A great result!
Thank you to everyone who took part in our CHANCE quiz last night at The Keep, Guildford. We raised a brilliant £460 with 32 people taking part 🥰. Massive thanks to Jane and Brian, the landlords at The Keep who tirelessly organise these fun quiz nights as well as providing... a complimentary and delicious light supper. My thanks to Ellie, behind the bar who did a sterling job keeping everyone’s glass topped up.
The Keep have funded the education of Aadesh for the past 12 years through these quiz nights. Aadesh has now just started a four-year course at the prestigious Global Academy of Tourism and Hospitality Education (GATE) in Kathmandu. Aadesh, now aged 19 is a clever and switched on young man whom I’m sure will go on to achieve great things in his life.
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Thank you so much Janet Davies and fellow knitters for knitting me over 70 dolls destined for the burns unit at the Kanti Children's Hospital in Kathmandu. I will personally deliver them with others when I make my visit at the beginning of October. You mentioned how much everyone enjoyed ...knitting them, knowing that a pair of tiny hands will love them too 🥰 I will be sure to take photos.
A photo of some of them from Janet and friends.🥰🙏
Congratulations to the winners of the CHANCE 100 draw for September. Enjoy!
1st - Dosanjh Jatinder - £120
2nd - Viv Woods - £80
3rd - Geraldine Williams - £50
I am delighted to say we still have 100 members
We are delighted to share with you our Summer Newsletter for your interest and enjoyment. 🙏🥰
Please click on the link below.
We are delighted to support Sneha's Care, a remarkable organisation.
CHANCE for NEPAL - June report from BVS Burns Violence Survivors.
I share four cases from the 16 patients supported in the burns unit during the month of June. BVS report makes tragic reading. No 999 call for an ambulance with trained paramedics, but a desperate journey, by taxi, bus, or ...plane in search of help.
There were 36 food baskets, 80 physiotherapy sessions, 23 counselling sessions and 15 ‘Goody bags’ all funded by Chance and given to the patients during June.
Pemdiki is aged 5 and lives with her parents. Her father is a trekking porter and her mother a farmer. The family are from Solukhumbhu. Pemdiki was at home with his mother who was busy doing housework and her father had gone in search of work in Kathmandu. She was playing outside with her friends where there was a broken electric pole with live wires lying on the ground. Pemdiki accidently touched a wire and was electrocuted. Hearing her scream, her mother rushed to her and called all her relatives and took her to Kharikhola Hospital which was a 3 hour walk away where she received first aid treatment. She was then sent home but after two days her wounds became infected and she was transferred by plane to the burns unit at the Kanti Children’s Hospital. She suffered 2nd degree burns to her left hand. She was on the burns unit for 24 days.
Kumar is aged 4 and comes from the district of Khotang. His father is a farmer and mother a housewife. Their economic situation is very poor. His father was cooking pork on an open fire and left the pot unattended while he was busy doing other chores. Kumar was playing nearby with his siblings when he tumbled and fell onto the vessel. His brother immediately called their parents who rushed to help. They immediately removed his clothes and rushed him to the nearby health post a ten-minute walk away where he received first-aid treatment. On the same day, he was referred to BP Koirala Hospital, Dharan by bus, an unimaginable journey of 250kms, where he was admitted overnight and given medicines and pain killers. Due to lack of burn care facilities, he was referred to Kanti Children's Hospital the next day by air, a 45minute flight. He suffered 35%, 2nd degree burns to his legs, stomach and groin.
Sharila is aged 7 and from Dhading, 12kms from Kathmandu. Her father is a taxi driver and mother works in a grocery shop. Both parents were at work and Sharila was with her grandmother who had lit a butter lamp for a puja (prayer). She then went downstairs for something and Sharila who was playing nearby, entered Puja room and tragically her clothes caught alight from the butter lamp. She suffered severe burns, 10%, 2nd degree to her stomach and thighs. Hearing her cry out, her grandmother rushed to her and poured cold water over her wounds, then applied eggs and aloe vera and contacted the parents. She was rushed by taxi to the burns unit at the Kanti.
