tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63436460524825162132024-03-14T07:44:55.273-07:00FutureVillageFund Raising for Future Village charity project in NepalJessie Laihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09804553743671956029noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343646052482516213.post-24497373771523257442010-11-29T08:09:00.000-08:002010-11-29T08:27:26.461-08:00Future Village in Nepal<div class="post-header"><div class="post-header-line-1"></div></div><div class="post-body entry-content"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Hi </span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">All,</span></span></span></span></span></div><br />
<div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-SG"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">I am finally sitting down to write my experiences in Katunge.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-SG"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: large;">T</span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">he Start</span></span></span></span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIbOrq8pHtWwJcmIGg6kvUd5GSodrsNl4_hMIxBDNYqIi6h8_C1w9gDlZLcTBqIlhOcO-jJFoJoF0w77MJasfzmyiF0e8sis7xBjaxNwhe17UW6pABaT3Tr9ji-fJOXf7x9F5VFfpRmiY/s1600/Nepal+211.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIbOrq8pHtWwJcmIGg6kvUd5GSodrsNl4_hMIxBDNYqIi6h8_C1w9gDlZLcTBqIlhOcO-jJFoJoF0w77MJasfzmyiF0e8sis7xBjaxNwhe17UW6pABaT3Tr9ji-fJOXf7x9F5VFfpRmiY/s200/Nepal+211.JPG" width="133" /></a><span lang="EN-SG"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">My team (7 members) from Barclays assembled in Tibet Guest House, Kathmandu </span></span></span></span></span></span><span lang="EN-SG"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">and we </span></span></span></span></span></span><span lang="EN-SG"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">were </span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">joined by 6 others from Hong Kong, Taiwan </span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">and Singapore, and the guides Danbar (the key local member of the team) and Ramesh. Our journey to Dhading (nearest town from the village) took</span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> around 2 hrs. We had our lunch and roamed around the town to see the colors and sounds of rural</span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> Nepal.</span></span></span></span></span></div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiXJW7vUU1WRIPs0bCo6fBU2fuKtKOrYd2WFxAVRnIC9WAK_mO5ZTnHXixktL8yWiiz5hREIlaqFeAvXkcqH6Z0epZJ5gAhd5_57ASA_4DcPvqChse84SQzY8ywUxb3OR6kRTXs33sPsE/s1600/truck.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" height="200" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536799587339588978" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiXJW7vUU1WRIPs0bCo6fBU2fuKtKOrYd2WFxAVRnIC9WAK_mO5ZTnHXixktL8yWiiz5hREIlaqFeAvXkcqH6Z0epZJ5gAhd5_57ASA_4DcPvqChse84SQzY8ywUxb3OR6kRTXs33sPsE/s200/truck.jpg" style="height: 200px; margin-top: 0px; width: 150px;" width="150" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-SG"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Little did we know that in a short while we were in for a roller coaster ride. All of us</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-SG"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> thought the guide was </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">joking when he asked us to climb into this truck. We stuffed all the DHL boxes (with </span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-SG"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">notebooks, stationaries, pencils </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-SG"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">etc) </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-SG"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">and our luggage into it and got into our luxury ride and I for one felt like cattle going to the</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-SG"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> slaughter ho</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">use. </span></span></span></span></span><span lang="EN-SG"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">It was one bumpy ride through the mountains in a muddy roa</span></span></span></span></span></span><span lang="EN-SG"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">d (closed during the monsoons and the only way to the village is a 6 hr hike). On one</span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> side was the mountain and the other side was the beautiful and deep valley. </span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">The truck was precariously wobbling through the roads. Just when</span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> things couldn’t get any worse, it did. The heavens opened up as if to welcome our arrival and the cats, dogs, cows and buffalos were all falling from the sky. We were getting a nice cold</span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> shower from the top of the truck and the g</span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">uides immediately sprang into action and put a </span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">huge big plastic cover over the truck.