Project Update

CTAS NEWSLETTER SUMMER 08.

This visit to Nepal has been busy and very productive.

We now have five adult education projects running and are about to start a sixth in the Hunamantole Ward.

The education project recently started in Gharikhula is running well and has a good attendance of women. The Damsadi project (also recently started) is enthusiastically supported by the women who, having done a hard day’s labouring in the fields and prepared the supper for their families, then come to class before they have their food.

The rechargeable lights bought for each project, to get over the problems of the power cuts, have been an excellent investment and enabled the classes to continue running smoothly despite having no electricity. During the first week of my visit there were long and frequent periods without any electricity, and the tube torches provided a much more effective light than the traditional candles.

The Mahatgouda sewing and cutting project is soon to draw to a close with the last group of women about to start the course. The fabrics previously provided by one of our donors have been made into all sorts of garments. A selection of these has been given back to us to distribute to some of the poorest families in another nearby Ward.

The kindergarten continues to thrive and the municipal have now started to erect a new and bigger building for the children, which, hopefully should be completed within the next 3-4 months. We intend to assist the school with some of the interior furnishings.

The children are currently in temporary accommodation, nearby. We have bought some more educational play materials for the children who, on being given the toys eagerly shouted out the names of the domestic and wild animals.

We are currently reviewing the costs of undertaking another water project to bring fresh drinking water to a community of some 40 families nearby the Hunamantole Ward.

As always we rely on your kind donations to make these things possible.

CTAS Chairperson