Many things have been happening this past week. You might know that I have had a bad cold, just like many of us living here in the orphanage. This gave me the chance to experience a visit to a Nepali doctor. Of course do I have travel insurance and I could have gone to the excellent British Clinic here in Kathmandu, but as I only had some kind of an annoying cough I decided to take my chances and go local. The visit to the doctor itself was just like one would expect it from home. He took my blood pressure, pulse, checked the lungs, a few general questions and after a few minutes he gave me the medicine I had to take during the next three days. Only two things where slightly different than back home: Read the rest of this entry »

A bit more than a week I am now in Nepal. While I informed myself well about the situation of orphanages here in Nepal before I came here, the truth is that nothing ever written could prepare me for the real life happening here. I have been thinking a while on what to write in my first post from here as there is so many things I could talk about. I have decided to share with you a email I have sent to all those who made a donation in order to help my little project and the children in Nepal.

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In January I will travel to Nepal in order to volunteer in orphanages in the area of Kathmandu. The organisation I’ll be volunteering for is called VolNepal. Their labour consists of finding and organising resources for different NGO’s which are active throughout Nepal. VolNepal is working completely independently, meaning that they don’t get any donations from public institutions, governments and political or religious associations. This is how they ensure that they are able to help wherever it is necessary no matter of race or religion. Donations are used for medical care, research, outreach, women shelters and in orphanages which help to give street children the prospect of a better future.

If you know me personally you may be aware that for quiet some time now I do feel the urge to be actively involved in such a project. Finally I will be making it happen and soon I’ll be helping some children to get ready for school, prepare their breakfast, play with them, talk to them and over all hopefully be able to show them that their destiny matters to someone. I will also have the occasion, and task, to take photographs of this beautiful experience. The pictures I’ll be taking will then be used to visually support websites, press releases and flyers of VolNepal and the different NGO’s.

The objective of this appeal is to raise donations for VolNepal. Just as in many places as well in Nepal there are too many needs and too little resources. While the list of donations in kind is a long one it will be difficult to pack everything needed into my luggage. Anyway I’ll be attaching a list of the most needed things at the end of this letter. However I hope to collect a fair amount of monetary donations in order to support this project. Remember that every cent will make a difference. You can make your donation directly on the website of VolNepal or you can do it by clicking the donation button at the end of this post. Rest assured that every cent I do collect through my blog will go in its integrity towards VolNepal. In any circumstance I will not use these donations for my own expenses. My flight ticket, accommodation and meals on this trip I will be paying out of my own pocket. All those who are able to get in touch with me personally are of course welcome to make their donation in person. Send me a message if you would like to have some more information on VolNepal, their or my project.

Thank you so much for listening to my words. I wish you a very Merry Christmas.

P.S. Even if you are unable to make any donation you can still support this little project by sharing it with your friends.

What else is needed:

Library Books:

• Children’s books
• Dictionaries
• Comic books
• Science fiction
• Biography/Autobiography

Clothes:

• Small to medium boys
• Pants and shirts
• Summer and Winter

Sports Equipment:

• Bicycles
• Footballs and volleyballs
• Badminton rackets

Computer Equipment:

• Webcam
• Pen drives
• Movies & Music

Blue, everything is blue. Light blue where the sun beams penetrate the surface a few meters above me to dark, almost black blue when I look down. Out of sight but down there, at about 1000 meters, is the sea floor. The next coast 12 nautical miles away. Here I am, in the middle of a giant ocean, breathing a bit nervous through my regulator which makes me sound like Darth Vader. The air I’m exhaling ascends forming little bubbles which look like silver marbles. Starring into the infinity in front of my I can’t see nothing. Or maybe yes? Did I just see a shadow of something about 25 meters in front of me or was it just my imagination playing tricks on me?

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There’s a fantastic ambient in the road. People on the sidewalk, on the terraces of their houses and some have even climbed on top of the roofs. Small stalls are selling beer and tapas, young men with a basket in each hand walking the street up and down offering with loud voices the sweets they are carrying. The windows and balconies are decorated with colourful carpets. Some houses have barricaded their entrances and fences with thick wooden boards and behind them you can see sitting ladies with umbrellas to protect themselves from the sun and men with hats. Children, teenagers, adults… Everybody is out and watching to a point somewhere down the road. Read the rest of this entry »