Achyut is aged 6 and comes from the Sindhuli. He lives with his parents. His father works in business and mother a housewife. His mother was busy cleaning the kitchen and his father was on his mobile when Achyut who had a bad cold was sitting with his head over hot water to inhale the steam to help clear his nasal passageway. Achyut adjusted the blanket over his head, which accidently fell on the bowl of water which in turn spilt over his hands and lower body. His mother immediately poured cool water on the burnt area and took him to Nagarik Hospital where he received first-aid treatment. Due to the lack of burn care facilities there, he was referred to Kanti Children's Hospital for further treatment. He suffered between 15/20% 2nd degree to both thighs, groin, stomach and hands.
All children recovered sufficiently to be discharged. Permission was given by the parents to share their case studies.
If you would like to make a donation to the emergency fund which helps families return back to their village, buy food for their journey, help with a few clothes or medicines, then please email me: info@chancefornepal.org
CHANCE 100 Club
Congratulations to the winners of the July CHANCE 100 which was drawn this morning at the Cranleigh Golf & Country Club.
1st - Peter Drew - £120
2nd - Peter Gellatly - £80
3rd - Richard Womak - £50
Enjoy!
We currently have 98 members and would love ...to see two new members sign up! 🙏
You pay £5 per calendar month, or a one off payment of £60 which covers the year. The draw takes place on the first Monday of each calendar month with three cash prises of £120 - £80 and £50 respectively. Each month £250 goes out in cash prizes and £250 goes to our projects in health and education in Nepal. If you would like to know more please email: info@chancefornepal.org
This is such a lovely video from VFN, which I wanted to share. Making Momos is a family affair and that is what VFN is, one big happy family. CHANCE has been supporting VFN, (previously known as Papa's Home) for over 11 years. Five of the boys are sponsored through CHANCE. There are now 16 ...at the home.
Sylvia, Zoe and her family from Madrid support two of the children and are on a two week visit. I cannot wait to go and try out these tasty looking momos in September.
VFN is a special place, filled with heart,soul, and love. The boys are terrific, kind and considerate. 🥰🙏 Have your sound up and enjoy momo day!
CHANCE for Nepal
Thank you so much to everyone who came to a most enjoyable quiz night at The Keep in Guildford last night. We raised a fantastic £411. We had 26 people playing, in 5 teams. 😍 Thank you to Jane and Brian who so generously host these quiz nights for CHANCE, and who donate a ...lovely supper. Thanks also to Henry behind the bar, and to everyone who brought a raffle prize🙏
Last night we enjoyed a delicious a beef pasta and salad dish with a vegetarian option. This definitely got the thumbs up from everyone.👏
The funds raised on this occasion will go to support Aadesh who having completed his Grade 12, is in the process of looking into his options to read Hotel Management at university. Jane and Brian have sponsored the education of Aadesh for the past 12 years and since 2021 whilst at college, he was awarded a 25% scholarship and has been top of his year for two years running.🤩
Our next quiz night will be at the beginning of September. Please email: info@chancefornepal.org if you would like to know more about making up a team and joining us for our quiz nights.
Linda Dixon is one very special lady. I met her for the first time on Friday, although she has been supporting Chance for the past 13 years. Her business, Paper Projects, is based just outside Cambridge in Bishop’s Stortford.
Since 2011, Linda has donated thousands of children’s ...stickers to Chance which I take out with me each year. One of the main recipients of these fun stickers is the burns unit at the Kanti Children’s Hospital where BVS (Burn Victims Survivors) delivers a weekly food hamper to each child on the unit; and a goody bag containing a cuddly toy, knitted doll, toothbrush, and of course a packet of stickers.
