Diary
A Covid Christmas
The community had a lovely Christmas celebration after a tough year with not only Covid pressures, but the loss of Rhutama (pictured to the right), the ataahua / beautiful matriarch of the community. I still haven’t come to terms with this loss but I’m sure I will...
Rotary Foundation Cadre
November saw the Rotary Foundation Cadre visit the project site to inspect the work to date. The community welcomed the visitors from India and were delighted to show the work that has been completed to date. Overall the Cadre was impressed with the work undertaken...
Srijana & Amir
We would like to introduce you to some of the wonderful people living in the Bhaktapur community. This month please meet… Srijana (10) & Amir Tamang (8) Their family was badly devastated by the earthquake in 2015 and they were left homeless and scared. Since...
Christmas in Nepal
As Nepal is such a multi-cultural and multi-religious country, Christmas is celebrated within some communities, such as the Christian community at Bhaktapur however in Buddhist and Hindu communities there is no celebration of this holiday. The Thamdanda community will...
Watch this space!
The Women Empowerment Project has some exciting news coming in the New Year! Follow our facebook page to hear it first!
Thamdanda Water & Sanitation Project
From 1st – 12th October, work stopped whilst families celebrated the Dashain Festival (read more about the Dashain Festival here). Prior to the holidays we held the next planned training session, which was Operation, Repair and Maintenance Training for the Water...
Dashain Festival
From 1st – 15th October, Nepal celebrates one of the most important Hindu festivals of the year. This festival usually falls in the month of September/October and is celebrated for 15 days. It starts from the bright lunar fortnight (Shukla Paksha) and ends the day of...
Integrated Community Development Program – Pilot Project
On his latest visit to Thamdanda, Padam Tamang (a Director of HLF Nepal) was delighted to meet with the women of the community. Since our last visit the women have taken action to further their desires to be a part of our Integrated Community Development Program...
HLF Nepal Tour 2020
Join Clare and Bino, directors of HLF for a 14 day tour to Nepal next year. The itinerary includes a six day trek on the Tamang Heritage trail in the Langtang area to learn more about these amazing indigenous Nepali people. As well as the trek and some downtime in the...
Thamdanda Water & Sanitation Project
It has been a busy few months, and things are well under way with the water and sanitation project. Suppliers and materials were organised back in June, the groundwork was blessed during a special opening ceremony and the start of the pipework has begun. A few weeks...