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.

Ganesha

Every morning the neat line of the little children going to school passes this image of the god Ganesha. Almost every one of the children rings the bell to wake up the god and touches the image. Ganesha removes and puts obstacles in a man's life, and the children pray for luck that Ganesha could bring them.

The water

The water to our house is brought by a car like this and pumped in the tanks on top of the roof. The capacity of a tank is 5000 liters and the cost - 1500 rupees. During monsoons the tank is being filled twice per month while now, with ~10 volunteers in the house, twice per week.