30th

We woke up t 7 o` clock. It had been raining the whole night. We also discovered that my father didn't spent the night alone. A clever leech had enjoyed a good meal. After having breakfast, Karma showed us the first part of his village. We saw the very nice community hall that is under construction and has been financed by other sponsoring. After having seen a lot of gardens and various crops, we were offered a cup of tea with some local villagers and a lot of kids who kept following us.

We discussed the main problems of the village. These are: the lack of educated people in the village like a nurse, a veterinarian and an agronomist. Young people with a diploma are moving to Kathmandu to earn more money. This leaves the village with mainly elderly people. In order to resolve this situation, they need a better standard of living. Several options need to be investigated:
-introduction of commercialy grown fruits, flowers, herbs, mushrooms and honey. Also the production of cheese from their goats and buffalos.
-installing internet at the community hall could help education and support of farmers.

Afterwards we visited the school. There we were welcomed by a big delegation of village elders and teachers. They welcomed us with flowers and welcome scarfs.
The needs of the school were discussed, these are:
-building a fence around the steep slopes of the little playground for the 200 children.
-installing wired protection in the open windows of the classrooms.
-installation of a computerclass with one computer and an internet connection.
-the financing of 25 poor children who have difficulty paying their school fees.
-paying the fees of 2 teachers (the school has 5 teachers and only 3 of them are being payed by the government, the other two are being sponsord by the villagers, costs of one teacher for a whole year: 960 euro)
-building a 6th class for children age 10 to 13 (this also requiers an extra teacher) (total cost of the new classroom: 1500 euro)


After the calculation and discussion of all these costs we got a tour of the school. Geshe Pema Dorjee told us that a fence around the playground is highly needed because it is very dangerous now. We saw this with our own eyes and we can only agree.
On the way back we walked to the other side of the village and inspected some more crops and plants. Accompanied by a handfull of children, we returned and had some tea and biscuits. This energyboost was very welcome!!
Before dinner we had our last tour. We had a lot of fun with some children and some local villagers. We named a young boys goat Bella, he was taking her out for a walk. We really enjoy the nice sense of humor of the Nepalese people. We ended the day enjoying a cup of homemade wine while listening to the very adventurous stories of mountain guide Karma.