid response to the recent hosptial request for support, oxygen cylinders of medical standard as well as PPE has been delivered by GDHEDS President Ram Chandra and founder member Perusotum. ‘The Hospital authority expressed their gratitude and convey their message to GDS and happily assured us that the equipments will support them to fight against COVID-19 […]
After 12 weeks of lock-down, Coronavirus is now spreading in Nepal largely due to workers in India returning across the border to their homes throughout Nepal. sadly 10 cases have now been confirmed in Gorkha and with limited resources GDS has been approached to help. As a recent post shows, the hospital is still only […]
When Joy first established GDS with Perusotum as Head Teacher, then there has been an aim to help develop teachers in rural government schools. We have funded Teacher Training programmes but this was something different. Laxman worked tirelessly with Linda and Aidan to arrange a three day workshop at the local education office in Gorkha. […]
