By Kishor Shrestha | Country Director, GFV-N
NAMASTE!
Thanks in great part, to our donors and friends, we are proud to report that our partner family of children living in the Family House are thriving and becoming increasingly closer with the native community people. It is not only that the Aunty has bonded with the children and treats them like her own children or that the designated grandparents took good care of the children during and after the earthquake and aftershocks. To our delight we have been seeing the children living in the Family House taking the initiative and involving themselves in helping the community people living in temporary shelters as well as their designated grandparents. The boys love helping in various activities repairing and rebuilding the house (photo above). Rakesh (12 years) led a group of children in rebuilding a small temple inside the school premises. Nabin (11 years) has become an avid photographer. Shakti (11 years) has become the Goal Keeper of the soccer team. Anita, aged 12 has been teaching/helping young children in the nursery class.
Dr. Charles E. Thompson from the US visited the project site last month observed the program and talked with the children and Grandparents. He made the following comments after his visit... “I see the Grandparent component as of great importance. That is the deepest, strongest 'community connector' for your children beyond bonding with neighborhood peers and each other and your staff. I think the 'heart-connection' your children experience, separate from, but in addition to the education and housing, is the most efficacious 'healing agent' granting them the greatest possibility of healthy, meaningful future lives in family and community and nation.”
For the past 4 months Dr. Loren Weybright from the US has been a residential teacher trainer at Tri-Ratna Cooperative School, Bungamati. He has been organizing teacher training programs, developing strategic plans and working with children including those living in the Family House. Dr. Loren has recently prepared a Postcard series of the Golbal Family Village children's activities. (Please see attached postcard series).
And now, we are meeting with a Woman's Group who may be our next partnering village. We are very excited to be expanding the program. Stay tuned.
Your continued support is greatly appreciated, especially in the coming days as we are planning our expansion.
Thank you so much. Namaste!
Kishor Shrestha, Country Director and GFV-N Board and Freema Davis, US
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