We are now in Kakani, the national Scout Centre in Nepal and we are working out with them some projects to do in the next few days. A team of us are going to the primary school tomorrow (Tue) to paint the classrooms, there is a national holiday, so hopefully the children will be surprised when they return.
They have a problem with the playground, it goes out onto a slope with a drop and some children have fallen down and hurt themselves. One of our team, Sarah is an Engineer and she is going to take some measurements and work out what can be done to help stabalise the ground in order to put up a fence, but this will be something we might be able to help financially and give resources for the work to be done at a later date.
We are here until Saturday morning. I hope to assist the teaching team some time later this week.
We had a lovely afternoon on Saturday at the British Embassy. It was the Queen's Birthday and the Embassay had been given a big chocolate cake by one of the big hotels, and we got to eat it!!
Very grand house and beautiful garden. We had lovely sandwiches, cake and coffee. Dr & Mrs Hall were lovely.
Also talk of 6 of the team meeting the Prime Minister of Nepal on Wednesday, he is interested in Scouting and wants to meet some of the team.
Tea time now
Kristine
3 comments:
Hi Kristine
Really good to hear some more from you. Your tea with the Ambassador sounded fun - he was really spoiling you, no?!
And with all that experience renovating primary schools, I think I will need to get you to switch teams when you come back to work!!!
Glad you're enjoying yourself - and continuing to make a difference to people's lives.
Can't wait to see you again.
Hi Kristine,
Good to hear from you and get your up to date news. It has been good to read all about your adventures over the past few weeks. You have had a wonderful time.
Your experience with the P.I.G.S group at Strathdevon Primary will give you ideas as you visit the school this week. Not quite enough time to build a MUGA!!
See you soon
Love
Muriel
Hi Kristine
I’m trying again, my last attempt at putting a comment on hasn’t worked!
We want to add our congratulations to everyone else’s. You are amazing, doing what you’ve done. We knew you’d be one of the ones making an attempt at the summit. We can’t wait to see all your photographs and videos, especially the sunrise over Everest. That would be a breathtaking sight, and worth videoing - no matter how cold your fingers got!!!
Thank you for the postcards, we got them yesterday – you are so organised!
Hope you had a good time with the teaching team. I’m sure you would, teachers are wonderful, as you know. I hope you steered clear of class sizes as a conversation topic!!!
A slightly smaller congratulations go to ‘Support Team Dollar’ for doing such a marvellous job without you. Your virtual expedition was great – not quite as exciting a time as Kristine’s had, but just as important!
Looking forward to seeing you back home safe and sound
Love
Laura, Kit and Mia xxx
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