Adventure Number 2: Feeling Humble in Dharding District

After the quakes Ysgol Gellifor and Ysgol Bryn Clwyd made a collection with an idea of helping those in their partner community Jalashwary, in Dharding District. This money was not sent via one of the registered organisations as it was decided that it would be better brought, in cash, and given directly to those who needed it most. Additionally some very generous friends gave me some money before i left the UK and told me to spend it when I saw a Need. Well that was not hard to do: having discussed with some of my friends here I was told that Jalashwary school is doing pretty well these days. Rotary had helped with initial school costs so that families could focus on rebuilding and many international organisations and friends help both financially and practically - there was a group of Taiwanese students staying at the school and teaching classes when I visited ... but that is another story. However I was told, there is a satellite school in the area which was a bit harder to reach and so had received far less assistance from anyone. A Birthing Centre has also been established in the remoter parts of this region and serves three villages: they have a few mattresses but no blankets to cover the Mums: I had found a Need. So it was decided that we would combine our visit to jalashwary with a visit to Shree Manakamana School and also meet one of the locals who works with the Birthday Centre. Blankets bought with money from friends were delivered and cash given by Gellifor and Bryn Clwyd was handed over. What a humbling experience it was: we drove for some 25 minutes up a near vertical mountain side on a track which was not a track. The edge was ever present and the dust meant that we slid about a bit too. However right at the summit ... on a narrow ridge ,,, we found the warmest of welcomes and the strongest of people. I hope the pics do it justice although I could not give an idea of our height because this ridge cannot be seen from the road and the valley cannot be seen from the top either ... but it is a very very very long way up!!