Clothes

The piles of clothes in the yard of the orphanage. The children are literally drowning in them, so there is no wonder that big piles of clothes donated to the Children's Home are given over to orphanages out in the countryside.

The charity event

On June 1 a charity event was held to help collect donations for Aishworya Children's Home. In the week preceding the event Pramila had taught some of the children dances and songs, which they showed to the guests. Many children paintings had been collected and put for admiration on the wall in the hotel "Orchid" where the event took place. 

It was quite populated and altogether the Children's Home collected 10,000 rupees. In the following day even The Himalayan had published a short article about the charity event.

In the end children also got three boxes of clothes - brand new red t-shirts that they tried on in the evening back at home :)

Dilip

Dilip drawing for tomorrow's charity event. He is the best drawer in the orphanage. While others draw from a book and other drawings, Dilip does his work on his own and he is still better than the rest.

Dilip was found on a street, small and all alone. He didn't even know his own name, so Pramila named him Dilip. His birthday is celebrated with all the rest of the children on Buddha's birthday last Saturday. A dentist a few years ago said that he is eight years old, so now he should be around 11.

For six consecutive years Dilip was awarded with the school's best student award.

Once he was diagnosed to be sick with meningitis. For a few months he was laying in a hospital fighting for his life. After the hospital he remained at home for a year, not going to school, but still at the end of the school year he passed all the exams and was moved to the next class. The only sign of his dire sickness is his slight and thin body. Other than that Dilip is as charming with his bright smile as he had been before the sickness.

Mattresses

A mattress in the sun, being dried after heavy rainfalls. Most of them are usually carried inside when the rains start, but sometimes a few are forgotten.

Dance

On Saturday we have a charity event in order to raise donations for Aishworya Children's Home. These children are waiting for Pramila to teach them a dance for the event.

Crossroads

Diagonal crosswalks on one of the largest crossroads in Kathmandu. The traffic lights aren't working, thus a traffic police officer is trying to regulate the flow of vehicles. Sometimes it seems that everyone is driving in all the possible directions. And in the middle, disregarded by everyone, the pedestrians risking their lives in attempts to get on the other side of this madness.

Bus stop

This is how a bus stop is marked in Nepal. The larger and more important ones have nice little sheds against rain as well.