Jules Matthews and the Trustees have plans to launch a soil school. This has been requested By Prakash Ojha and his wife Sanju who run CAN on the ground in Nepal. WE can see making a difference to family nutrition, school results, farming productivity and eventually to business opportunities in the collectives.
Prakash is visiting in July, Aug. We are holding an event in St Peter's Hall Paekakariki on 1 August. @ 5.30 pm. We will launch our Vision of the Soil School to be established in Newalparasi. We are even going to make a doco about the impact this will have on the health and wealth of the entire community.
Water projects! These are almost complete supplying water to 2 clusters of homes.
Naramchhap has 34 houses with an average of 6 people per household for a population of 204+ and Charghare has 22 households of approximately 6 people per home for a population of 132+. For a total of approximately 56 homes and 336 villagers. This is one of the poorest areas in the Nawalparasi district of Nepal, and in the most need.
These families will now stay on their land and grow cabbages, Cauliflower and spinach. FOR SALE!
What the women say " we can't express our thanks with words". Women who had no running water will stay on their land and grow vegetables to feed their families and to sell. This is life changing indeed.
Naramchhap has 34 houses with an average of 6 people per household for a population of 204+ and Charghare has 22 households of approximately 6 people per home for a population of 132+. For a total of approximately 56 homes and 336 villagers. This is one of the poorest areas in the Nawalparasi district of Nepal, and in the most need.
My dear friend Prakash will visit in November this year. He will be speaking at events in Kapiti and Victoria University about the dynamic connection between Womens Empowerment and Climate recovery.
Women usually carry water. Here they carry the cement to build the Water storage and lay the pipe lines allowing running water to their homes and farms.
We have recently completed a new water project with CASD USA. By providing water to remote homes and farms we free up young women to attend school, changing the future and life for generations to come
We are going to put a teacher into a primary school so rural it only educates children until they are 12. They will stay until the are 14, rather than dropping out of school and being faced with back-breaking farm work or the threat of child marriage. Together we will pay the salary and will provide the resources ( computers and Video camera ) to bring the world and the possibility of secondary education to a new generation of Nepali Children. We are spreading the impact of education and bringing hope to the children and their families. We continue to provide micro loans to the women of the area.
Rinu has now been studying engineering for two years. She came from a remote village and with the support of many New Zealanders she has been enabled to study for a degree. We are especially proud of her. One day soon she will return to support her people. Below is the video which describes the work we have done over the years.
Important and successful work for human rights and social justice. Congratulations to Vicki and her team.
We have recently built a home for an elderly couple who were destitute in remote Humla. This Building will eventually serve as a community hub for hope. WE have provided warmth and HOPE.
Celebrate our achievement! We have built a home for these dear people who had lost their son and hope. We have provided a real home and blankets. The photo attached is the shelter they lived in. Our goal now is to build a bed and shelf. A very few of us could make this possible.
We are hoping to achieve this soon... this will allow us to give a tax rebate on your donations. Till then our latest project is sending remote rural farming women to agricultural training....to improve production. Each of the collectives is aiming to become totally self sufficient suppliers to their own local communities. Its a wonderful goal.
Please take a look at the short video about what we have achieved so far. It's an incredible journey. And it gos on. Its called" I said Yes! "
Casd Aotearoa has run a covid response. We provided Education, Funds, and Resources to help people who needed it. During this we have Identified 300 families who are at risk of going hungry. So far, by mid November we have delivered a months food to 252 families. In the photo women from the empowerment centres are gathering to set off with the food to remote Families. This is the power of collectives.
WE have mobilised the women's collective to deliver Covid support... Buckets, Education, Soap, masks and money to get to hospital. they have reached 700 households which don't have running water or electricity. Now we are providing Food relief as families are going hungry... we have identified 300 families.
The buckets have pictorial education on them for the many people who have not had the opportunity of literacy.
Great news Vicki. Good wishes to the community.
The collective provides micro loans for women. They have used this to get training in a new form of agriculture. Mushroom farming.
We have been able to sponsor Rinu to study for a three year degree in Civil engineering.
She hopes to be able to return to the collective and to help bring water to more remote clusters of houses.
By our her personal support, living, books, travel etc for three years the Nepali govt agreed to give her scholarship which has covered her tuition and all fees.
Rinu was the top scholar in her school. With out this support she would not have been able to study.
I am reopening to share good news. Just before Covid 19 struck we hosted and managed a medical clinic in Newalparasi. We invited registered doctors and the nurses who have been trained Through the CASD education support channels and saw hundreds of women who who were seeking medical advice. From this we were able to support three women who needed surgery for prolapsed uterus. With out our financial support and the generosity of the doctors and staff they would not have had treatment.
