We are saddened to report that our dear friend Mr Ron Hook passed away recently at the age of 101. Ron had great enthusiasm for Nepal but had never visited! He first offered his support as an engineer about 30 years ago when he helped with a proposal to provide a water tap to a […]
55 Coats were delivered to the children at Manasewa Ashram Orphanage in Gorkha. This orphanage is supported by the local community but following the effects of Covid on business GDS was asked for a little help. The coat vendor also donated 5 coats in addition to the 50 funded by GDS. Coats cost just £11 […]
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 […]
Read our overview of 2021 – how Covid affected Nepal and education, GDS response to calls for help from Gorkha hospital and community, fundraising efforts through lock-down and our latest committee updates.
GDHEDS new committee held their first active meeting earlier this month, we understand it was a very healthy discussion of true nepali style, lasting five hours! During the meeting they agreed to prepare the school sponsorship application for funding to GDS as soon as possible. They also discussed the need to support the local orphanage […]
Following their recent AGM we would like to thank the former GDHEDS committee for their years of service and congratulate and welcome the new committee. We look forward to working with you in the future! President: Laxman Babu Acharya Immediate past president: Ramchandra Duwadi Vice president: Young Kumar Shrestha Secretary: Sarita Aryal Treasurer: Kalpana Dawadi […]
We recently had a GDS trustee meeting, again over Zoom, to discuss ongoing projects and applications. News of these to follow over the coming weeks. We are pleased to announce a new trustee joining the team, Linda Cairns. Linda has been involved in the background for many years helping at our events and with marketing […]
We wish you all a happy and healthy new year and we think of all our friends and former volunteers all over the world Special best wishes to our trustee Zoe who has settled into her new appointment in Dubai. Zoe was formerly working in Delhi but at the start of lock-down 2020, returned to her family […]
We would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas wherever you may be. Once again Lin has been working hard making Christmas Wreaths through December raising funds for GDS with over £600 donated this year. Thank you to everybody who bought wreaths to help support those in Gorkha and sending Christmas wishes to all.
It’s been a difficult few months for many, but we can assure you we’re still here working in the background and hopefully can update you with what we’ve been doing over the next few posts. We would like to offer belated congratulations to former volunteer and Trustee Olivia Power on her recent marriage to Mark. […]
After 18 months of disruption, schools in Gorkha have reopened with caution. Though many schools and children have tried to provide some online education, the poorest children have had no access to any computers or phones to access any online teaching and have received little face to face teaching. Attendance may be morning or afternoon only […]
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 […]
The long lasting and severe lockdown in Nepal is having a devastating impact on labourers and their families. Wages are paid on a daily basis when they work and currently no work so no money! Our committee in Gorkha was made aware of the unfolding tragedy of starving families through local social workers, journalists, local […]
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 […]
