By peter humphris | Chairperson IGWR Inc.
You are truly making a BIG difference.
With your support we have supported Shanti since 2017, through years eleven/twelve at high school and now she has completed her bachelor’s degree in business management and leaves our IGWR home to fly on her own. Like any family, we will miss her, and yet at the same time we are all feeling proud of what she has achieved, what we have achieved together.
Giving kids a start in life is perhaps the best investment any of us can make in creating a better tomorrow.
We are supporting kids from primary school right through to their chosen field of college study and then into a career; we are breaking the cycle of poverty and enabling them to go on and support themselves, their families and others. It is a wonderful snowball effect, a planting of seeds that will in time blossom into so many possibilities.
Our year ten graduates had outstanding results and will now go ahead to complete year 11/12, following the example set by Shanti and those who qualified from college before her. The students support each other, encourage each other and inspire each other; and that’s just what we give them with our support; we enable them to enable others.
A roadmap for the future
Every student has spent some time recently with Sabnam, our educational guidance specialist, and she has created for them a ‘road map’ so that they can see the path ahead of them.
Of course, those still in primary school will likely change directions as they encounter crossroads of opportunity, but our students and their sponsors can see what lies ahead and what we are hoping to achieve together.
It is once again, an inspiration to be a part of their becoming, and a gift to be able to help others reach their dreams.
A decade ago, Bhagwati had a dream to be working in the health sector, and today she’s a qualified Physio working in one of the Major hospitals in Kathmandu.
For our sponsors and donors these road maps are both helpful and daunting, for many charities focus on short term support with little accountability for outcomes, whereas we look to the long-term outcomes for the students as they progress through school and university.
However daunting, a long-term commitment is more easily managed when sponsors pool their support with friends; every little bit helps; and a little from many can still achieve a lot.
“We are a family of families”
Raja, and the team in Nepal, are continuing to work with single mums to establish how best we can support these hard-working women.
This month we delivered groceries to nine vulnerable families in order to ease the burden that single mothers face every day.
Overall, we delivered:
225kg of rice, 45kg lentils, 45L of cooking oil
270 packets of biscuits, 270 noodle packets
18kg sugar, 18kg salt, 5kg tea …
We will be delivering the next batch in October. Please help us to make this possible, Together, we can bring smile, change, happiness, care and love to the world.
Take a moment to appreciate that you are part of this wonderful ‘family’; it is your gift that has given these kids the opportunity that they have so readily embraced. Your gift enables them to dream, and more than that, to realise their dreams.
Thank you for everything.
You not only enable our work in Nepal but being part of this ‘family of families’ inspires and encourages others. From the kids in Nepal… Thank You for everything.
Financially we always manage, but…
We are on track to meet our 2022-23 budget which is around $140,00, and that is always a relief. However, if we are to do more, and if we want to really change the situations many single-mum families are in, then we will need to build our support base and attract new regular sponsors.
We encourage you to share the story of why you give, tell your friends, and maybe form a group that will regularly donate a small amount that you can pool together. Certainly, every gift makes a difference, and we just want to do more.
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