Happy New Year! 2010

A big welcome to new sponsors and a huge thanks to those sponsors who continue to support us! We have some exciting changes coming up in the next month. OHC will officially become Firefly Children’s Home (FCH). I will keep you updated.

It is winter in Nepal at the moment. Brrrrr.This week the Solar Panel has been bought so the children will be able to wash in warm water, not icy cold water! Thank you donors.

Thanks to Western volunteers the children celebrated Christmas and they had special food at home. Just not the kind of food we know!

The children have been involved in various activities in the last month. The children went to the theatre to see a drama about child psychology entitled ‘Inside the brain’. It was performed by the children from the Sankhu home.

Rupesh and Aita achieved a higher belt in karate.

Ranjana participated in the 5th Asia Girl Child Peace Camp in Kathmandu in November and loved it.

Bijay and Rupesh are going to participate in a documentary production programme at PA Nepal, organized by UN Habitat Nepal & the Kamala Foundation of Canada. The course starts in January 2010 and they will learn elements of filmmaking, editing and lighting.

Punam & Kalpana are going to visit Jhapa, the PA Nepal sustainability project in East Nepal .

Finally, the children have their third monthly exams now, then they have winter holidays from 10 – 20 January.

Enjoy the new beginnings of a New Year. I’ll be in touch soon.