1 March, Sunday. Just another 'boring' day in the live of Sanghita.
Here we go:
08.00 alarm
08.30 breakfast
09.00 C.W.A
09.30 Line! All children in line and marching them to school.
10.00 Meeting with the Principal, mr. Naryanan Pande.
In the library, where I see the difference: they moved some cupboards, 'relocated' the science materials, refiled the books under different subjects.
I was expecting that I had to stay for a few hours, but the Principal understood that I already have a full program and that I could not do so much in just 1 or 2 hours.
Once more he explained that the school needs to do a lot of work to improve, but they do not need only money for that, but most of all volunteers who can help to organize and put the gifts in place.
I was hoping that Maria would be there, but I have not seen here since our first meeting.(and I did not write her mobile number down, duuuuuuuuuuh).
After our tea and receiving a Nepali calender from the school and a copy of the school magazine I was free to go.
Yippee some extra free time in my cramped agenda (still so many things to do in such few days left).
At 11.00 I was back at H.E. where I found Kay in the garden. We sat together in the sun, and while chatting she did her and my nails. She puts a kind of mud on the nails, we let it dry in the sun, take it off, next layer of mud. Slowly the nails become orange and after a few more layers reddish. A perfect natural nail polish (which also covers up our maybe dirty nails from the potato cleaning.)
12.00 together to the Internet, where we both worked 2 hours to update our website/blog. I am catching up real fast with the days now, even managed to download some pictures, the download time using for some private emails to write.
14.00 lunch and a well deserved coffee on a terrace of the local bakery in the sun and oho time to run again to be in time at the school gate for the little ones, who finishes at 15.00.
Tuesday I am going to the school again,where I can meet Maria and invite her for the children picnic planned on Saturday and the Pizza evening next Thursday. As you can imagine I feel very happy and lucky to have met Maria, she can keep us more frequently updated about the progress made in this school.
16.00 at the house. Tea with popcorn and time to go with Sudeep, Manju and Alina in a taxi, followed by Thak on the motorbike, on our way to Mahendra Pool.
We first made a detour to visit the new school Thak told me about. And again I have to say he is right. A clean, big courtyard, with a basketball field and a football field. Clean toilets for the students and a big school building that looks like a proper school. This school is a sister school of an English University and much more professional. (pictures)
On the first floor they have a proper laboratory, a real library and a big classroom for computer lessons with 22 computers!
The school fee per student is of course higher, but we can compensate this with from next year on no more basic computer courses needed for the C.W.A. children next in line.
The same counts for the school library. They will have free access to any kind of book needed. Still I am pleased with our purchase of the drawing books and materials we donated this year to the Shining Star. As the pictures will show (if I get them on one day :)), that even the smallest one of C.W.A. is using them as soon as homework is done.
Although Thak is going to replace his/our children maybe to the new school, I still would like to keep providing the Shining Star Boarding School with the so badly needed materials. The principal shows in every conversation that he knows what is needed to upgrade his school and having met the several teachers of this school I know they want to improve the teaching methods, the sources for their beloved children. (Every child that comes in in the morning and leaves in the afternoon is addressed by her/his name, a cuddle here, a stroke over the head there; they really care about 'their' children). With the inside knowledge of Maria I\we will exactly know what is needed in the future.
Back to my program of the day: on our way to the computer institute.We arrived at BITT (I will get a copy of their program from Thak, together with a copy of the receipt.)
We signed the admission for Manju and Alena for the 3 months course Basic level Information. This course includes basic technical information, working with Word, Excell and Powerpoint. They will start the course the 28th of March (after finishing their school exams). I paid the deposit for one student (Rs 2.100) and will give the other RS 2.100 to Thak, who will pay this when the girls actually start. He will send us a copy of the second payment.
And then it was again 18.00 already. Back to Lakeside, where they first dropped me of at H.E., so I was still on time for dinner, served at 18.30.
A coffee in the garden before dinner, catching up with Pashpati about the achievements of today and with making an appointment for my cooking at H.E.
Friday evening I will cook for the staff and volunteers: Indonesian Dal Bath (fried rice = Nasi Goreng) and a nice change of taste for everybody.(although I still have no problem with eating the Dal Bath every evening so far.)
An after dinner coffee with Doreen in the garden, listening to her adventures with the little ones of today and wishing her good luck with her 3 days trekking tomorrow. Time to go tired but satisfied up to my room, writing about my 'boring' day by candle-light.
I really need to program my to do list, I have only 12 days left in Pokhara, so I need to schedule around my workshop, the electricity hours, some socializing/ resting time and the things still to plan\organize.
Now it is again 22.00, my candle is almost finished, the signal to close the day and my eyes.
Suba Rathri from a happy, grateful Sanghita.
08.00 alarm
08.30 breakfast
09.00 C.W.A
09.30 Line! All children in line and marching them to school.
10.00 Meeting with the Principal, mr. Naryanan Pande.
In the library, where I see the difference: they moved some cupboards, 'relocated' the science materials, refiled the books under different subjects.
