We received two amazing letters of appreciation from students supported through NSP. We couldn't be more proud of their achievements! 

Dear  sponsor, my Fran maam  
 
 Heartily  Warm Greeting 
     
I am  Kunsang  Syangtan  from  Kathmandu fifteen  year  old school student   presently studying in grade  ten  at creative model Academy Boarding School. In the beginning I got admission in Puspa Bal Academy in Nursary class and now after merging two school it is learning by the name Creative model Academy Boarding high school located at Lazimpat is one of the better school having various facilities with good learning environment.

Maam, this is my further that I am getting financial support initially through Nepal School Project handled by the Canadian and now financial support of Ms. Franlloyed has encouraging me with great zeal upon study hat would bring changes my life career.

Maam, I am a boy of a poor family background of a remote village area of Kavre district of nepal where people are deprived from education but fortunately I got chance to study in the boarding school of capital city, Kathmandu. It is all became possible because of your valuable support and the role of my uncle (Babulal) who worked as a bridge between you and me. I am indebted enough to you who had successes to bring change in my life career, which I have evaluated as a God father. Finally, when will you come in Nepal? I hope we will meet together with fall of honour and courtesy.

 At lasts my SEE(Secondary Education Examination, Government board exam also coming near. I am  studying with great zeal, effort and diligence deserve GPA A+. such performance will do the great support for my further study; So that makes me eligible for the continuation of your financial support for good shaping of my life career that remains in my heart and mind everlasting.

 Thank you
   
 Sincerely yours,                                                                                                                                                      Kunsang Syangtan

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Dear  sponsor, My Fran maam and betty maam and linda maam

Heartily warms greeting!

I am Srijana Ghalan from Kathmandu. I am studying in standard V at Creative Model Academy Boarding High School is  one of the better school for quality Education  both learning environment. 

Maam, I am very lucky person in sense that, I am getting financial support from you that has incoming me with great zeal upon study that would bring changes my life career.

Maam, I am a girl of a poor family background of a remote village area of  Kavre  district of Nepal my father worked in the beginning under Nepal School Project as a Carpenter and  Letter as a  Sponsors. A person who because not get chance to gosh education through with great struggle he is caring us due to your support. We are studying in a boarding school of Kathmandu; this is all became possible because of your valuable support. I am grateful enough to you who are supporting me to bring change in my life career.
 
My sincere thanks to you for your kind support and hoped that it will be continued in the years to come.

Thank You!  
Sincerely yours, 

Srijana Ghalan

2016 was certainly eventful and 2017 has already proven to be very productive!

The most recent trip to the NSP villages in the Kavre District was very uplifting.  The main objectives this year were to:

1. commence the building of a new school using the earthquake resistant technology of gabion banding.
2. review the new latrines that had been constructed over the last year
3. visit the new water installations
4. deliver clothing the t village children.

 
We were in Nepal for 18 days, 7 of which were in the villages.  The remaining time was spent in planning sessions with our local people and purchasing materials for the building of the school in the village of Thulo Baspur.
 
The group consisted of Fran Lloyd, Executive Director of NSP, Davie Jackson (Vice chair SP) , Judy McIntryre and Rovert Raffin, both donors and fundraisers from Edmonton.  Randolph Langenbach, the inventor of gabion banding and John Vavruska, the builder of the first school in Nepal using gabion banding also joined us in Nepal.  The Nepal School Projects members in Nepal – Rakam, Babulal, Kinsang and Sanchaman accompanied the group.  Suraj (my lifeline translated for us and one of our locally sponsored students acted as a translator on the trip to the villages when we divided into two groups.  Keshev’s English and translating abilities were amazing.  One group remained in the village to supervise the training of the local masons in gabion banding methods, the other group transported the clothing to the local school children and visited the new latrine and water installations.  One of the water projects brought water 6000 metres and serviced 68 families.  The villagers were very appreciative of all that we had accomplished over the last year.
 
But none of this would be possible without the continuing support from our lowly donors.  NSP welcomes a new fundraising group, Foress Sandal manor, a private elementary school in England.  The students there were able to raise money through a bake sale and Christmas concert.  View the video on the website.  Thanks to Judy Cochand and her staff and students for a huge effort.  And…..thank you so much for each of your contributions over the last year.  NSP will continue to move forward and look forward to being able to report further progress in 1017.
 
We wish you and your loved ones a healthy and prosperous New Year.
 