</span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span lang="EN-SG"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: large;">T</span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">he village:</span></span></span></span></span></span></b></div></div><div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-SG"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">The road ended and we carried our luggage through the trees via small mountainous path that opened up into the vast and beautiful valley. The sight of the valley with endless terrace farms, a river far away in the bottom and surrounded by mountain</span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">s was stunning.</span></span></span></span></span></div><img alt="" border="0" height="300" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536745313199044626" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4KENOXYgZRXV-2-7JIYqLqurYhyaPZsw2Balki-sbstAb4L02HDtFIJMSN6TmtD0jYX8xvchWDrSUq92akZvHLKuSwi9RrYVvYPNl-VFd_fTtG2v-XjVVaoUME1J6l4zKvxKhOC2jLXo/s320/village.png" style="display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" width="400" /> <br />
<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span">We arrived at the Future Village School. It had 2 classrooms on the ground floor, 2 guest rooms (for visiting teachers to stay) on the 1st floor. There was one room for the teacher to stay (not in the picture, one kitchen and one toilet in the back). The first day was spent brainstorming about the classes and also sorting books into categories for the library. It got dark by 6 pm and I was tired after the 6 hr drive. After dinner I hit the bed and slept at 8 pm (a first for me).</span></span></span></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"><b><span lang="EN-SG"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: large;">T</span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">he Introduction</span></span></span></span></span></span></b></div><div><div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-SG"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">The next morning I got up at 5 AM when it was pitch dark outside and felt really fresh. There was no electricity so we had to use torch to move around and also needed it to use the restroom. The morning in the village was fresh and misty and there was energy in </span></span></span></span></span></span><span lang="EN-SG"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">the air.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536799313244134450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyFSEaBtFqaaPpCHb-Z8VU9p5HkvHJgSyFZJPKFZZdEHa5XlAvwhfcfSQLAtcB_FJ7oyt_6m8rgAh_5beNq5mD7NUJf469PYKrYL7bgW6OlF9YjGsdT6hke8ecRoTkQD3KOG8v2XaAcho/s200/5123150441_633de3d8c7_b.jpg" style="cursor: hand; float: right; height: 200px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 134px;" /> <br />
<div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-SG"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">I got ready by 6 AM and the first of the children started coming in. Many of them sat huddled on the school wall. I went and introduced</span></span></span></span></span></span><span lang="EN-SG"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> myself to many of the kids with a “Namasthe” meaning “Hello” in Nepalese. Most of them were shy at first. They each introduced themselves when I asked their names. B</span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">y 6 30 AM all of the 50-60 students (Ages 5 – 15) had arrived and were ready to go in. We decided to split the class into two groups: the elder kids who knew a bit of English and the younger ones who didn’t know to speak but could write. </span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">As the resident Hindi (very similar to Nepalese) expert I was assigned the tough task of taking on the little ones. We had two classes per day Morning Session (6:30- 9:00 AM) and Evening Session (4:00 – 6:00 PM).</span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-SG"></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-SG"><b><span lang="EN-SG"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: large;">T</span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">he Young Ones</span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></div><span lang="EN-SG"></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-SG"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">I started with introductions. All the kids stood up one by one and introduced themselves. The morning session lasted 2+ hrs where we split the initial 3/4</span></span></span></span></span><sup><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">th</span></span></span></span></sup><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> of the time into a bit of teaching alphabets, a bit of fun (kids singing), rhymes, and pictionary (& relating Nepalese words to English words). The last quarter was spent taking the kids out and making them do exercises (the teacher made them do it). Some of the young ones (6 </span></span></span></span></span></span><span lang="EN-SG"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">year olds), especially the girls were really smart. They wrote neatly, kept their pencils sharpened and were sincerely getting up to show their answers to me first. The guys on the other hand were busy making paper aeroplanes and trying to hit me (Future Rocket sci</span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">entists and pilots no doubt). I enjoyed the experience with the younger ones and grew quite found of them. I was very soon accused by other teachers of favoritism.</span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXowmOqbQT9y27NnWc_Ako8GZO2xMny-ef02G0y3UsUdiTWwZx8Gu0kZMOEDwJ5Ap2i-wAm6AZsJTjfdcS8W90kCkKq0QHxl4Ue5LX4KcHF7XsGJDdlrwBbMGgQbYSMBvuEpvEyKtC9lA/s1600/Nepal+189.