Projects in Nepal
 Nepal is Himalayan Kingdom, between Tibet (China) and India. Nepal is about 8% larger then England and has 25 million inhabitants. The highest mountain is Mount Everest, which is on the Tibetian border. The Himalayas are mountain range, that grow about 2 centimetres each year. 90% of the Nepalese are Hindus. 5% Buddhists, 3 % are Muslims and 0.2% are Cluostoy. On the 1st February 2005 the Nepalese king took over the power from the democratically elected government. His main reasons were to end the armed struggle with the Maoists and to stop widespread corruption. In April 2006 international force and protest within the country forced the king to hand back power to the government. In January 2007 the Maoist joined the interim government after giving their weapons in custody to the UN.
Our project in the village of GODAWARI
Godawari is one of the edge of the Kathmandu valley. The Village over looks the valley with the Himalayas in the distance. Godawari's claim to fame is it's unique botanical gardens.
 Many inhabitants of this village employed in the marble quarry. Several families have piece of land where they grow rice, corn or mustard. The earth is not very fertile, and produces only one harvest a year. which can’t sustain a family for move than a few months, Therefore people need to buy their rice on the open market for the rest of the year. There are also families who don't own any land, and need to buy food all the year round. These families cannot afford to send their children to school.
For more information on Nepal, check our links on the right of this page.
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