Compassion Nepal

It was the Newtown fair recently!

There was horrible weather but luckily by lunchtime it had stopped raining.

It was another great chance to meet people and chat about Compassion and the orphanage. Also to do some fundraising of course!

Thanks Marsha, Tristan and Chinta for all your help! Here is a pic is some ladies buying some lovely scarves:

Also at the Kilburny fair the Mayor bought a duck! Thanks Mayor!

In orphanage news from Nepal: we have just started a new food routine. Hopefully we will be able to sustain it, but with the help from the fairs excellent run by Catherine and the wellington support team we are off to a good start. We now have weekly scheduled: egg night, meat night, moi day (like milk) and fruit day. Making these things regular, rather than when we used to sporadically provide them, should ensure for generally more delicious food for the children.

Ahh what else is new? Oh yer, we have had to buy two tankers of water recently because the city has not been sending any, but today it rained a little, so it looks like the drought season is coming to an end yay!

Oho and how can I forgot, its exam time for the children now. So we are all busy studying away, and after one weeks its holidays! Anyone have any suggestions on fun things we can plan for this time?

Also here is dolly with her new puppies:

What an awesome day!

We sold things from Nepal at the fair today and managed to raise heaps of money for the orphanage. We also got to meet people who were really interested in hearing about Compassion Nepal. I also managed to get a whole heap sunburnt but you can't have everything.

Thank you to everyone who came and bought things, your money will go straight to the orphanage and it will make a huge difference. We even raised a whole bunch of the money required for the battery and solar panel which you can read more about here 

Thanks to Rose, Masha and Charlotte too for all the help!

If you didn't manage to catch us today, we will be at the Newtown fair on the 4th of March.

We have some awesome pashmina scarves from Nepal which we are selling to fundraise for Compassion Nepal. We have heaps of different colours and different materials, and they start from only $40.

Here are some places we will be selling in Wellington, so come check it out.

Island Bay Festival Sunday 12th February

Newtown Fair Sunday 4th March

Kilbirnie Fair Sunday 11th March

Otherwise you can comment here or email [email protected] if you see something you like!

We have a bunch of other sweet treats from Nepal we will be selling, here are a few...

Everyone around the world takes this time to snuggle into their winter blankets, lazing around the fire (or beach). It is about at this time when we all begin to feel and see the results of just a little tooo much Christmas food and festivities. So we have planned something different, we have decided to make this time a little more active.

So at around November we ask you to please join us as in going for a quick stroll up to Everest Base Camp.

The trek takes 15 days (although you can stick around longer if you want, we would love to have you here at the orphanage).

The cost is around $1000 for the trek, but we also ask you to raise $1000 for the orphanage.

With this at the end of the year we are hoping to be able to buy our own land.

Though more info will be coming over the next few weeks, if you cannot wait, comment here or use the contact form below :)

Hey everyone. Rent is due and simply we didn't get enough donations this period to pay it. If anyone is able to give, please can you do so now. Here is a photo of two kids who are cheering for you:

It's not too late, you can still make it. Petone, Wellington, NZ

Thursday, August 11 · 6:00pm - 10:00pm, More info here:

https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=133289866757691

So with the kids all settled in school with their fancy new clothes, shoes and with all fees paid for the year, we are looking to fulfill the next need. By the way, thanks again to all those who donated recently, all your contributions went directly to those three things (Well, we had to borrow some money for the school fees to make sure the kids didn't miss any lessions, but that is all paid back now).

Anyway, onto our next project: a dining room table. For the last couple of years they have all had to eat on the floor, so I figured we should look into getting a table for them. I think the best (and cheapest) option is to build one. This will also by far be most fun for everyone involved. Kids just love building stuff. So, if you can, please lend us a hand to buy some wood! (We have a saw, hammer and nails already), thanks!!