A glorious English summer afternoon with tea and cakes in the garden and time to relax – and raise a fantastic £1800. It was such a team effort with so many people giving their time and effort freely and of course money too! Lots of cake, strawberries, raffle tickets benches and mushrooms as well as […]
Richard arrived in Gorkha in early May to spend 6 weeks as a volunteer. Following a trekking trip in the Annapurna Range, he quickly settled in with his homestay family – the first overseas visitor they have had, and is really made to feel at home. An early committee meeting meant he met all of […]
Linda Blunt has been involved with GDS since her first visit to Nepal trekking and then volunteering in Gorkha. Soon after she was made Trustee and Secretary and is now Co-Chair. Following Lin’s stay in Gorkha just prior to the earthquake in 2015, she returned in Feb/March of this year and found much for GDS […]
We are thrilled to announce that Joy Leighton who founded the charity in 1988 is now Patron of GDS. Joy managed to establish the links with Gorkha after meeting local headmaster Perusotum Aryal whilst on a trek in the region. Now in her 90’s Joy from Stock near Chelmsford still takes an active interest in Nepal and […]
Another quiz was held in Writtle on Sat 14th Jan with nearly 90 people taking part and over £1,000 raised. Olivia was quiz master with Zoe, Naomi Jan and Lin all there to help in various ways and Geeta and Amir had once again made some wonderful Nepali food for all to taste in the […]
Fresh foliage wreaths on willow frames were made by Lin Blunt and sold for the GDS charity. £400 was raised with special thanks once again to Jacky Wright and her Art classes in East Hanningfield who raised a fantastic £250.00
Trustee Linda and Member Olivia had a fantastic evening at the Chelmsford Library SOUP event. Together they pitched to raise funds for a Hygiene Programme. Unfortunately they did not win the money, but had a brilliant time promoting the charity and doing their pitch. Thank you to Chelmsford Library for hosting such an innovative event […]
We were happy to recieve email from Sarita who runs the hygiene programme which gives detail of classes and costs of recent programme in remote district. They worked hard to keep the costs down and so all of this happened for a total of £250 which is amazing value. Dear Linda Namaste […]
A message received from Sarita today shows the success of the latest hygiene programme in a very poor and remote part of Gorkha District. Sarita wrote ‘We tried to totally change to students but not easy in this areas students are so poor in hygiene we feel 50 percentages change we also add some parents […]
Many thanks again to Viv and Claire who opened their garden in Hastingwood for charity. From their home made cake sales, raffle and crafts they have donated over £450. Sales of plants grown by Jean and Lin raised total of £969. A real effort made by so many people especially of course Viv and Claire […]
Our latest edition will give you an overview with pictures, of all the projects funded through our earthquake appeal. The £10,000 raised has done so much and all help has been appreciated GDS Newsletter 5
This must be the easiest way to do fundraising – through shopping on line. Thanks to everyone who has registered Gorkha Development Scheme with easyfundraising.org.uk as £36.30 raised between January and March. If you havent done so yet then just follow the link below, add Easyfundraising to your toolbar and each time you shop from […]
We recently received a request from Gorkha hospital for Wheelchairs to enable patients to be wheeled safely rather than carried as at present. Naomi’s fundraising Quiz raised funds and we are so pleased to see 3 wheelchairs costing have been presented to the hospital Superintendent by Perusotum and Badri from our sister charity in Gorkha. […]
On 30th April 2016 the AGM of Gorkha Development Scheme was held. Though a year of sadness following the earthquake, much positive effort was reported with £10,000 raised and so far £8,000 spent in Gorkha to help those in need. We were also pleased to welcome former volunteers Zoe Dallow and Olivia Power as members […]
On 26th April a talk by horticulturist and Trustee Lin Blunt on Plant Identification, managed to raise a terrific £144.00 for Gorkha from donated fees together with plant sales . The group at Silver End near Braintree were certainly happy to gain more of an understanding of why plants are named in Latin and tips on […]
Our thoughts are with you all, your families, friends and country as we remember the terrible tragedy that started one year ago today with the first earthquake to shake the country and the devastation that followed. What you have been through in the last year we cannot imagine but we are happy you have found […]
Trustee Naomi Cairns organised a Quiz night in Writtle, Chelmsford on 8th April to raise fund for wheelchairs to be used at the hospital in Gorkha. The evening was a great success with 12 teams – about 90 people, great quizing, authentic Nepali snacks made by fellow trustees Geeta and Amir, raffle with star prize […]
In a recent Anniversary celebration held at the Shee Mahendra Jyoti School, Headmaster Laxman Acharya and Secretary of the Gorkha committee were able to present the 14 children with one year scholarships funded by Mr and Mrs Hook of Colchester, Essex. One girl and one boy from years 7 – 12 ( age 11 to 17) who showed potential […]
A long term supporter of the charity, Mr Ronald Hook of Colchester, Essex who is a sprightly 95, has incredibly generously offered to support 14 children through their schooling. This year one boy and one girl from classes 6-12 (11-18) will be supported with uniform shoes and books as needed costing a total of £540 […]
In early December we were requested to fund jumpers for children in school to help them through the winter cold. We sent £1,000 which bought 300 jumpers – 200 for Mahendra Jyoti Higher Secondary School and 100 for Bal Mandir plus the supplier gave an extra 25 jumpers for free which was so kind. Laxman and Sarita […]