I was expecting that I had to stay for a few hours, but the Principal understood that I already have a full program and that I could not do so much in just 1 or 2 hours.
Once more he explained that the school needs to do a lot of work to improve, but they do not need only money for that, but most of all volunteers who can help to organize and put the gifts in place.
I was hoping that Maria would be there, but I have not seen here since our first meeting.(and I did not write her mobile number down, duuuuuuuuuuh).
After our tea and receiving a Nepali calender from the school and a copy of the school magazine I was free to go.
Yippee some extra free time in my cramped agenda (still so many things to do in such few days left).
At 11.00 I was back at H.E. where I found Kay in the garden. We sat together in the sun, and while chatting she did her and my nails. She puts a kind of mud on the nails, we let it dry in the sun, take it off, next layer of mud. Slowly the nails become orange and after a few more layers reddish. A perfect natural nail polish (which also covers up our maybe dirty nails from the potato cleaning.)
12.00 together to the Internet, where we both worked 2 hours to update our website/blog. I am catching up real fast with the days now, even managed to download some pictures, the download time using for some private emails to write.
14.00 lunch and a well deserved coffee on a terrace of the local bakery in the sun and oho time to run again to be in time at the school gate for the little ones, who finishes at 15.00.
Looking in the guestbook of the school I saw to my pleasant surprise that Maria had been there! To the office and yes indeed she found the school and they talked for one hour. As I thought she is a very clever, educated woman and starting from tomorrow she will go the school regularly to help with the English lessons, with the library, at the office and if there is time for a more regular magazine.
Another good deed done: Providing the Shining Star Boarding School with a very useful, nice volunteer who lives in Pokhara (and another job taken from my shoulders.)
Tuesday I am going to the school again,where I can meet Maria and invite her for the children picnic planned on Saturday and the Pizza evening next Thursday. As you can imagine I feel very happy and lucky to have met Maria, she can keep us more frequently updated about the progress made in this school.
16.00 at the house. Tea with popcorn and time to go with Sudeep, Manju and Alina in a taxi, followed by Thak on the motorbike, on our way to Mahendra Pool.
We first made a detour to visit the new school Thak told me about. And again I have to say he is right. A clean, big courtyard, with a basketball field and a football field. Clean toilets for the students and a big school building that looks like a proper school. This school is a sister school of an English University and much more professional. (pictures)
On the first floor they have a proper laboratory, a real library and a big classroom for computer lessons with 22 computers!
The school fee per student is of course higher, but we can compensate this with from next year on no more basic computer courses needed for the C.W.A. children next in line.
The same counts for the school library. They will have free access to any kind of book needed. Still I am pleased with our purchase of the drawing books and materials we donated this year to the Shining Star. As the pictures will show (if I get them on one day :)), that even the smallest one of C.W.A. is using them as soon as homework is done.
Although Thak is going to replace his/our children maybe to the new school, I still would like to keep providing the Shining Star Boarding School with the so badly needed materials. The principal shows in every conversation that he knows what is needed to upgrade his school and having met the several teachers of this school I know they want to improve the teaching methods, the sources for their beloved children. (Every child that comes in in the morning and leaves in the afternoon is addressed by her/his name, a cuddle here, a stroke over the head there; they really care about 'their' children). With the inside knowledge of Maria I\we will exactly know what is needed in the future.
Back to my program of the day: on our way to the computer institute.We arrived at BITT (I will get a copy of their program from Thak, together with a copy of the receipt.)
We signed the admission for Manju and Alena for the 3 months course Basic level Information. This course includes basic technical information, working with Word, Excell and Powerpoint. They will start the course the 28th of March (after finishing their school exams). I paid the deposit for one student (Rs 2.100) and will give the other RS 2.100 to Thak, who will pay this when the girls actually start. He will send us a copy of the second payment.
And then it was again 18.00 already. Back to Lakeside, where they first dropped me of at H.E., so I was still on time for dinner, served at 18.30.
A coffee in the garden before dinner, catching up with Pashpati about the achievements of today and with making an appointment for my cooking at H.E.
Friday evening I will cook for the staff and volunteers: Indonesian Dal Bath (fried rice = Nasi Goreng) and a nice change of taste for everybody.(although I still have no problem with eating the Dal Bath every evening so far.)
An after dinner coffee with Doreen in the garden, listening to her adventures with the little ones of today and wishing her good luck with her 3 days trekking tomorrow. Time to go tired but satisfied up to my room, writing about my 'boring' day by candle-light.
I really need to program my to do list, I have only 12 days left in Pokhara, so I need to schedule around my workshop, the electricity hours, some socializing/ resting time and the things still to plan\organize.
Now it is again 22.00, my candle is almost finished, the signal to close the day and my eyes.
Suba Rathri from a happy, grateful Sanghita.
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