We acknowledged the 1 year anniversary of our wonderful partner project in Nepal, the Joining Hands Nepal family orphanage, last month and congratulated them on their milestone. However, I think this month an even more momentous and emblematic milestone was achieved: the completion of their first full year at an English language boarding school. All 6 of the children who were taken into the care of Himal at Joining Hands Nepal had never attended an English medium school, and several of them had never attended school period. At the end of 1 year, each one of them, in addition to Himal's two nieces, who are also a part of the family at the orphanage, is at or near the top of their class and passed their year-end exams with high marks. Here is the news directly from Himal via a facebook post today:
"Congratulation to Rachael, Christina, Brian, Louisa, Maria, James, Johnny and Clara. We got final result of children from school last year. They have done very well and all the children passed with good marks! We are so happy.... thank you so much to all our volunteers who helped to us and especially for my brother Eric who managed everything for us and to his mom Joan Roache for supporting us and sending books to the kids"We are so proud to be a part of their lives and their success. A special thanks goes out to the more than 15 international volunteers who helped tutor the children throughout the year and opened their hearts and their minds to the children. And of course, none of this success would be possible without the tireless dedication and love of Himal Waiba, director of Joining Hands Nepal. I knew from the first time I met him he was born to do this work, but it never ceases to amaze me the passion and joy he puts into it every day, and it shows in the happiness of the children. Here's to a job well done for everyone involved!
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