Our second project in Kalimpong was to install clean water for the Deaurali Primary School in the mountain village of Bong Busty. The task here was to lay 1,000 metres of pipe-work from a clean water source down to the school. Having clean running water at the school has transformed both the health and hygiene of each of the children and the general facilities that can be offered as part of the school’s curriculum. It will also provide another source of clean water to the villagers of Bong Busty. The project cost was £3000 and it was completed in February 2008.
In 2008 we again made a small grant to another charity through our Lifelines Project.
We have continued to fund the education of all the children and have seen them achieve consistently good results in their exams. 2009 is an important year for the two oldest girls Nirmala and Anita. They both take their school leaver’s certificate in April 2009 and are working hard towards achieving good grades. We are working with them and our team in Nepal to plan for their futures through professional or vocational training. We will need to start a separate fund raising programme to cater for this as the cost will be substantially higher than the cost of school fees.