Happy 2007 to you all! Well into the New Year now, OHC continues to evolve and the children continue to blossom. With Biba now in the US with her husband and sons, Anandi is at the helm…and shining. Biba obviously trained her well! The kids seem to love her a lot and the fantastic recent exam results show Anandi is keeping them in line! But before we boast about the results, here¢â¡Ás what has been going on. Leen (who helped Nonna and I establish OHC) has been back in Nepal for a few months and doing a wonderful job at OHC. Leen’s specialty is discipline and she has kept a close eye on that whilst she has been there. Pratista (a Nepali Kiwi) has also been volunteering there for 3 months and is doing a wonderful job. Exciting news – Leen married her Nepali finance in December and invited the children to the wedding. I understand they had a wonderful day! More good news – Nonna is back in Kathmandu on a work contract for three years. The children are thrilled to see her back and I think they will be particularly grateful for their recently acquired electric water heater organised by Nonna, so they can have hot showers in winter. With the temperatures dropping to below zero degrees soon, cold showers aren’t exactly inviting! Now, the results from their exams. We are so proud of them. Those who failed last time – Bina, Yubaraj, Punam and Ranjana – did very well. The exception being Punam. She gained 48% but we know her mum is very ill and being the oldest child, she has been working a lot around her own house and cleaning other houses with her mom for income.
Bina came 19th in her class 50%
Yubraj (class 2) also passed 50%
Ranjana (class 4) 58%
Shanti (class 3) passed 57%
Kalpana (class 2) 62%
Bijay (class 6) 9th in his class 64%
Aita (class 3) 18th in the class 67%
Hom Bahadur (class 2) 67%
Sarita Lama (class 1) passed 77%
Rupesh (class 4), third in the class 78%
Santosh (class 1) 7th in his class 90%
Chhewang (class 1) 6th in his class 91%
Sarita Waiba (UKG) 96%
Shree Krishna (UKG) 9th in his class 99%
Sajina (UKG) 2nd in her class 99%
Laxmi (LKG) first (again!) 99%
Thanks again for all your support – you can see what a difference it is making! We now have a new volunteer from Denmark at OHC who will stay for 5 months. I will keep you informed about her experience.