We have added a new school to our list of projects in Nepal, called the Annapurna High School. I came across it on the Annapurna Circuit trek in October 2006, and they asked me if we could provide them with a volunteer teacher. The details are in the Nepal projects section of the website. Let’s see whether we get any applications! Whoever goes will need to trek there, so they will have to be fit!…
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Many people have praised the HELP website for its clarity and ease of use. If you, or anyone you know, is interested in using the services of the company that designed and hosts it, please visit Real Free Websites.
I can recommend them highly, not least because they can design you a free basic website and host it for only $6 per month. However, if you do make any payment for more complex web design work from Real Free Websites, they will donate 10 percent to HELP!…
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Charitable status
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Gaining charitable status was probably the most significant event to take place this year. Until January 2007, when we became registered as a charity, HELP had been run as a not-for-profit company. Gratifyingly, the Charity Commission approved our application without requesting any change in the way we operate. We remain a limited company, but now with charitable status. I am pleased to report that I have recently received a cheque for £1,672 from Inland Revenue under the GiftAid scheme, which represents a tax refund on payments made since 2003 by our taxpaying UK benefactors.…
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A new venture scheduled for next February is the provision of a teacher trainer to run two week-long seminars in Kalimpong and Gangtok respectively. The aim is to develop the teaching skills of local teachers who have not had any formal training in teaching methodologies. In this way, we hope to avoid over-dependence on our volunteer teachers, who can do no more than provide temporary support to the local staff.
Barbara Porter is a free-lance teacher trainer who volunteered with us as an English teacher in Sikkim two years ago, so she is ideally suited to run these seminars for us.…
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During my recent visit to India I was able to hand over £1,800 sponsorship money for fifteen children for the next school year (2008). This will be spent on books, stationery, uniforms, school fees, satchels and so on.…
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This blog is aimed at informing visitors to our website of the latest news about our activities.
I have just returned from an inspection visit to Ladakh where I visited the schools we have been helping. Fortunately we had two volunteers in place while I was there, and so I was able to meet them in situ before they ended their assignments. They were absolutely in love with Ladakh and with their schools, in spite of the fact that the conditions were less than luxurious!…
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