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Patio Construction in Thecho Orphanage

Patio construction

Volunteer Remark

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I decided to volunteer in Nepal because I am a student of Buddhism and an avid hiker. Quickly upon arriving in Kathmandu, I decided the city did not offer what I was looking for, so decided to volunteer at the Hyulsa Gumba (monestary) near Besishahar, approx. 6 hours away. The lush, serene setting of the Gumba was exactly what I was looking for. The accommodations and lack of privacy took some time to adjust to (and it was also my first experience with a non-Western toilet!), but the warmth and beauty of the landscape and the monks put me at ease and made the days fly by. I hadn't realized how close Annapurna was from the Gumba--it is possible to start the trek from the Gumba if you're interested. Another tip I want to give is to bring plenty of pens--which are frequently requested by the children you will encounter near the Gumba. Volunteering immersed me into the Nepalese and Buddhist culture in ways I would have not received as a tourist. Barbara Ehlers St.

Happy Bijaya Dashami, BS 2065(2008AD)

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On The Special Occasion of Dashain The Hindu Festival,2065 BS (2008AD) We Would Like to Extend Our Heartiest Felicitation to All Our Previous, Current , Future Volunteers And Community Partners. -Hands for Help Nepal Family

Hands for Help Testimonials

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Our experience with Hands for Help was excellent. We are a group of four eighteen years old lads, who decided to travel to Nepal to teach for two weeks, then going to University. We had an incredibly useful Nepal language lesson an hour cultural orientation day which taught us everything we needed to get by with our host family. We were split in two two’s and all had comfortable accommodation, were will fed, given filtered and boiled water but be prepared for having degrees of English spoken by the families. The teaching experience was brilliant fun and our initial concern having little teaching experience, was soon forgot about as we learnt how delightfully willing the children were at learning English. We strongly recommend bringing foreign currency, a world map English story books to entertain the children. The organization of the teaching within schools differs to be prepared to use your imitative. The syllabus was les strict than our education in Britain, so there is plenty of

Hands for Help handed over a Cheque to Taprang School

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Last week, we have handed over a cheque, worth 1550 Euro to a standing committee member, Bhim Kazi Gurung of Taprang School on behalf of our previous volunteer Mille Thorsan who raised that money from her friends and families. She visited to Taprang School last year, found a school building project. After returning home Mlle started a fund raising campaign in her initiative with families and friends. Bhim Kazi expressed a great thank to Mille and told that all the money will go to school fund and be spent for school building. Also we would like to thank Mille for donating a good amount of money to a needy school. Moreover all the people who donated and helped her to raise that money deserve a big thank.

Hands for Help Nepal Server Downs

Due to the technical problem our site http://handsforhelp.org.np has been down for few days as we are going to upgrade our site with new server. Hopefully it will be resumed by sunday evening, we appologise with all viewers.  Thanking you very much for your patient. Hands for HelpNepal Team.

Program Director has been appointed as a sponsor for Agro Project.

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Today, the program director of Hands for Help Nepal, Badri Rai is appointed as a sponsor in Kaule e.V organization for socially sustainable Agro-Project . The Executive Director of Kaule e.V, Alina Schick has appointed him. It is our pleasure Hands for Help Nepal will place volunteer in Kaule project for environment and agriculture program. Volunteer will work closely with the staff of Kaule e.V project in field and office base. As per Kaule e.V project they want to have some volunteer to teach English to local villagers for 2 to 4 hours a day so that the farmer can communicate with international project staffs and volunteers.

Volunteer experience with Hands for Help Nepal…7 week orphanage placement.

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I chose Hands for Help because of the variety of projects available and as a local, grassroots organisation I hoped the projects would be well tailored to the needs of the local communities and provide good support for volunteers. I wasn’t disappointed. The induction in Kathmandu gave me an opportunity to acclimatise, learn a surprising amount of Nepali from my excellent teacher, visit some of the most beautiful sights in the city, and enjoy the wonderful rooftop views of the city from the Millennium Inn…. On my 4 th day I was met by Badri, the volunteer coordinator and Kripa Lama who ran the orphanage that I would be staying at, and taken to my placement on the outskirts of Bhaktapur . My room was in the orphanage ‘annex’ where 5 babies, and 6 small children, a cook, Kripa, his wife and Nima a relative all lived. The other 40 children lived across the road in a larger house (ours had 3 rooms, a kitchen and a toilet), and I was struck by how small the house was as w

Tourist Visa Rules in Nepal ( Effective from 16 July 2008 )

Tourists who visit Nepal must hold valid passport and visa. Entry Tourist entry visa can be obtained for the following duration from Nepal Embassy/ Consulate or Mission offices abroad, or at the following immigration offices in Nepal: >>Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu >>Kakarvitta, Jhapa (Eastern Nepal) >>Birganj, Parsa (Central Nepal) >>Kodari, Sindhupalchowk (Northern Border) >>Belhiya, Bhairahawa (Rupandehi, Western Nepal) >>Jamuna, Nepalgunj (Banke, Mid Western Nepal) >>Mohana, Dhangadhi (Kailali, Far Western Nepal) >>Gaddachauki, Mahendranagar (Kanchanpur, Far Western Nepal) b. Tourist Visa Visa Facility Duration Fee Multiple entry 15 days US$ 25 or equivalent convertible currency Multiple entry 30 days US$ 40 or equivalent convertible currency Multiple entry 90 days US$ 100 or equivalent convertible currency

Korean students pouring in for volunteering services

As Nepal is becoming a very favorite destination for the Korean people, many Koreans from various walks of life are visiting Nepal these days for different purposes. In this connection, among many students visiting Nepal for various volunteering works, the students of Seoul National University have come here for volunteer services. Seoul National University has a group called "Sathi". Through this group 14 students being led by Professor Jong Tae Won are currently in Nepal for volunteer service. The students are rendering services at Bahira Balak School in Naxal and Sweta Sadan School in Lele of Lalitpur with the cooperation of Cooperation and Participation in Overseas NGOs (COPION), a Korean NGO. COPION is an organization working for solving global poverty problems and improving education level with local NGOs worldwide. In Nepal, two centers of COPION, Korea-Nepal Culture Center and Korea-Nepal Welfare Center have provided Korean language education, working for development

Nepal Banda strikes daily life.