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXowmOqbQT9y27NnWc_Ako8GZO2xMny-ef02G0y3UsUdiTWwZx8Gu0kZMOEDwJ5Ap2i-wAm6AZsJTjfdcS8W90kCkKq0QHxl4Ue5LX4KcHF7XsGJDdlrwBbMGgQbYSMBvuEpvEyKtC9lA/s320/Nepal+189.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-SG"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: large;">T</span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">he Elder Kids</span></span></span></span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-SG"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">After a few classes the teachers decided to exchange and I went to teach the elder kids. This was a lot easier because they understood English. One </span></span></span></span></span></span><span lang="EN-SG"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">of the useful things we did with these kids was to get Nepalese-English Dictionaries and taught them to use it. We asked them to say something in the local language and then use the dictionary to find the corresponding English sentence. This I am sure will be very useful to them. We also taught them a bit of Math, English, Geography (this was funn</span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">y as there was discussion on what the 7<sup>th</sup> continent was, among the te</span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">achers). Some of the kids were really good and most of them very sincere and sharp in learning. All the morning classes started at 6:30 AM so the guide was kind enough to get us black tea by around 7 AM and I enjoyed it while teaching the kids.</span></span></span></span></span></div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536747493495807426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhieAxSfPIvfWttxJ3kJ1wXWnJGdDrk20oU3U-JIoBvpvHmk5Y7ioiNnq45mqc65zwcLFL4VPx6FJzS4_-OFguQvpSzRrZsVW2gKeX6BgOHH3AHNbuYnAyXFzYprb5viKCp1UPaSfCtm_8/s400/5123090125_5659960ef8.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 267px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /> <br />
<div style="text-align: left;"><b><span lang="EN-SG"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: large;">T</span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">he treks</span></span></span></span></span></span></b></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-SG"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">In between the morning and evening sessions, we usually trekked to various parts of the village. Each of these destinations was at least 1 hour trek from the future village. One day we went to see a Buddhist monastery which was way up in the mountains. The local market was around half an hour’s trek and we had amazing food there and ended up finishing their supply of chow mein. On o</span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">ne occasion I reminded everyone of Haagen daas and we went on a futile search for icecreams in the village </span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">market and the whole team was cursing me for this. We also met with some local families and one of them was kind enough to make lunch for all of us. The house was in the middle of the rice fields and was made of mud and they had few buffaloes, chickens, goats, papaya trees and orange trees. They were completely self-sufficient<a href="http://www.blogger.com/" name="_GoBack"></a> and the food was very tasty.</span></span></span></span></span></div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536757699951947890" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg74KVXHdrBaNalNsMi3V-KlXx-rTloHxuhTL7q8v-O-DyfRKr-4wB9eDrrIjlPVr_B8qKU_urJmLfk6E6C6_S7VnhK0RkHDf5cLKJfAyHjaPHz0yT0FP_B4JXbCHu53RfwH-bY4w79XmI/s400/green.png" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /> <br />
<div class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-SG"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: large;">T</span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">he Library</span></span></span></span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-SG"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">One of our aims this trip was to help establish a library which could be used by all kids in the village. The room and books were ready, but the shelves weren’t. So we decided to paint the walls and also advised on how best to make the library wor</span></span></span></span></span></span><span lang="EN-SG"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">k. This will be taken care of by future teams once the wood work is complete. We decided to paint the walls. I was given the tough task of painting the rainbow and the real artists painted characters from</span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> Disney.</span></span></span></span></span></div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536747474615457186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSTFQR6oubKlNZDP_vk2wlxF0TCEmi9ZDQijdD_RX4lHOb1utPT73R4etHKlXN7kdpxFyr7yPG3ysxdhud6NATDdCtII_NsiJqv5fX-fil01118w6vMQb0zym8BtlHZwNymZc_0sNMssE/s400/5123085907_733e54a662.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 266px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /> <br />
