Wow! I need to stop and take a moment to THANK everyone who has helped so far with either a monetary donation or books or taking the time to collect books..... Also those people who have networked and listened to my endless stories of the children who will benefit from having these books.
Kevin Campopiano, Chuck Veeder, Stacie Billings, Jenni Stewart, Mindy Piper and the combined efforts of the NC United Methodist Church and St James Catholic Church vacation bible school, Kerry Leigh and her children Hannah, Zac & Krishna, Sandy Sangster, Jaime Glendening, Susan Schmidt and the generous donation from the Johnsburg Library and Cindy Homer who is a key contributer in making this happen.
Showing posts with label Children. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Children. Show all posts
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
The Pegasus Project
It is my goal to assist Namaste Children's Home in creating a bright future for as many children as possible. One of their goals is to build their own community for the children and displaced people they care for. As of right now they rent the buildings and it is very costly. I have come across a great series of videos on you tube from another group at The Pegasus Project about what they are doing and why. It is well within our capacity to reproduce the wonderful sucess of The Pegasus Project for NCH and the THOUSANDS of others in need.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBDt-qzoC1o&feature=related
The images are very moving and show parts of Nepal I was uncomfortable to photographing.
It is also inspirational as to the lives that can be affected with what is such a relatively small amount of money in other parts of the world.
http://www.youtube.com/user/pegasuschildren
Its been an interesting process for me, talking to people about my Nepal experience. I can't seem to get across to people how amazingly beautiful some things were yet how brutal the landscape and how in need the country and people really are. It seems as though Americans just cannot imagine real need. Real need here seems to be making sure we have enough $$$ to take our kids to Disney again this year. Seriously? Even in this so called recession, real need and scarcity are far beyond the scope of most people.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBDt-qzoC1o&feature=related
The images are very moving and show parts of Nepal I was uncomfortable to photographing.
It is also inspirational as to the lives that can be affected with what is such a relatively small amount of money in other parts of the world.
http://www.youtube.com/user/pegasuschildren
Its been an interesting process for me, talking to people about my Nepal experience. I can't seem to get across to people how amazingly beautiful some things were yet how brutal the landscape and how in need the country and people really are. It seems as though Americans just cannot imagine real need. Real need here seems to be making sure we have enough $$$ to take our kids to Disney again this year. Seriously? Even in this so called recession, real need and scarcity are far beyond the scope of most people.
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Finding Namaste
Our trip to Nepal was an amazing adventure!
The highlight was our time spent volunteering at the Namaste Children’s Home in Pokhara, Nepal.
While volunteering at the orphanage we helped the children with homework, getting ready for school, cleaning at the orphanage, playing games and providing entertainment, (and being entertained by them) They shared their meals with us, performed plays, sang and danced with us.
These are children who have been abused and abandoned, left alone to beg in the streets with no family who are able or willing to care for them. Yet they thought nothing of inviting us into their home and their hearts sharing their lives for a brief time.
Leaving the orphanage we knew we needed to do something more for our new Nepalese family. But what can we do from New York?
That’s when Namaste Fund for Children was born. Our foremost objective is to assist the Namaste Children’s Home in fulfilling their goal to support the women and children of Nepal. Our first project is READ NEPAL!
`Thank you,
Donna and Harrison
The highlight was our time spent volunteering at the Namaste Children’s Home in Pokhara, Nepal.
While volunteering at the orphanage we helped the children with homework, getting ready for school, cleaning at the orphanage, playing games and providing entertainment, (and being entertained by them) They shared their meals with us, performed plays, sang and danced with us.
These are children who have been abused and abandoned, left alone to beg in the streets with no family who are able or willing to care for them. Yet they thought nothing of inviting us into their home and their hearts sharing their lives for a brief time.
Leaving the orphanage we knew we needed to do something more for our new Nepalese family. But what can we do from New York?
That’s when Namaste Fund for Children was born. Our foremost objective is to assist the Namaste Children’s Home in fulfilling their goal to support the women and children of Nepal. Our first project is READ NEPAL!
`Thank you,
Donna and Harrison
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