Celebrating 5 years!
rking for orphans and poor children for the last 5 years. The orphanage was set up in October 2005, and this year marks our 5th anniversary. Watch this space for more information over the coming months as we plan some very special events to celebrate our 5th anniversary in October!
Most recently we have again been able to settle back one of our boys, Bipin Aryal, who has been living at Aishworya from the beginning with his older brother Yogesh.
Bipin’s father is in jail in Afghanistan for illegally entering the country for labor work, and his mother has been very ill with heart problems.
However his mother is much better now and has got an agriculture loan from the Nepal Agriculture bank to start her own field-work (farming). She is now able to look after Bipin again, but his older brother Yogesh will stay at Aishworya until their mother is strong enough to look after them both.
Bipin and Yogesh are very happy because finally they will live with their mom again. The brothers had almost lost all hope of having their family back. We wish Bipin and his mother all the very best and a happy life, and we look forward to the day that Yogesh can join them.
It always makes us feel proud when the kids go back to their families and live a good life, and we are sure that it is not just us, but also our friends and donors who are also equally proud in this progress. This wouldn’t have been possible without the support and kindness of each and every one of our donors. Please keep the love in your hearts for these children, they deserve that and so much more from all of us because we are all blessed.
Boys with Skills!
As our boys are growing bigger, their interest in learning more has also grown bigger. The children finished their final exams at school and are now in their long holiday. The new session for school will start at the end of April, so we approached the bigger boys to try and utilize their holidays by getting some interesting new skills, which will of course be very useful for them in their future.
We believe that we should give these children as many opportunities as possible. This will allow the children to better express their interests and discover what they want to do with their lives, and help them to choose the correct path for themselves.
All of our kids are enjoying their school holiday very much, but they can’t wait to get back to school next month!
Goodbyes
We are always sad to say goodbye to our volunteers, but we love to stay in touch and hear news about what they are doing in so many different parts of the world. We recently said goodbye to two volunteers from Finland, Marianne and Outi, who were with us for four months from September to December 2009.
All of the kids and staff will miss them very much, and we are so grateful for all of their hard work and dedication to our home.
However we are happy to announce that Marianne and Outi have been busy promoting Aishworya in Finland! They put up an exhibition at their local library to tell people a little bit about Aishworya. Lots of people walked by and asked questions about what it is like in Nepal. Their display included photographs and information about the orphanage, as well as some pictures that the children had drawn.
Lots of people were very interested in Aishworya, and many of them complimented the children on their fantastic artwork! We are very grateful to Marianne and Outi for working so hard and for promoting our good cause across the world!
New Arrivals
Back in August our family added three new members to our growing throng! The reason we haven’t written about it so far is that there were some complications with their home life.
They are three sisters called Rashmi (14), Roshani (13) and Punam (10). Their father works abroad and their mother disappeared. Their father has asked us to take care of the girls until he can arrange for their care, or return to Nepal.
However their father has requested that we do not publish any photos in our newsletters or our website, so naturally we will respect their privacy. However this brings our total number of kids up to 38!
Volunteers
Although we were sad to say goodbye to Marianne and Outi, we still have two other long-term volunteers at Aishworya. Petri and Kaisla are both 20 years old, and are both from Finland.
They have been at Aishworya since August 2009, and will stay with us until May 2010, for a total of 10 months. They share with us their experience of volunteering at Aishworya:
“We have been surprised how well-mannered and smart the children are here. They have many hobbies and interests like drawing and chess, some are even interested in learning Finnish! They speak very good English already, and are very sociable towards volunteers and each other. During our time here these people have become our family since Aishworya children’s home is very good hearted and comfortable place to live.
Love from
Petri & Kaisla”