<div style="text-align: left;"><b><span lang="EN-SG"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: large;">S</span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">ong and Dance</span></span></span></span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-SG"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Every evening after the class, we asked the child</span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">ren to sing and dance. They would do it with amazing grace. I am </span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">still waiting for one of my team members to give the video.</span></span></span></span></span></div><img alt="" border="0" height="300" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536758873161044194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn07TB3TvHLTdPnL-CcAv3kIVeP7PssvmptccyhIe-QcerPvnBFyt2A1VNbzstddpQHukX84A6syQDXLnHHDpl2OJdbQTmER4VmSZk11e1Wdy8uI5Y2C3fM002s0YkOV6iz9Epwp1kiHk/s200/dance.jpg" style="display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" width="400" /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6HHo5qPPPm7phj-9pXWptRjb_Cw8IMQHIvyq406GZsZcxBWwxPazHSkHTVPkFALGy9jqonNupPg2LWl8ahk8w4M5SiSbWgbCJ0d73xZmoNysuydRWCIq83QDeMyPu9aS4FFJMTPucsvM/s1600/Activity+1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6HHo5qPPPm7phj-9pXWptRjb_Cw8IMQHIvyq406GZsZcxBWwxPazHSkHTVPkFALGy9jqonNupPg2LWl8ahk8w4M5SiSbWgbCJ0d73xZmoNysuydRWCIq83QDeMyPu9aS4FFJMTPucsvM/s400/Activity+1.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br />
</span></span></span></span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-SG"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: large;">F</span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">ood and Lodge</span></span></span></span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-SG"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">The breakfast was usually after class. We had noodles with</span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> cabbage every day. I was so hungry by 930 I ate the most. And w</span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">e needed the energy for the day treks. </span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Lunch was usually in the village or the village market. The dinner was a couple of hours after the evening session. It was pitch dark. We usually had rice with some curry (usually vegetarian), some cucumber, apple and orange. The food was simple and tasty and when you work real hard the whole day, it tastes amazing. One night (the last night) the guide also got a chicken from the village (a live one), and cooked it fresh. After deliberating with myself about eating someone I just met, my hunger got the better of me (hehe).</span></span></span></span></span></div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536758862068241874" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSeyvifNmMO8cxNXV8bEvd85yOeHom_501rvecedMbdiMoEse3zLmJ6d1vUHzlgYZAN9Kbj_Xyvig_oTD2VsReyMkG9goXwGcvbFuNKp29H_KZ7qTM_0LBeNz9XGAqVqnkK3lRkqffbuM/s400/food.png" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /> <br />
<div class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-SG"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: large;">T</span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">he Experience</span></span></span></span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-SG"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">This experience in Nepal was one of the best of my life. The combination of natural beauty, wonderful people, the serenity, the amazing night skies with a billion stars, the freshness of the air and the energy is something very unique to Katunge.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-SG"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Quoting one of my fellow travelers </span></span></span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">“</span></span></span></span></i></span><span lang="EN-SG"><span class="Apple-style-span"><i><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">The cliché that you need to get lo</span></span></span></span></i></span></span><span lang="EN-SG"><span class="Apple-style-span"><i><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">st in ord</span></span></span></span></i></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><i><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">er to find yourself absolutely appl</span></span></span></span></i></span><span lang="EN-SG"><span class="Apple-style-span"><i><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">ies in this place. The word wondrous is not an apt enough description. <country-region st="on">Nepal</country-region> is <country-region st="on"><place st="on">India</place></country-region> on Valium. It is <country-region st="on"><place st="on">Bhutan</place></country-region> on methamphetamines. It is a place that will forever be in our hearts.</span></span></span></span></i></span></span><span lang="EN-SG"><span class="Apple-style-span"><i><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">”</span></span></span></span></i></span></span></div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536758890337302898" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuZPsWHCygLQf9GBpJN97Bzdlw2OMtQbMWkMT1SCSrjxfP5vW8rtULwpzEGZ_S2QHIiIvuNZADoorFdMprUTN57CGFMznbtYNfnhKO39Ey26ycgGa9JS5F6XkPYIpSiQT_hi3odbSH1AA/s400/all.png" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /> <br />
