Funds for An English Teacher for Shree Shisakhola School in Nepal

Hi I am Phil Estall and am on a mission to bike the length of New Zealand in February and will use this ride to raise funds for our cause. "Cape Reinga to Bluff on a mountain bike in less than 30 days unsupported! That's my challenge. I'd like you to please encourage me by supporting our fundraiser and donating a little toward providing an English teacher for Shree Shisakhola school in Nepal. My friends and I are raising $6000 to pay for a teacher for 2 years.

Help me face 30 days on a bike seat and help lift the aspirations of a generation of Nepalese children.

Every dollar goes toward paying for the teacher.

You can follow my tour at

https://touraotearoa2018.maprogress.com

and learn more about the ride at

http://www.touraotearoa.nz/p/home.html

I was fortunate to be part of a group to visit Nepal last year and some were privileged to visit the very remote (8 1/2 hours drive from Kathmandu) village of Shisakhola. This village is very poor and gets few visitors and they see hardly any Europeans. The people were most welcoming and hospitable and the children are just delightful. When we visited the school we were treated to singing and dancing and big smiles. They had been practicing their English for our visit and every child and teacher came up to us to say 'Namaste my name is .....' Apart from the one who burst into tears at the sight of us! Their English is poor, even that of the wonderful headmaster Laldhan Thapa Magar. The school doesn't have a lot of resources and we were able to gift stationery, books and games and some warm clothing which friends and family had donated to take to Nepal with us. We felt we could help further by doing something that would aid the long term prospects of the children and thus the village. Many of these children are destined to a life traipsing up and down the mountains as porters and damaging their bodies. We have offered to fund an English teacher for two years. Better English will help the children further their education and open up a lot more opportunities. In the long term this will help improve the village. We are returning to Nepal next year and look forward to seeing improvements in their English. Nepal and its people is a country that gets into your soul. We feel we have such an abundance of wealth in comparison. It is a privilege to call some many of these people our friends and to be able to help their lives.

Please contribute and support Phil's ride and this school.