In Gumda, a neighboring town of Singla, a gas bottle and a gas stove with 2 cylinders were distributed to 280 families with the aim of:

- Reduce the consumption of firewood

- Prevent or reduce lung problems, burns and other health hazards

Our oldest girls of the project have prepared for a party in April20 in their traditional clothing.

The cooperation with Tierra de Paz begins in January 20 with a visit from Martina and Cris from Argentina, who live for a month in the children's project FOS and work out possibilities for a cooperation between the two organizations. They arranged a healthcampaign at the beginning of the pandemic, and taught the children and adults of the house how to prevent an infection of coronavirus. They also organized creative and sporting activities with the children and tutored them for their school exams.

A friend of Bishnu from Khorla Lalita has been living in the house for 6 months and is in the 11th grade. She receives board and lodging. The mother pays for the school fees.

Therese visits Dr. Ruth Gonseth, who built and furnished a hospital in Ratnagar, Chitwan as part of her Shanti med organization, was very interesting. I brought her knitwear and toys for her little patients from Switzerland. A remarkable project!

Four women from Khorla lived in the house for a month. You need medical treatment, some of which our organization co-financed.

Jakub with his mother from Khorla. She lived in Thankot for the whole month of April 19. She had extensive dental treatment in Kathmandu.

From March 2019 we will support Saili's eldest son and her late husband Shere in Thankot.

Sarin attends a private school for a year so that he can graduate from school. A private sponsor took over the annual costs of this school.

Suman, a former student, moved back to Singla and started a family. He works as a teacher in a small school near Singla. An additional teacher was sought for the increasing number of children who will be financed for the next 5 years until the school receives state support.

Therese Bänziger is visiting the children's home in Thankot for the second time this year. The 2019 budget for the children's project was drawn up together with Som. Urgent purchases have been made for the house with Som and Maya.

Finally, tables and benches as well as heating were installed in the children's work room.

A visit to the dentist was urgently necessary for 5 children.

Together we celebrate Som's birthday at a barbecue, as well as Therese's farewell dinner.

We are financing the college attendance (11th / 12th grade) in Kathmandu for 4 students. In addition to attending school, they continue to help with the household.

Therese Bänziger visited the children's project in Thankot together with Margrit and Roland Gyr. Last year, a small house with a guest room and a bathroom was built on the former children's playground next to the children's house. In the small house there are two guest rooms and a bedroom for the older boys. A fourth room was designed as a classroom and handicraft room for the children. Som's daughter looks after and teaches the younger school children here and helps with their homework. The small house could be realized thanks to Swiss sponsors.

In April we were able to take in a little girl in the house.

The excursion to Chandregiri Hill in Thankot with the new cable car was a special experience for all children and adults. A newly created tourist attraction that takes about 20 minutes. The excursion was sponsored by Margrit and Roland Gyr. A special experience for the children was the ride in the gondola, the beautifully designed water games at the valley station and the large free children's playground on the mountain. Even the grandmother enjoyed the trip.

A new washing machine was bought and installed on top of the roof. Nevertheless, the laundry is still being washed by the stream.