<div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-SG"></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-SG"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: large;">T</span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">he Future</span></span></span></span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-SG"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">The <place st="on"><placename st="on">Future</placename> <placetype st="on">Village</placetype></place> program is very special and we would like to invite our fellow colleagues to help us to continue and grow this program in perpetuity. Future trips and fund raising events are </span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">planned and there is a constant need for visitors – if only to spend time with the children and help them practice their English. I say without reservation that you wil</span></span></span></span></span><span lang="EN-SG"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">l get as much from the experience as the locals do. Please let any of us know if you would like to assist us in this endeavour.</span></span></span></span></span></span><span lang="EN-SG"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">We want to focus on the following</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-SG"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Primary Focus</span></span></span></span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-SG"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></div><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-SG"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span lang="EN-SG"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Higher Education for Girls (Scholarship has been created)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-SG"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span lang="EN-SG"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Education for all Kids (Scholarship for high school 5 years, stationary funding, teacher’s salaries, library funding etc)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
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<div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-SG"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Secondary Focus</span></span></span></span></span></span></b></div><ul><li><span lang="EN-SG"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"></span></span></span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span lang="EN-SG"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Rural Elect</span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: small;">ricity (funding for Solar panels)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-SG"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Sanitation (funding for toilets)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-SG"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: small;">Health camp (funding)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
</ul><div style="font-weight: bold;"></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536746312794638002" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl5y26SKw8DkR2C-13TK09dQIpJDJLZ1IA07EBn2QI_ybWT3YPEorBbVpqMIP-DIuhd5ELWOj6wuQ9tfDQPlO8msKswngtHZb1U-8ld5H1LuFgiGAPy0iRPVzM6KHsEHL5P7j4wGAQBdE/s400/ganesh.png" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIbOrq8pHtWwJcmIGg6kvUd5GSodrsNl4_hMIxBDNYqIi6h8_C1w9gDlZLcTBqIlhOcO-jJFoJoF0w77MJasfzmyiF0e8sis7xBjaxNwhe17UW6pABaT3Tr9ji-fJOXf7x9F5VFfpRmiY/s1600/Nepal+211.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a></div><div></div></div></div></div><div style="clear: both;"></div></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiXJW7vUU1WRIPs0bCo6fBU2fuKtKOrYd2WFxAVRnIC9WAK_mO5ZTnHXixktL8yWiiz5hREIlaqFeAvXkcqH6Z0epZJ5gAhd5_57ASA_4DcPvqChse84SQzY8ywUxb3OR6kRTXs33sPsE/s1600/truck.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a></div>Jessie Laihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09804553743671956029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343646052482516213.post-21514549399789049492010-11-17T03:48:00.000-08:002010-11-29T08:31:19.396-08:00The team - fantastic Seven on the painting library day !!Time to introduce the Team - crazy, fun, couldn't have done it without them. <br />
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From the left:<br />
(1) Vinayak Doraiswamy (striped) - Awesome blog & class designer! <br />
(2) Shruti Garg (black) - Sweet matched fund runner & class designer !<br />
<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">(3) Peter Hepenstall (grey) - If you are happy and you know it...barcap vendor's donation, big credit to you ! </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">(4) Yue Wang (orange) - Artist!! We can't make the awesome library without you!</div>(5) Jessie Lai (pink) - The project initiator.<br />
(6) Liling Toh (white) - great stationery donation funder!<br />
(7) Prakriti Sofat (green) - Super fund raiser !<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGDT3sp-wb0xB1dm_aQ3mDrrpMKljIL8hB6Zfm7UrySiqOJo3wl_nRv2YJ-XF2vFtpoWLG5woQ5BosKYrbv5TgvC-Fz_WEV7-nxkuvC3Z8zAYr9p37oeljekf_6zzictaaaAv6zBepOoo/s1600/FV+team.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGDT3sp-wb0xB1dm_aQ3mDrrpMKljIL8hB6Zfm7UrySiqOJo3wl_nRv2YJ-XF2vFtpoWLG5woQ5BosKYrbv5TgvC-Fz_WEV7-nxkuvC3Z8zAYr9p37oeljekf_6zzictaaaAv6zBepOoo/s400/FV+team.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh95Cd149XcWHJo9wtSBNX6w4zrXb8D2OCQFkr2bII5GhMzPecQlNbi95jxYMarRjGWsSTUaaSFuFAFIO0NiUHoCUiAdiyMFUIJ6Cio7aYI34xocMYwC-nstr3tLL4xuC_2Wd7TBaU4F84/s1600/Happy+Library.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh95Cd149XcWHJo9wtSBNX6w4zrXb8D2OCQFkr2bII5GhMzPecQlNbi95jxYMarRjGWsSTUaaSFuFAFIO0NiUHoCUiAdiyMFUIJ6Cio7aYI34xocMYwC-nstr3tLL4xuC_2Wd7TBaU4F84/s400/Happy+Library.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Jessie Laihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09804553743671956029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343646052482516213.post-13973415941020505742010-11-17T03:30:00.000-08:002010-11-17T03:30:07.053-08:00Donation fund allocation<div class="date-posts"><div class="post-outer"><div class="post hentry"><a href="" name="1885557510471177326"></a><div class="post-header"><div class="post-header-line-1"></div></div><div class="post-body entry-content"><iframe frameborder="0" height="700" src="https://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=0ApGbHyqlQe6xdGRfQmFVaFhEeWw2S0VxU2haZkFGMEE&single=true&gid=0&output=html&widget=true" width="460"></iframe><div style="clear: both;"></div></div><div class="post-footer"> </div></div></div></div>Jessie Laihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09804553743671956029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343646052482516213.post-24806999325229885002010-11-17T03:24:00.000-08:002010-11-17T03:26:47.877-08:00Run Completed, Collection!