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After constituent poll, it looked like Nepal has been revived from political turmoil; no more Bandas (strike), chakka jam (wheel strike).Almost 90% Nepalese were optimist in the political situation will be stable, unfortunately the current scenario reflects that 90% people dream might be evaporated. Today I went to Thamel to escort newly arrived volunteer to her placement monastery and orphanage home but there was no car running on the road, just motorcycle, government vehicle and foreign diplomat’s cars. However I took her to both places then had an ice-break with orphanage and Monastery personal. I came to know that the current transportation strike is imposed by Public Transportation Association who is going to hike up the transport fare by 43 percent in all public transportation as recently the petroleum price was increased by 25 percent. The Nepal government allows PTA to make increment by 25% but the PTA is not ready to negotiate on 25 %. Similarly there is

Orphange Update

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Last week I went to visit the Langtang Orphanage home with Ram, the health in charge of PHCRC to check up children health. The other week I went there with a volunteer doctor Sonal as Victoria the British volunteer asked me to come with doctors to check up children health. After few checking up Sonal suggested me to find a Nepali health personnel who might be able to diagnose children disease and problem. Ram checked up children and prescribed vitamin, antibiotic, and worm tablets to all children. We found few of them; especially infants are needed nutritious diet as they are not getting nursing from their mother since they were left in the hospital forever. In few days Ram’s staff will teach them how to make super flower then feed to these babies. Super flower is newly invented by Phrc’s food and nutrition specialists.

volunteered at Alapot Health Post

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Last summer, I spent a month in Nepal volunteering at a health clinic in Bhadrabas, a rural village just outside of Kathmandu. The experience was significant for me in a number of ways. Though I have traveled considerably in the past, I had never witnessed first hand the challenges of third-world poverty. The clinic I worked at was small, busy, and desperately short of resources. As a new volunteer with virtually no previous medical training, I did my best to help serve in the ways I could. I helped keep records, dressed wounds, and comforted patients, mostly children, undergoing painful procedures. When I was not working, I spent my time studying Nepali and reading Where There Is No Doctor: A Village Health Care Handbook, to enhance my ability to provide support. Volunteering at that health clinic was powerful for me because not only did I have the opportunity to assist those in need, but I found that working in the context of health care was uniquely fulfilling. Now more than ever, I

Kathmandu Teaching Hospital, Nepal (19/3/08 – 15/4/08)

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To travel the world has always been a dream of mine since I can remember and there are many countries that I would like to see but the opportunity to see first hand some of the largest and most beautiful mountain ranges in the world coupled with the experience of such a rich and diverse culture, while being in one of the poorest countries in the world is truly unique. These are but a few of the reasons why I set out to complete my medical elective studies in Obstetrics and Gynaecologly in Kathmandu. My main objectives where to determine the similarities and differences between my previous experiences within the NHS system in the UK and the current system implemented in Nepal. During my time in Nepal I gained insight into the health care system. I was able to learn how common conditions vary in Nepal as opposed to conditions in the UK. I was also able to witness how the management of such conditions differed in a setting with fewer resources. In addition I learnt about

Melissa's Birth Day

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Today is a special day as newly formed parliament is going to declare that republican country Nepal. The dictator Shah monarchy has been ruling Nepal for 240 years, since early Nepal unification. Another coincidence our volunteer Melissa’s Birth Day was today. I drove Melissa to Baudha Nath to arrange her monastery class we saw thousand of people were marching pass with red flags and banners and putting red color mark each other, pedestrian and drivers too. We got a red mark on our forehead and a strong hand shake. All people are looked very happy to celebrate a historic movement of Nepal and clearly with cheer and smile on their face. After a terrible drive we arrived to the Monastery then talked to Guruji about arranging class and lesson plan. After short discussion with guruji we moved to another monastery Urgen Jhyamling Gumpa, also where Melissa have to teach English to Buddhist monk for 2 to 3 hours a day. We talked to guruji then Melissa did a small peer teaching informal class

Phalebas Trip

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Having six hours micro bus travel finally we arrived at Kusma Bazar, the district head quarter of Parbat district. Kusma looked a small town and came to know from Bhola that is a proposed municipality. Due to the long drought Kusma bazaar is getting hotter and humid, but it is bearable. Bhola introduced us with some local journalists, NGOs personnel, and his friends. After shipping cold drink, we headed towards Phalebas which was our ultimate mission to visit volunteers and students who were placed there for a community health post. We crossed down through a pine forest and a heart breaking steep hill for 15 minuets then arrived at the Modi river's suspension bridge. The Modi River flows with drift water, begins from Annapurna glacier then meets to another thrilling river Kali Ganadki after 50 meters down. We saw a bunch of rafters and crews, camping on the river site with colorful tents, and boats. After taking a small break in a tea shop, we headed further to way to phalebas. Ma