In September 2015, Guido Van Briel from Belgium made a cultural trip to India and Nepal. He wanted to visit Delhi, greet Mahadma Gandhi’s grave, admire Jaipur with his ‘Palace of Winds’ and the wonder of the world ‘Tja Mahal’ in Agra, see the Hindu rituals in Varanasi and experience the devotion in Sarnath. In Nepal, all attention went to the birthplace of Buddha in Lumbini, the admiration to experience the Chitwan nature park and of course also visit the beautiful valley of Kathmandu with the royal cities of Kathmandu, Patan and Bhaktapur with its beautiful palaces and monasteries.
Unfortunately, on April 25 and 26, 2015, the Earth shook with a magnitude of 7.8 on the “Richter Scale”. The images of the many devastations and especially the tent camps in Ratna Park and on the open plains near Pashupatinath with thousands of civilians who had fled the disaster area and who were largely left to their own devices made him decide to do something for Nepal. Small-scale and yet efficient. He got to know some Nepalese and beautiful friendships were born. Bamshaj, Layra, Sworup, Suraj, Anup and especially Sudip Dhamala have become best friends for life. Back in Belgium he organized all kinds of activities with some village friends for the benefit of Nepal and a year later he went back to Nepal. Together with Sudip, a nice tool was mapped out. Especially schools and orphanages get all the attention because of “Namaste Nepal”. Be sure: It is not happiness that makes us grateful, but gratitude makes us happy.
As mentioned before, our relief efforts are small-scale but still efficient. Our concerns are mainly focused on education and partly on support for the disabled. With regard to the latter group, we try to support the Nepalese association V.S.N. (Volunteer Society Nepal) in Kathmandu.
Education promotes the social development as well the economic and environmental development.
Education is the best means of offering children a better future. Thanks to the support given by us (computers, laptop, school books, telescope, microscope, projector, the Saraswati High School in Dunai can start with the bachelor’s degree from 2020. Thanks to the purchased sports materials, there is also time for the children to relax and they are an extra incentive to come to school.
Education is the best means of offering children a better future. Thanks to the support given by us (computers, laptop, school books, telescope, microscope, projector, the Saraswati High School in Dunai can start with the bachelor’s degree from 2020. Thanks to the purchased sports materials, there is also time for the children to relax and they are an extra incentive to come to school.
In the context of sustainability, we have chosen as a new project the construction of decent and separate toilets (primary school) and the installation of 5 water tanks (secondary school). The water will be pumped from the nearby mountain river. This is meltwater from the ice caps, pure and drinkable!
