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New Zealand Fundraiser-Island Bay Fair

12/02/2012 Posted in Fundraising, Thanks Posted by: rixi

island bay fair

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.

 

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Let there be light

09/02/2012 Posted in Fundraising Posted by: rek

Loadshedding is when the government has not orginised the country well enough to make enough power to provide for all people. So starting in the winter months and going until monsoon (meaning jan-june ish), we have about 10 hours of power each day. This translates into about 2 night a week where there is light during study time for the children. 

So this means at evening study time we head outside onto the roof to make the most of the natural light.

Then when it gets too dark and cold we move inside and work by candle light. (Though candles cost us an extra dollar a day and is a little hard on the childrens eyes). It is time we look for a solution to this problem!

So if you have not guessed already, our next fundraising event is for a battery and a solar pannel. We need just enough to run one or two lights during study time (and perhaps the fridge and or water filter too). I am guessing it will cost about a $1000 all up, but will research it a little more in the coming few weeks.

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The table update

04/02/2012 Posted in Thanks Posted by: rek

See the first post here: http://www.compassionnepal.com/blog/post/06/project-dining-room-table

So it only took about 6 months. But we finally have dining room tables!

So thanks to everyone who contributed so long ago, everyone here as you can see below is quite happy to be off the ground (they also study here in the morning and evenings)

We also made some benches to sit on. Things took so long because we decided to get them made in a village by some relatives, and true to nepali style.. things just took a little longer than planned.

In other news, we also went shopping for the week.

ok ok so its more than a weeks supply of food. The big yellow ones are rice... the other ones rice in other forms (beaten and puffed) along with some lentils and chick peas and other bits and pieces like that. I think it looks pretty impressive stacked up like that.

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Gifts from Nepal

23/01/2012 Posted in Fundraising Posted by: rixi

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 catherine@compassionnepal.com if you see something you like!

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

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