Linda gave me a huge box containing over 600 packets of stickers and where I will distribute some of them to the younger children in the schools where Chance funds a Tiffin programme and some are given to Mountain Heart Nepal to be distributed during their medical camps. Thank you Linda, it was so lovely to finally meet you and your team and thank you personally. You are a star.🥰🙏
A few photo of different distributions since 2013
SOS to all you wonderful knitters for CHANCE for NEPAL …… we need more!
Below a photograph from 11 years ago! All 790 of those beautifully knitted dolls were taken out to Nepal in 2012 and found their way into a pair of loving hands on the burns unit at the Kanti Children's ...Hospital in Kathmandu where they gave comfort to the children and never failed to bring a smile. Since 2012, thousands of dolls have reached Nepal and besides the burns unit have also been given to nursery and kindergarten classes in some of the schools we support as well as on medical camps.
In September I will be going to visit all our projects after a four year absence due to Covid and dengue fever. I am so excited to be going back. I have some knitted dolls but would like to take another 250 if there are still some lovely knitters out there reading this post who would like to get busy. From past feedback, all thoroughly enjoyed knitting and personalising their dolls. As you can see, all are different.
Prince Harry, as you can see, holding one of them when visiting the burns unit in 2016 remarked how cute they were and so heard the story of Chance for Nepal's knitting ladies.
THANK YOU in anticipation 😍🙏
KNITTING PATTERN
To knit a comfort doll begin at the feet and knit a rectangle, changing the yarn colours for each body segment. The number of rows in each part of the doll can be increased and decreased de- pending on the individual design. The finished height of the doll is approx. 15 cms (6inches)
You need:
• Small quantities of double knitting, washable yarn.
• 1 pair of 2.5 –3 mm knitting needles (the knitted fabric needs to be dense to keep the stuffing hidden
• Tapestry needle and good quality polyester toy filling.
To make: Work in stocking stitch throughout • Cast on 32 stitches
• Work 4 rows for feet – change yarn
• Work 14 rows for pants – change yarn
• Work 12 rows for sweater – change yarn • Work 8 rows for face – change yarn
Work 11 rows for hat as follows
• Rows 1-4: Work across rows in stocking stitch
• Row 5: K3, (K2tog, K4) 4 times, K2 tog, K3
• Row 6: Purl
• Row 7: K2, (K2tog, K3)4 times, K2 tog, K3 (22 sts)
• Row 8: purl
• Row 9: K1, (K2tog, K2) 4 times, K2tog, K3 (17sts)
• Row 10: Purl
• Row 11: K1, (K2tog) 8 times
• Draw yarn through remaining stitches , pull up and sew in ends. To finish:
• Sew back seam together, using an invisible seam.
• Stuff body
• Weave a strand of matching yarn across the first face row. Draw up to form neck and firmly secure ends
• Repeat for feet.
• With matching yarn form arms with small backstitches through all layers from waist to 2 rows beneath the neck.
• Define the legs in the same way from bottom to a little below the waistline.
• Embroider facial features as desired.
For further information please email: info@chancefornepal.org
Congratulations to the winners of the CHANCE 100 which was drawn this morning at the Cranleigh Golf & Country Club.
1st Jenny Long - £120
2nd James Datson - £80
3rd Hubert Wagner - £50
Enjoy and thank you for your on going support to Chance🙏
Thank you Bidya and GMIN, for organising and overseeing the repainting of two schools which Chance funded the building of many years ago. This school looks very smart with its new colour scheme. Good to see solar panels on the roof🙏 It is important to have a maintenance programme for the ...schools so they remain in good order and also boosts morale at the school.🥰
Thank you BVS (Burns Violence Survivors) for your monthly report for the burns unit at the Kanti Children’s Hospital during April. The burns unit had 8 patients during the month. They gave 30 nutritious food baskets - 12 Goody bags - 23 counselling sessions to the patients and their families and ...51 physiotherapy sessions.
