2020 NCF Winter Newsletter
Namaste and Happy Holidays to our circle of Friends and Supporters!
NCF students at the Pharping Hostel taking a break from studies to celebrate Dashain Festival
A New Website
We are thrilled to be launching our brand new website that features new photos, videos, student highlights, and news. Check it out and let us know what you think!
Resilience During Unprecedented Times
With Nepal still struggling to control Covid-19 cases, the country has largely remained in lock-down through these past 9 months. This has meant that our students at the Pharping Hostel have been exclusively learning via computers and cell phones while avoiding traveling to Kathmandu where the day school is located. At Simikot Hostel, our students have been more protected from the virus as the remote mountain village has only recently been exposed to Coronavirus but the cases remain low. The school has gone into lock-down not allowing any visitors and the girls cannot walk down to the village market. The Simikot Hostel has continued with their normal schedule with in class instruction and they have also been receiving online English lessons from our Project Manager, Julia, who is able to video-chat with them 5 days a week. Our students are doing well and staying safe and healthy while also progressing in their education and for that, we are very grateful.
Julia writes 15 sentences in Nepali and then the girls work on translating each sentence together in English.
NCF students in Simikot posing for a group photo during a hike
Simikot students enjoying a meal outside!
Celebrating Dashain and Diwali
The fall is a very auspicious and special time in Nepal with two major Hindu holidays that are celebrated, Dashain and Diwali. Thankfully our students were able to safely celebrate the festivals by dancing, eating good food, and singing together. You can see our students wearing Tikkas, the red powder that is put on one’s forehead as a blessing.
