It has been a great month for the kids, all of whom are nicely settled into their new home, which they are now calling FCH (Firefly Children’s Home). Under the Nepali law, we are not able to call ourselves OHC anymore, because we have re-registered as a new branch of the umbrella organisation PA Nepal. The Nepal government is closing down small, private orphanages, particularly those that are foreign funded. If it weren’t for the changes made earlier this year (making ourselves part of PA Nepal) OHC would no longer exist. So I am thrilled and relieved with the events that occurred. Our children are safe! The website will remain as OHC, as the name doesn’t effect our side of the world. However, we will eventually change things over to the new name of FCH when domain name fees are due. Back to the kids… they were excited to receive visitors from NASA last week. Indira had connections and the NASA members visited the children at home when they were on their way to do an Everest Trek. The children learnt a lot about travelling in space and I’m sure many now plan to be astronauts! This exposure to knowledge is so good for the children who would otherwise not learn about such things as space. School exam results are listed below (some of the kids are missing from the list below – will send separately)
Laxmi Tamang 99%
Sujan Tamang 95%
Sushma Gurung 96%
Kasmir Tamang 85%
Sarita Waiba 58%
Kalpana Tamang 70%
Poonam Tamang 51%
Shanti Tamang 79%
Ranjana Dhakal 58%
Santosh Tamang 85%
Hom Bahadur 68%
Sarita Lama 64%
We have a few more children ready to be accepted into our home but are in need of more sponsors, so please let me know if you have any friends or family who are interested.