Lalita is 8 years old and lives with her mother in a rented room in Kathmandu. She attends school and is in grade 3. Her father works abroad and her mother works for a tailor. Lalita was playing with relatives in the kitchen and her mother tried to move a hot kettle away from the plug when it slipped from her hands and went over Lalita. Her mother immediately applied tomatoes followed by ice on the burns and took her to a nearby medical shop for first aid treatment. The pharmacist said to take her to the burns unit works as a The Kanti. She suffered 15%, 2nd degree burns to both legs. And is undergoing treatment.
Manish is aged two and from the district of Rasuwa. His father works as a porter for trekkers and his mother a housewife. His father was working away as a porter. His mother had made some alcohol and placed it on the floor to cool. She was busy clearing up and Akash was playing nearby when he tripped and fell into the hot pot of alcohol. His mother immediately poured cold water on the burns and took him to a spiritual healer for treatment. Afterwards, she took him to a medical shop where he was given a dressing and ointment. His burns were severe, so he was brought to the Kanti in an ambulance. He suffered 20%, 2nd degree burns to his hips, groin and both thighs. His condition is stable.
Rabina is aged 5 and lives with her grandparents in Kathmandu. Her grandfather is a shoemaker and grandmother a homemaker. Her parents live back in their village, Dhanusha. Her father is a labourer and mother a housewife. Her grandfather had gone to work and her grandmother was preparing lunch for Ribina and her friends. She was playing with friends in the street. Close by, a local hotel porter threw hot water out of the door after boiling noodles and Ribina got burned. Her grandmother came running to help and rushed her to the burns unit at the Kanti Children’s Hospital. Rabina suffered 5%, 2nd degree burns to her neck, chest and back. After two weeks on the burns unit, she was able to return home.
Jyan is aged two and lives with his parents in Bagmati. His father is a driver and mother a housewife. Jyan’s mother had gone to work on an agricultural field and his father had left for work. Jyan was being looked after by his grandmother who had prepared local alcohol and placed the hot liquid on the ground, while she was busy doing other chores. Jyan was playing nearby when accidentally he tumbled and fell into the vessel. He got severely burned. Hearing him cry, his grandmother rushed to him and poured cold water on his wounds and then applied tomatoes and cow dung on the burn! She informed Jyan's parents who came home and took him to the nearby district hospital in Chautra. After one night, he was referred to the specialist burns unit at the Kanti Children’s Hospital, 100kms away. He suffered 8%, 2nd degree burns to his hips and bottom. His condition is stable.
Rija is 5 years old and lives with her father and grandmother in Dhading. Her father works in an office and her mother is working overseas as a migrant worker. Rija was sitting on a chair near the stove in the kitchen, whilst her grandmother prepared a vegetable curry. As Rija tried to get off the chair she slipped and her hand went into the curry mixture. Her grandmother immediately poured cold water on the burn and informed Rija’s father who rushed home to take her to the Galchhi Community Hospital where she received a dressing and painkillers. Due to lack of burn care facilities, after 2 days, Rija was referred to Kanti Children's Hospital for further treatment. She suffered 10%, 1st degree burns to right hand and lower right arm. She made a good recovery and was discharged home after 10 days.
All names have ben changed and permission was given by the parents .
If you would like to make a donation specially for the burns unit then please get in touch: info@chancefornepal.org
Chance donates between £1,000 and £2,000 each year into an emergency fund, this helping parents with little or no money with the cost of medicines, clothes, transportation back to their village, food for the parents who stay with their child in the hospital.🥰🙏
Congratulations to the winners in the May draw of the CHANCE 100 Club.
1st Dermot de Courcy Robinson - £120
2nd Patricia Nice - £80
3rd Mary Ellis - £50
Enjoy and thank you for your continued support.
🙏Please support our on-line auction which closes at 8.00pm on Sunday 30th. The funds raised will fund an essential x-ray machine for the newly constructed Siddhasthali Rural Community Hospital in Hetauda, Nepal. 🙏
https://www.chancefornepal.org/chance-for-nepal-gala-bid/
Chance for Nepal works closely with schools & hospitals in Nepal. Aiding families offering education and training. Patron - Joanna Lumley Nepal...
