Saturday, June 13, 2009
Friday, May 01, 2009
Would you like to help to educate Nermith
Nermith's photo and details in previous blog entered on March 11 2009
Nermith still needs someone to help her.
For further information you can contact me through the comment section of this blog.
Nermith still needs someone to help her.
For further information you can contact me through the comment section of this blog.
Returning to the Kalimpong Hill Region 2009
I set off for Gitdubling in September of this year. I wonder what changes I will find when I get there. Communication with contacts there has been quite problematic this year, as there has been a lot of political unrest, resulting in electricity strikes and forced all out strikes, curtailing all movement by motorised vehicles. The Darjeeling/Kalimpong Hill Region want Independence from the state of West Bengal as there is much corruption in local government in this region.
In 2008 they held their first election for a local representative to the federal government in 19 years. A member of the Gurkha party won this election to represent the people of the Darjeeling/Kalimpong Hill Region. His power to represent his people is very limited, due to the political set up in West Bengal.
The people of the hill region want to be directly under the auspices of the Federal government in Delhi. The State government of West Bengal are opposed to this; they want to retain control of the hill region.
St. Joseph's School Gitdubling
The building of a new class room to accomodate Class 1x, which was newly started at the begining of this academic year 2009, has been completed. This was done during the winter vocation; the villagers having donated many of the building materials and their labour.
Christine the volunteer who worked in St. Joseph's whilst I was there last year, had a fund raising social night at the Children and Family Centre in which she works and managed to raise funds for furniture for a new classroom, which has also been constructed. to accommodate half the pupils of Class v1 in which there were 72 pupils last year.
The Himalayan Children Education Trust,
has managed to raise sufficient funds to continue paying the wages of the 7 teachers in St. Mary's Tribal School ,Nok Dara and 6 teachers in the infant classes of St. Joisseph's, Gitdubling.
I have 3 more fun raising events before returning to the Region in September: 2 secondhand book sales and bag packing at Sainsbury's, Meadowbank in Edinburgh.
I am still trying to make contact with schools, but am not having much success . I really would appreciate help with this. I also need some one to help me with publicity and fund raising ventures.
If you think you would like to become involved, you can contact me through the comments option on this blog.
In 2008 they held their first election for a local representative to the federal government in 19 years. A member of the Gurkha party won this election to represent the people of the Darjeeling/Kalimpong Hill Region. His power to represent his people is very limited, due to the political set up in West Bengal.
The people of the hill region want to be directly under the auspices of the Federal government in Delhi. The State government of West Bengal are opposed to this; they want to retain control of the hill region.
St. Joseph's School Gitdubling
The building of a new class room to accomodate Class 1x, which was newly started at the begining of this academic year 2009, has been completed. This was done during the winter vocation; the villagers having donated many of the building materials and their labour.
Christine the volunteer who worked in St. Joseph's whilst I was there last year, had a fund raising social night at the Children and Family Centre in which she works and managed to raise funds for furniture for a new classroom, which has also been constructed. to accommodate half the pupils of Class v1 in which there were 72 pupils last year.
The Himalayan Children Education Trust,
has managed to raise sufficient funds to continue paying the wages of the 7 teachers in St. Mary's Tribal School ,Nok Dara and 6 teachers in the infant classes of St. Joisseph's, Gitdubling.
I have 3 more fun raising events before returning to the Region in September: 2 secondhand book sales and bag packing at Sainsbury's, Meadowbank in Edinburgh.
I am still trying to make contact with schools, but am not having much success . I really would appreciate help with this. I also need some one to help me with publicity and fund raising ventures.
If you think you would like to become involved, you can contact me through the comments option on this blog.
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