<div class="post-header"><div class="post-header-line-1"></div></div><div class="post-body entry-content"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: small;">I completed the 10 km Singapore Bay run on 12th September. A big thanks to all my donors who have helped me over my target </span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #33ff33; font-size: 130%;">$1600</span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: small;"> for the Nepal Charity Group. </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"> My team has collected a total of </span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #33ff33; font-size: 130%;">$25,000</span></b></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span">for this project. <a href="http://www.barcap.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span style="color: red; font-size: small;">Barclays Capital</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: small;"> has generously matched this to make the total contribution <span style="color: lime; font-size: large;">GBP 3,000</span> for 4 runners</span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span">.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEvyIs1enIHz1Wbkrz0FpGb6-QsxPeomb5IU5Vx4WcL7zCfO5MUkqYKurQ4dds90k7GGJaz55vACB0jcZJfPAtz-KZnU_sDHsUB9l_I7Eug25a1dSjNFygdKnhB5zuNZuJMYlt9jrEuNo/s1600/IMG_0361.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEvyIs1enIHz1Wbkrz0FpGb6-QsxPeomb5IU5Vx4WcL7zCfO5MUkqYKurQ4dds90k7GGJaz55vACB0jcZJfPAtz-KZnU_sDHsUB9l_I7Eug25a1dSjNFygdKnhB5zuNZuJMYlt9jrEuNo/s320/IMG_0361.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div></div>Jessie Laihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09804553743671956029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343646052482516213.post-23678536343086238432010-08-17T05:46:00.000-07:002010-09-13T08:26:35.170-07:00Run For Nepal<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Hi All, </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I have registered to run 10 km SAFRA Singapore Bay Run to raise money for Child Education in a remote Nepalese Village using the <a href="http://futurevillage-jessie0117.blogspot.com/2010/08/future-village-introduction.html">Future Village</a> project. I will also be part of the team visiting the village for a week to teach the kids, distribute stationary, books etc and manage minor developments in the village.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>How can you help?</strong></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span><br />
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<ul><li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Please donate cash or cheque. Your generous donate will be transferred to the Futures Village project.</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Your donations will be matched up to £750.</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span></li>
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<ul><li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">My team will be heading to the village in Nepal in October (100% self sponsored) to teach the children for a week and to ensure that the money is put to good use by the organization.</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">$50 will sponsor one child's education for a full year.</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">$75 will help improve one family's sanitary conditions by building them a toilet.</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">$400 will cover the cost of one child's high school education. </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span></li>
</ul></font><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>My Target</strong>: £750</span>Jessie Laihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09804553743671956029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343646052482516213.post-33126634433647682452010-08-17T05:35:00.000-07:002010-08-17T05:35:44.610-07:00Future Village - An Introduction<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Future Village is the name given to a two storey cottage in a remote village in Katunge Village(Dhading District) in Nepal. The Village was founded in mid 2004 by a group of enthusiastic visitors from Hong Kong, who raised fund to build the cottage. This project has so far achieved the following:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">• 87 primary students benefit from child sponsoring program (around USD 50 per kid)</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">• 4 students got support for higher study in Kathmandu.</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">• Helped improve water facilities & upgrade Primary School to Junior High School</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">• School has been rebuilt and extended to 8 Junior High students. Total: 160 students</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">• 3 Full Time teachers are supported by FV project</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">• New project from this May to help each family to build toilets to improve the sanitation. </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br />
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