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Thank you so much to everyone who came to our quiz night at The Keep in Guildford last night. We raised a fantastic £400 with 28 people playing in 6 teams. Thank you to Jane and Brian who so generously host these quiz nights for CHANCE and provided a delicious complimentary cheese and pâté board... for each team.
The funds raised will be split between providing further safe cooking stoves for the marginalised Chepang hill people and text books for the most needy of the 7 remote schools’ chance has funded the building of during the last 7 years.
We have a maintenance programme at these schools which are all visited regularly. Books being a vital teaching aid for children to explore the world of imagination and adventure, (these being a luxury item and a real gift at these schools). GMIN who build and monitor these schools will replenish where needed.
Sapana Village Social Impact (SVSI) a fantastic organisation under the leadership of Dhruba Giri, last month distributed 30 cooking stoves funded by us, to people in the Chepang Hills, an impoverished area with low economic status and they will make a huge difference to the families who receive them.
I shared the YouTube video last night to everyone showing the stoves being delivered, to watch, see post below.
So, thank you all you lovely people for supporting our quiz nights, you make such a difference 🥰 🙏
https://youtu.be/acFTo6l5_NE. Click on the link and watch on a computer screen if possible.
A few weeks ago Chance for Nepal held one of their regular quiz nights at The Keep in Guildford. The funds raised from the evening were used to buy 15 cooking stoves as you will see in this short video.... The funds were sent out to SVSI along with funds from Jane Lewis, a long time supporter of Chance and 30 stoves were delivered where they were needed most; to Chepang people up in the hills. On the first attempt, torrential rain made the dirt track impassable, but SAVI never gives up and two days later they managed to get through, until the vehicle could go no further, then its a scramble up the hillside. Well done SAVI and thank you to all who came to the quiz. You have made a real and positive difference to the lives of many families. 🥰🙏
On April 7, Sapana Village Social Impact distributed 30 Improved Biomass Cooking Stoves in Chepang Village named Maitesh located in Ichhakamana Ward...
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Our 7th school completed! This was all made possible by David Pinnington and his three sisters, Sue, Celia and Anne. After David's passing, we received a cheque for £10,000 which Dave had bequeathed to CHANCE. We wanted to use this wonderful donation in a special way and as a living tribute... to David who liked to be known as Dave and who loved Nepal. What better way than a new school built by the brilliant organisation GMIN and their team, this being our 7th school funded with them.
David's three sisters wished to add something useful and meaningful to the school too, thus, funded 200 books and the shelving for them, mats for the children to sit on and floor coverings. In addition, they funded a large area of concrete in front of the building which will double as a play area, and be really useful during the monsoon season. 🥰🙏
Congratulations to the winners in the April draw for our CHANCE 100 Club which was drawn this morning.
1st Sara Lock - £120
2nd Victoria Helstrip - £80
3rd Don Holiday - £50
Enjoy!
Thank you to everyone for your wonderful support.
We are running at 99 members at ...the present time. We need 100! Please message me if you would like to come on board 🙏🥰
We are delighted to support the fantastic organisation Sneha's Care for the 5th year in their anti rabies vaccinnation programme. Chance donates £1,000 per year to this programme. 🥰
Thank you BVS (Burns Violence Survivors) for your monthly report for the burns unit at the Kanti Children’s Hospital during February.
The burns unit had 14 patients. They gave 36 nutritious food baskets - 21 Goody bags - 56 counselling sessions to the patients and their families and 65 ...physiotherapy sessions.
Baby of Devi is 18 days old and lives with his parents and four siblings in the district of Mircheya. After baby of Devi was born his father contacted a masseuse to give his son an oil massage. The masseuse lifted the baby above the wood fire to keep him warm. Suddenly his parents realized that their baby was unconscious and immediately rushed him to Provincial Hospital in Janakpur which was 87kms away where he received first-aid treatment. The next day, his parents brought him to Metro Hospital, Kathmandu which was a 225km journey and he was admitted for 9 days. Because the parents couldn’t afford treatment as they were on very low income, he was referred to Kanti Children's Hospital. The parents were told their baby’s delicate skin couldn’t withstand the heat from the fire and he had sustained 12%, 2nd degree burns to his bottom.
