Testimonial for TSW

May dZi-Mail, 7 schools in Nepal in 7 months - Karma Sherpa & TSW

In the April newsletter, I told the story of Karma Sherpa who Kim and I paid for his college education at Kathmandu University. He was the Sirdar or leader of the above-mentioned trek into eastern Nepal.Karma is now president of the Taksindu Social Welfare Council (TSW), and is in charge of building the new primary school in Chhulemu (with dZi Funding). TSW and the local community have set a shining example of how we want our schools to be constructed.The construction foreman began the foundation for the school by digging the first corner five feet deep – he instructed everyone in the community that it had to be as deep as he was tall. The foundation was made up of broken and tightly stacked rocks from the old school creating a “rubble trench” foundation. There werethirty- four piels of rock (a piel is the equivalent of a large palate). The granite cornerstones were hand chiseled into large, square slates, so the corners would remain stable for years to come. Some of the slates were three feet long, two feet wide and six to eight inches thick.The lumber was donated from the local communityforest – hand-milled in the jungle and carried on someone’s back to the school site. Each board was then hand-planed flat and square before being used in the windows, doorframes, or the interior floors. Over-sizedwindows were built into the school to provide better light for the children. A crawl space with airflow was also installed so the wood floors would not rot out over time, an issue we have seen in the past. The metal roof was carried in from the closest road in Jiri, a ten-day round trip.After all was said and done, we ended up with an exceptional school built by the community rather than a local builder. With the dZi financial investment of $5,000, Chhulemu now has a primary school that will last at least 50 years, and which, over the years, will provide a place in which to educate thousands of Chhulemu children.We are extremely proud of Karma and what he and his community have accomplished. A relatively small capital investment will result in continuing benefits for years to come. It is this type of project that the dZi foundation will continue to support.

Jim Nowak
Executive Director

Dear Karma namaste'

Thank you for the most gracious note and picture. Karma, I do know of your great work and leadership. You are an exceptional role model for other young people looking to make a difference for the future. To you both my most sincere hope and dreams that in the near future your and other honest visions will drive Nepal to internal peace. It may be that we have all met before. Monica & I were part of the original remodel of the Chelemu (sp) school in 1999 or 2000. It brings me great joy that this time it is not just adding boards, you have made a structure that will withstand and provide a center for continuing education for an entire community. We as a Foundation, and all of us individually salute your involvement and perseverance to bring those in your communities a chance to learn and grow. Doing so without mandating change for the "cause" of advancement. Your culture has so much to give ours, thank you for the sensitivity to move "forward: while being culturally sensitive. Look forward to meeting you both in the fall, enjoying tea and speaking of a bright future, peace,

 Garry Association Director Dzi Foundation

Appreciation Letter to TSW & Appeal for the support of Taksindu VDC.

To

Mr. Karma Sherpa

President

Taksindu Social Welfare

Taksindu Village Development Committee (VDC) is situated in the lap of holy mountain Numbur Himal & well known holy Lake Dhud Kunda of Solukhumbu District in Everest Zoon in the food print of Sir Edmund Hillary known as one of the most beautiful & remote mountain region of Nepal having home place of different ethnic communities & birth place of well known mountaineer late Babu Chiri Sherpa.

Taksindu VDC is rich as much as in the natural beauty, rich culture, warm hospitality of Sherpa communities & one of the most popular Upper Solu Trekking route of Everest region but in other side of coin, Taksindu VDC is also regarded one of the most backward communities of whole mountain region, which is remained away from the global network even in 21^st century. Where only the door for education are started to open, people still under the line of poverty, big gap between few rich and general poor people, the life of people are away from the telecommunication facility, Education, Health, Electricity & awareness of environment.

We, social service provider in Taksindu VDC on behalf of Nepal Government filled hope & encouraged along with the birth of Taksindu Social Welfare, a pure & only one existence social organization established by Mr. Karma Sherpa, inhabitant of Taksindu-Deku, working for Educations, Health, Environment & awareness of the people. I would like to extent my sincere gratitude to Mr. Sherpa, president of TSW and whole intellectual team for their essential contribution over the year & I wish they could move further as a best supporter of many needy & less fortune people for the better future of backward communities with coordinating different non profit organization around the globe.

I also would like to express my gratitude to all the NGOs,INGs, helping for the people of Taksindu through Taksindu Social Welfare (TSW) even specially in the education sectors believing as a most powerful indicator of better future of backward communities.

On behalf of entire Schools & teachers of Taksindu VDC & I personally would like to appeal to all the NGOs, INGs & supporters of Taksindu Social Welfare (TSW) for your continue further support for the people of Taksindu through its social organization, which encouraged us so much to provide more better service in the Mountain region on behalf of Nepal Government.

Thank you.

Ganesh Khadka

Head Teacher

Shree Taksindu  High School

Nunthala, Taksindu, Solukhumbu-Nepal