Namaste
Fran Lloyd
Executive Director
Nepal School Projects

Students at the Forres Sandle Manor school in UK hosted an incredible bake sale for Nepal School Projects that raised a whopping £668! This demonstrates how Nepal School Projects can capture the hearts of young and old alike across the world. For more information about the bake sale, including how the students were engaged and what it looked like in action, click on the links below! If you are interesting in getting students involved in your community, please contact NSP at info.nepalschoolprojects@gmail.com.

THANK YOU FORRES SANDLE MANOR! NSP greatly appreciates your efforts and your actions will make a meaningful and lasting impact on the life of students in Nepal.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9LupWAWp7o

www.fsmschool.com/media/news/article/236/The-Great-FSM-Bake-Off-for-the-Nepal-School-Projects

Namaste!

April 24, 2016 marked a year since Nepal and our NSP villages experienced the devastating earthquake. Thank you so much for your support now and in the future. The addition of donating on line has been very beneficial. Our rock and roll event last November was also a success. Betty and Linda and I were able to hold an event in California this winter, which was also successful.  Mail donations continue to arrive. As well, in December, an Ottawa elementary school, Hopewell Public School held a Christmas bazaar (called the Blizzard Bazaar) to raise money to help NSP rebuild a school.

We are fortunate at NSP, as a small NGO to be able to control the use of the funds we send to Nepal.  We have people on the ground there who are diligent about making sure these funds are used in the best way.  We expect explicit accounting records for each project.  When the costs have been submitted for each project to Canada, then we send the money.  Accountability to you as donors is of the utmost importance to us.
Since our visit to Nepal last November, we have been pleased with the development of both new and old programs by NSP in Nepal.  Rakam, Babulal, Kunsang, Suraj and all of our NSP people in Nepal continue to be incredibly supportive, hardworking and committed. Without them we could not function.

Latrines: We had approved a 2year program for building latrines. The first 30 were completed last year. We visited Simla, in November to view them. Our people have been working hard to complete the second phase of 50 latrines in the same area and are just doing so now. While there, we altered the design to include a ventilation stack to enhance the “experience” in the latrine.

Water systems: No new water systems have been installed but the already existing ones needed attention.  In November NSP Canada and NSP Nepal created a Water System Repair Committee to first asses the status of the water systems installed in the villages over the years, determine the damages and then repair them. Sanchaman, who has worked with NSP for many years and one other person have been visiting the villages and have been very successful installing new taps and replacing damaged pipes. We decided to replace the standard tap with a lever (less moving parts) resulting in less breakage.  The presence of this NSP work group was encouraging to the villagers. 

Schools: Since the earthquake, NSP Canada and Nepal have been working hard to develop a plan to repair the damage to the schools in our areas. The Nepalese Government has developed guidelines stipulating that rebuilt schools must be earthquake proof. Our initial designs using rebar and concrete, proved to be too expensive for a group our size to build. We thought there was no other solution but we were very excited to discover a method called Gabion Banding in January. We immediately contacted the inventor, Randolph Langenbach, who was delighted to help us and immediately put us in touch with a group in New Mexico who were planning a home building trip to Nepal using gabion banding. NSP Nepal made contact with them in Katmandu and visited their building site. We have since then created a design for a school and are awaiting the arrival of materials in order to begin. Gabion bands have been adapted from an existing idea called gabion walls, which are installed to prevent shoreline erosion and to shore up steep banks along highways. In constructing the schools, the gabion bands (baskets of rocks) become part of the wall structure, allowing more flexibility during an earthquake, a definite advantage. We are also able to utilize the same local materials as before, with the addition of the wire to wrap the rocks into gabion bands.  NSP has decided to replace the wire with polypropylene, as the life expectancy is much longer.  It is also much easier to transport than rebar.  Remember all materials must be brought in by hand. Gabion Banding has also been approved for use in rebuilding by the Nepalese Government.

To read more about this method of construction please visit:   www.conservationtech.com and click on Himalayan earthquake.  The Nova presentation is worth watching (and how I heard about Banding).  For specifics on gabion banding click on the site below the Nova tab:  www.traditional-is-modern.net/nepal.html

A trip is being planned again in November to visit the construction sites and review completed projects.
Please check out the website for an up to date report:  www.nepalschoolprojects.ca
Thank you once again for your continuing support.

Best Regards 
Fran Lloyd, Executive Director and the rest of the NSP team