Chance through BVS has been supporting the transportation, counselling, physiotherapy, nutrition, and clothing for this baby and the family. He is currently undergoing treatment and his health is improving.
Bahadur is 7 months old and lives with his parents and brother. His father is a farmer, but to pay for the basic needs for his family, he also works as a labourer. His mother is a housewife. Bahadur’s mother had boiled water and placed it on the ground to cool, while she got on with other household tasks. Bahadur was with his mother in the kitchen and had just begun crawling. He reached out to the hot pot which fell onto him. Hearing him cry, his mother rushed to him, and called for her husband who rushed home and they took Bahadur to Atthbiskot PHC for primary treatment. He was given a dressing and ointment and referred to Chaurdhara Hospital Rukum on the same day, a journey of 44kms which they made by public bus. They referred him again, by ambulance to the Bheri Hospital, 222kms away, so far away, they didn’t arrive until the next day. Due to the lack of the burn care facilities there, he was transferred to Kanti Children’s hospital for treatment which he is still undergoing. He suffered 18%, 3rd degree burns. The whole nightmarish journey was 803kms!
Sarita is 6 years old and lives with her parents in a rented room in Bagmati, Kathmandu. Her father is a welding labourer and mother works in a bank. Sarita's mother had boiled water to bath Sarita and placed it on the floor to let it cool. She was pouring cold water into the bucket when Sarita, who was playing, accidentally fell into the hot water. Her mother immediately applied aloe vera, honey and tomatoes on the wounded area and her husband rushed her to Kirtipur Hospital on his motorbike where she received ointment and dressings and returned home. After 4 days, her wounds became infected so she was brought to Kanti Children’s hospital for further treatment. She suffered 5%, 2nd degree burns to both legs and feet.
Phum is aged two and an only child. He lives with his parents in Lumbini, 557kms from Kathmandu. Their income is very low, so his father is looking to go abroad to find work and send back to his family. Phun’s grandfather had prepared animal fodder, and Phum was sitting with him near the open cooking fire. Tragically, the vessel somehow lost balance and the hot liquid splashed over Phum’s body. His mother was nearby, and rushed him to a private clinic nearby. After receiving first aid, Phum was sent home. The next day, he was taken to Bheri Hospital for further treatment where he stayed for 4 days, due to the severity of his burns he was transferred to Kanti Children’s hospital for further treatment. He suffered 4%, 2nd degree burns to his tummy and back and needed surgery, a debridement.
All names have ben changed and permission was given by the parents .
Please enjoy this short video from Mountain Heart Nepal. They are a terrific organisation and one which Chance for Nepal has been supporting for many years. The educational books you see in the video were funded by our 'Magic Read' programme, thanks to Jane Lewis and Ivy Tan who sponsor... through Chance the publication of these books.
Dr Aban Gautam is the founder of MHN and it is his vision which is bringing the new Siddhasthali Rural Community Hospital which CHANCE is also supporting to completion in Hetauda, South West Nepal. This hospital will be treating patients from July. 🥰🙏
Following an earthquake of 6.6 Richter Scale in the Far Western Region of Nepal on Nov 09, 2022. We provided immediate food, shelter and medical...
youtube.comCongratulations to the winners of the CHANCE 100 Club which was drawn this morning.
1st - David Dawson - £120
2nd Geraldine Ritchie - £80
3rd Stephen & Shirley Ratcliffe - £50
Thank you so much for supporting Chance for Nepal🥰
Fantastic GMIN , looking so good. The idea of the extra concrete in the front of the classrooms is such a good idea.
I know David's three sisters are delighted that his legacy lives on with the building of this school which will benefit so many children in the years to come.