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Monday, 22nd, June
Some days at the camp, everything runs smoothly. Thankfully, today was one of those days. Kids are busy at school, women are taking their literacy classes, knitting, weaving and sewing, while many of...
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Tuesday, 23rd June
Thanks to Shanti Sewa Griha, we began training the men how to make woven stools. One of their staff arrived in the morning to teach the men this new crafts skill. Not only is wonderful because they...
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Wednesday, 24th June
One of our guests told us about a temporary shelter in need of help near Swayambhunath. In the morning, two of our volunteers went to visit the camp for survivors of Langtang, an area where an...
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Thursday, 25th June
Early in the morning, Sonam our team leader headed to the airport for a helicopter supply drop to Tanga. 95 people are still living there, tending to their livestock without access to food and...
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Friday, 26th June
In the morning, the two Portuguese guys who were instrumental in founding Camp Hope along with the Dwarika's team, Pedro and Lorenzo, returned to Nepal. It is so wonderful they are back and the...
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Saturday, 27th June
It was a busy day today....in the morning one of our donors arrived with lots of towels and clothing for all the camp members. We had a both a morning and afternoon sessions handing out towels and a...
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Wednesday,1st July
The inspired and compassionate Heiko Grosspietsch of Shant Sewa Griha foundation has generously helped the people of Camp Hope since the beginning. The foundation supports- "People from all over Nepal...
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Thursday, 2nd July
This morning a Puja was performed at Camp Hope, today being the full moon an auspicious day to hold this ceremony. Prayer flags now flutter in the camp and a sacred flagpole was raised and blessed....
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Friday, 3rd July
What an incredible day......we never would have imagined that while back in Portugal, our two favorite Portugeuse, Pedro and Lourenço, would plan a football tournament for all the children at the camp....
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Saturday, 4th July
The day was one of the most memorable days at Camp Hope. Pedro and Lourenço, along with several of our volunteers organized a football tournament for the children. The kids could have never imagined...
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Wednesday, 8th July
As many of you know, we have been working tirelessly trying to get urgent supplies to the neighboring village of Tanga. Many of our camp members have extended family there and due to collapsed bridges...
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Saturday, 11th July
Several weeks ago, we realized that we needed to raise the kitchen and dining tents since we are in the midst of the monsoon. The dining tent is the largest public space and it is extremely important...
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Sunday, 12th July
We have had much more progress on the dining tent today. Everyone is getting very excited for their dining area, as it will become their community space. Today, we erected the roof and started on a...
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Monday, 13th July
In the evening, one of the little girls at Camp Hope surprised her best friend for her 11th birthday. She carefully prepared a plate full of sweets, candies, fruit and other yummy treats to celebrate...
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Tuesday, 14th July
What a day today was....today we distributed the long awaited uniforms! It tooks almost two months to complete the uniforms for all 88 children. It took quite a while, as we had to have the children...
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Friday, 17th July
Every Friday for the last several weeks, we usually have a bunch of the Camp Hope children spend the night with us at Dwarika's. But tonight there was a big party at the camp....the camp members had...
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Saturday, 18th July
Kirk and Shae, our hotel guests, were kind enough to get involved with Camp Hope. They brought two suitcases loaded with educational toys and clothes for the children and spent time with the kids...
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Saturday, 25th July
It was a very busy Saturday at Camp Hope. Ghazal, Pedro's girlfriend decided it was give extra attention to the women and the moms. Since a lot of our special efforts go towards the children, she...
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Thursday, 30th, July
Just another day around the camp.....below is a photo of Pasang Sherpa, a young girl who came down from the village to the camp for three weeks because she had injured her eye. Once her treatment is...
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Saturday, 8th August
What a wonderful day everyone had today....we had a special concert presented by Peace Wind Japan, a Japanese group of musicians. It was lovely, as everyone had the opportunity to participate. The...
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