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Author Archives: Steph
February – March 2010
Celebrating 5 years! Aishworya has been working 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 … Continue reading
December 2009 – January 2010
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Aishworya wishes all our readers, ex-volunteers and friends Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year 2010. We wish the world Peace and Happiness. When its Christmas then there is definitely celebration, gifts … Continue reading
October – November 2009
More Festivals! A very happy Diwali (Tihar) to everyone. Diwali is celebrated 10 days after the Dassai festival. This is a festival of lights and worship to the Goddess Laxmi (the goddess of wealth). Tihar is one of the biggest … Continue reading
August – September 2009
Festivals! In the last two months we have celebrated two very important Nepali festivals. First there was Teej, a festival especially for the girls and women to celebrate. Then we celebrated Dashain, the biggest festival of the year, which lasts … Continue reading
June – July 2009
New Friends Over the last two months several volunteers have come to Aishworya to help out with the children. Some have stayed for 6 weeks, some only for a week, but we have enjoyed spending time with all of them. … Continue reading
April – May 2009
Happy New Year! The 14th of April this year signified Nepali New Year, so from all of us at Aishworya we’d like to wish you a very happy 2066! May also had some big celebrations as Nepal saw in it’s … Continue reading
February – March 2009
Holi! This March saw the advent of Holi, a fantastic spring festival of colour and water, where everybody throws water balloons and coloured tikka-powder, to herald the return of the rains and the monsoon.
December 2008 – January 2009
General Information This month we have a slight change to our usual newsletters. As many of you may know, Stephanie, an ex-volunteer at Aishworya, has been working each month with Pramila, our assistant Director, to write and produce our monthly … Continue reading
November 2008
Nepal This month a record number of tourists visited Nepal. Figures quoted in the newspaper were over 50,000 for October and due to be even higher this month. In a time of global economic crisis, we are extremely happy that … Continue reading
October 2008
Nepal This month Nepal celebrated the end of the Dashain festival, and we are glad to announce that the floods in the south and west of Nepal are receding at last. We wish all of the people affected a swift … Continue reading