Empower Children of Manaslu- ECOM

More clothes, shoes, toys, and school supplies for the children in Khorla. And sweets - mostly Polish sweets 😊
Once again a big thank you to all people who generously donated and/or transported all this, especially to Jeanne Alart and Anita la Poloquita and her friends. It has been an unusually abundant year.
We have to keep the same standards from now on 😅.
Please contact us if you know any people or even groups who can bring things to Nepal for our kids!

Every child in our programme has a story. A difficult one.
Every child in our programme has dreams.
We hope to empower them to fulfill it. It's their right. It's our duty. Education is the only way forward ❤️

The distribution of rice, lentils, salt, sugar, oil and soap continued in Khorla for the children in our programme and their families.

On the way to Khorla, we always pass by Pila's house. She has been in our programme since she was a cute little girl ❤️, supported by wonderful Katalin Kovács.

Pila's mother always prepares something to eat for me and offers me a drink. This time she insisted to carry my backpack on the very steep way down to Khorla, where to my huge surprise the whole school was waiting for me with kilos of elder flowers and roses!

The director Gurung Sita is away for health reasons, so I was not expecting any special welcome committee, especially that we had a huge party in January 2025 during my last visit here when we launched the hostel 'Kind Home'.

But I was underestimating the warmth and gratitude of the Khorla community, as well as their pleasure to throw a good party! 10 students danced for us and then we all joined in a big celebration.
Thank you so much 🙏 ❤️🌹🥰🤩💃🕺.

Yesterday we left Singla to come to Khorla, the second village of our project. Some of the mothers of the children who are supported in our programme came to say goodbye and bring gifts - fresh eggs, a box of lentils with eggs in it (the most creative way to transport eggs!), even a basket and of course the traditional katas (buddhist silk scarves wishing a good journey) and rose garlands.

We also received the blessing of an old woman (more than 80 y old) who is blind and lives on her own. We have given her rice, salt, oil etc for a few years now. She is happy to get this help, making her life a little bit easier.

Every year we visit the school in Singla to make sure the children in our programme are studying well, this is one of the main conditions to be part of the programme. It's also a source of joy to see them progress despite so harsh life circumstances.
Their determination has always amazed me ❤️👩🏽‍🏫👨🏽‍🎓 👩🏾‍🎓 📚 📕 📖