Sonrisa Orphange Nepal Newsletter

Children were on thier long winter vacation, a month, after their second term exams. So, we have been on quite a few trips since our last update.

We took the children to Kopan Monastry (buddhist temple) for the first time. Kopan Monastry is about 20 minutes drive to the north from our home. It is very quite and has a very neat beautiful garden. It also had a nice view from there. Children loved it there. Ani Fran kindly offered to buy us lunch, we gladly accepted.
We went Rock Climbing again. It was not as exciting as when we went earlier. Except for a few of the children who are very fond of climbing, children prefer running around a jumping.
Children got to go Hiking in Nagarjun Forest for the first time. It was a beutiful day for a walk through green forest. Children enjoyed being so close to nature. It was 4 hours uphill and 2 hours back downhill.
We also went toPicnic in Godavari Park. It is a botanical garden about 12KM outside Kathmandu with lots of space for children to run around. We had been their before, so one of the children picked this place for our picnic trip. It was a great day. We played lots of games, sang and danced.
Christmas and New Year  We celebrated Christmas with all of us having dinner together. There were lots of presents for the children. We didn't have a traditional christmas dinner but insted we had a Bonfire and sang and danced around the fire.

We are very happy to let you know that Children have started dance and vocal lessons. They are improving everyday. Jason(AUS) has kindly sponsored these lessons for the next six months.
Another good friend of ours, Mau(UK) is giving violin lessons via Skype

We have improved the children's diet by including milk, fruits more dal (lentel) and vegetables in their everyday meal.
Children have their new schoolbags, pyjamas and their own boxes. We panited the children's bedrooms.

We recently held our annual General Assembly meeting to discuss our plans for the coming year and the future ahead.

Due to recent change in Government policy for Non-profit organizations, we are no longer allowed to have a Savings Account in Bank. So, we have opened a Current Account. Please make sure you have our new account details if you have saved our previous Account Details.

A team from Kantipur Dental College visited us. Children watched a play and learnt about oral hygiene. We would like the KDC team for their awesome play and work on dental hygiend awareness.

Our special thanks to our special friends in Italy who held great events to raise funds on our behalf.

CHIRSTMAS CONCERT (Dec 17)
Town: Orvieto
School: Primary School "L. Barezini" Orvieto
Special Thanks to : Ms. Monica Dalmonte, Ms. Paola Paradisi (English Teacher), Parents Committee, 4th Grade Classes A, B and C

"A SMILE FOR SONRISA"("UN SORRISO PER SONRISA")(Dec 17)
Town: Scisciano
Special Thanks to :
Mayor - Patrizio Napolitano
Councillor - Raffaele Ambrosino
Sound & Light Designer. - Ernesto Serpico
Musical Group - I Paria'
All people of the town and volunteers

Volunteers

We would like to thank our volunteers John(AUS), Lydia(AUS), Rosy(UK), Hanna(UK) and Francesca (Italy).

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Thank You

Francesca Gigi pacchiano, Mayor Dr. Patrizio Napolitano, Councillor Mr. Raffaele Ambrosino, Scisciano, Enesto serpico, I Paria Musical, Margherita, Leo, Angelica, Rosachiara, Sergio, Vincenzo, Valentina and The Little Marzio, L,Barzini Primary school (Orvieto), Director Ms. Monica Dalmonte, Ms. Paola Paradisi, Parents` Committee (L,Barzini Primary school), Ammar Jung Rana, Malcolm, Wendy, Susie, Stephan, Ben and Tim, Cate carrison, Lance Shepherd, Lora Janzen, David and Autumn Jannard, Belinda DeWold, Simone and Steven Dold and Elisabeth Feuerhelm, Don melady, Rowley massop Canada. Elsie james Maedical Mercy Canada(MMC), Anna Chabin, Karin Blaser, Theo gschwind, Samuel hauenstein, Kate dowell UK Neil Stevens and Statff at Conwy local health Board UK. Beth Stevens UK, Mau malgosia ziemkiewicz, Avila Ba Spain, Mr Paul Evers Swindell, Fabien suiffet

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