We would like to remember our friends in Gorkha and celebrate their rich culture. GDS aims to help women and girls in programmes such as education and health Each year, March 8th is observed as International Women’s Day to celebrate the social, political, economic, and cultural achievements of women all over the world.The concept of International […]
Quiz night fundraising event was back after 3 years and a great success. £1195.11 was raised plus gift aid to be added which means a total of £1449.61 will be available to fund projects in Gorkha. How brilliant is that! A big thank you to all who helped make it happen and those who came […]
Thanks to GDHEDS members for co-coordinating the purchase and distribution of winter coats to the children in need.
We are thrilled to share that 54 winter jackets purchased with GDS funds have now been distributed to the Bal Mandir orphans and children at Gurukul school. The warm jackets are much needed before the coldest of the winter weather of just a few degrees with no option for heating!.
Chair of GDHEDS and Teacher Trainer Laxman confirmed that 56 teachers completed a three day training programme at Saheed Lakhan Rural Municipality The three trainers from the team delivered classes to support the use of participative learning just as recent volunteer Meg had witnessed. The teachers found this inspiring and encourages rural teachers to develop […]
GDS logo mountain range in glorious view as Hilary completed the tough Manasalu trek. Well done! Here we are at the highest point, Larkye Pass 5130m, of our two-week trek, having set out at 4.45am that morning Perfect conditions, firm, crunchy snow/ice underfoot, millions of stars on a calm, dark ~moonless night, then blue skies […]
A generous donation was recently received to support children’s education in Gorkha. Walking in Austria as a practice for trekking in Nepal, Hilary met one of our long-time supporters of GDS and became interested in hearing what we do and looked up our website for more information. Hilary’s planned trek in the Himalayas will be […]
Recent volunteer Meg sought to raise money for projects she became involved in during her 3 month stay in Gorkha, and through the fantastic generosity of family and friends she was able to reach her target through Wonderful.org. An additional £200 was collected in gift aid and on top of this, Meg contributed funds through […]
Our fundraising quiz night near Chelmsford returns. Get yourself a team and let us know. Details all in flyer below.
A fitting tribute to Joy, 1926-2022. From the Gorkha committee. ‘We are really shocked to hear the loss of our founder president Joy Leighton who passed away recently. We here in Gorkha, organized a peace prayer for the healthy and peaceful release of her soul in heaven. Photograph of the peace prayer. We convey the message of […]
We are very sad to announce the loss of GDS founder Joy Leighton, who passed away peacefully at home on 17th December at the age of 96. The energy, drive and tremendous work Joy did through limited communication, political uprising and cultural differences to start the charity was incredible. Joy was a retired school teacher […]
All of the 40 participants were very happy with the training and gained individual certificates for attendance. Many of the female teachers were clearly happy to have Megan involved as further inspiration and enjoyed discussion with her.The funding of the programme totaled just £360 from GDS which was used to provide lunch and snacks, banners […]
Megan Sadler worked with teachers in the local schools to understand the teaching methods and share skills. At the end of her three month volunteering placement, Meg was more aware of the skills that teachers wanted to develop and participated as a trainer in the programme. Megan reported ‘Each speaker provided ideas for practical learning […]
Nearly 3 years after GDS funded a programme supporting the Training of Teacher Trainers, a two day event was held in Gorkha for local teachers. Laxman and a number of trainers offered support to local teachers where there was lots of discussion and participation aimed at building the confidence of teachers to develop their skills. […]
Megan visited the Higher Education campus with Campus Chief Ram Chandra, and was able to meet with the 4 students who were sponsored through GDS by the late Mr Hook. They are all very grateful and spoke about the positive effect it has had on their lives and without it they would be unable to […]
https://wonderful.org/fundraisers/NW6D7 As a volunteer for the last couple of months Meg has contributed so much in the school where she worked to support and exchange ideas with staff to develop interactive teaching. She has witnessed the Women’s Hygiene programme and taken part in Teacher Training and has seen what difference every donation can make in […]
The doctor also talked about the importance on checking their boobs and they were shown the correct way to complete this exercise. The women were also given the opportunity to ask the doctor questions one on one. These types of opportunities are so important for the women of the rural communities to spread awareness and […]
After long delays due to covid, we were thrilled to hear Megan was able to join a women’s hygiene programme in the rural village of Masel where forty women turned up to listen to the gynaecologist from Gorkha hospital give her talk. Many of the women attending have no access to health care and may […]
Megan spent a day at Shree Sharkti Secondary School where she worked with Sanjila and pre school children. It was a lovely bright room and some wonderful animal hats were used for role play when the children became the animal making noises and really enjoying the play. Though the hats were a fantastic resource it […]
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 […]
