Two very special friends from the South Island NZ are spending their holiday cycling round and round Rarotonga Island to help reach our target mileage of 70 miles for every year of the Queen's reign. Last week they managed 192 miles to help save lives in Nepal - fantastic!
This week a great 1,743 miles covered so far by the TNT Team and supporters which brings us to the year 1977! The major event of this year was the Queens Silver Jubilee. Quite a coincidence that TNT's Jubilee Challenge should bring us to this date at the end of the second week. James Callaghan was Prime minister and Elvis Presley died. Rock band Queen's power ballad "We Are the Champions" was released.
We are Walking/Cycling/Jogging 4,900 miles, 70 miles for every year of the Queen's reign to save lives in Nepal. Do come and join us - we have many miles still to go! On Saturday 11th June '22 Andrew and Jordi threw open the gates of their magnificent gardens and welcomed over 500 people who came to enjoy the most beautiful surroundings. It was an idyllic, sunny summers day, the air filled with the scent of flowers, and a brass band playing near the lake as dragon flies danced across the water.
As well as the most interesting artisan stalls there were fun activities for the children, and the opportunity to dress up in costumes befitting the 15th century manor house, for photographs. The Nestling Trust is delighted and honoured that Andrew and Jordi have generously chosen to support our Charity's work as well as that of the NGS Charities, with this event. It was a very successful day with a considerable amount raised for NGS charities, the raffle for Ukraine raised £1000 and £3500 for Nestling Trust. We thank Andrew and Jordi most sincerely. We would also like to thank our many supporters who came along to help with various activities on the day - we are extremely grateful. Bikram and his friends are clocking up the miles - a combined total of 802.40 miles since 1st June '22, what a great effort, well done to Bikram Malla, Tarjan Subba, Prakash Limbu, Chandra Pun, Dekraj Thapa, Ashok Limbu, Reece Devaney, Aaron Rana, Milan Rai, Jamie W, Arjun Thapa, Ganesh Bahadur Burathoki, Lok Rai. Watch this space tomorrow to find out how many miles Team TNT has completed and which year of the Queen's reign we've reached! . Welcome to everyone especially those from New Zealand and America, who have taken up the Challenge to join the TNT Team to help walk, jog or cycle the 70 miles for every year of the Queen's reign. A total of 4900 miles in all!
To find out more please click on this link: https://thenestlingtrust.enthuse.com/cf/tnt-jubilee-challenge The Nestling Trust (TNT) Team Challenge - to Cycle, Trek or Jog 4,900 miles i.e. 70 miles for every year of the Queen's 70-year reign, during the month of June. Let's celebrate this Platinum Jubilee in a very special way - raising funds to save lives!
Sponsored miles will help save the lives of newborn babies and their mothers, in Nepal, where the neonatal death rate has tripled since the start of the Pandemic. Set your own personal target - get sponsored - text the number of miles completed each week to ++44 (0) 7973414601 so we can update and follow the Team's progress year by year! In the new Health and Birthing Centre in Baiteshwor - due to be completed this June, £225 pays the salary of one nurse for one month. Baitshwor is a mountainous remote area where approximately 12,000 people will benefit from this medical facility. Previously women had to trek many miles across mountain tracks to the nearest birth centre, sometimes arriving too late. Fear of getting Covid in local towns has also meant that many women give birth in their villages, in unhygienic conditions. Most village homes are without running water, many have earth flooring, and most, have no heating. Funded by TNT and local government, the new Health Centre will be within easy reach of the Baiteswor population and, as well as providing antenatal, postnatal and birthing facilities, it will provide general health care and health education for villagers. Cost examples: £450 Salary for two nurses for one month £250 Delivery bed £100 Medicine cupboard £75 Oxygen cylinder £50 Privacy screens £20 Therma gun thermometer £10 Sterile suture and dressing packs Fantastic news, the mOm incubator has been granted the CE mark! The Nestling Trust is proud to be associated with the mOm team, and we look forward to helping facilitate a pilot programme in Nepal.
Well done to everyone involved with the development of this amazing incubator that has the potential for saving the lives of countless newborn babies worldwide. The Quiz Night on Friday 29th April '22 was a great success. All tickets were sold and the community Hall in Market Lavington was abuzz with people enjoying a fun evening. It was the idea of Elliot Gaiger who wanted to do something to help the Nestling Trust's work in Nepal. Elliot is 14 years old and with just a very small amount of help from his Grandad arranged the Quiz which has raised just over £2000. It is a fantastic amount and will be used to help equip and establish the Health and Birthing Centre in Baiteshwor, now under construction. Thank you so much to Elliot for his hard work and compassion, and thank you to all our supporters who are so generous, we are most grateful.
Samiksha is 10 yers old and had lost several members of her family to Covid including her brother, aunt and grandmother. Her mother, Laxmi was gravely ill with a heart condition and needed an operation to save her life. Samiksha's father was poor and had no money so he sold his land where he grew vegetables, and neighbours contributed what they could afford. Still there was not enough rupees to pay for the operation and Samiksha was unconsolable knowing how ill her mother was and that without the operation she would die. The Nestling Trust heard of the situation and how many local people had each given money while so poor themselves and stepped in to try to ensure the story has a happy ending.
Laxmi had the operation, following which, she was in intensive care for a worrying few days. TNT are delighted to say that she has now made a full recovery and is reunited with her daughter at home again. Do come and join us!Where - Market Lavington Community Hall
When Friday 29th April '22 - 7p.m. for 7.30 p.m. Cost £20 per Team of Four Tickets Please contact: Market Lavington Post Office Sue Hamblin (07973 414601) Mike Gaiger (01380 818500) Elliot Gaiger (07552 335640) Free Glass of Wine The following excerpt from The Britain Nepal Society gives insight into the current Coronavirus situation in Nepal:
Latest COVID-19 Situation Report from Nepal & Recent Press Highlights, Nov-Jan, 2022
1. Plan (November – February 2021), and different federal ministries, provincial governments and local governments are working together to ensure that response plans are in place to mitigate the impacts of the latest spike in COVID-19 cases.
2. testing facilities have also reduced costs per test to Rs 1500 from an earlier charge of Rs 2000.
2022! The Nestling Trust wishes all family, friends, colleagues and supporters around the world a very Happy New Year, may it bring healing, empathy, understanding, and goodwill between nations and people everywhere.
The Nestling Trust has helped fund life saving surgery for a woman living in Dolakha, Nepal. The woman whose son died last year has a nine year old daughter. She underwent surgery today - we wish her well and a speedy recovery.
The Nestling Trust wishes all family, friends, colleagues, and amazing supporters around the world a very Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year. May Love, Peace, and Joy fill the hearts of all people everywhere.
Thank you so much to everyone who donated to our BigGive match funding project the Health and Birthing Centre in Baiteshwor, Nepal. An amazing £14,784.34 has been raised with gift aid, which is a fantastic result to help establish and equip the Centre which is under construction.in rural Nepal, When complete 12,000 people will have access to medical care and safe hygienic birthing facilities.
We are hugely grateful, through your generosity we will be able to help reduce the maternal, and neonatal death rate which has tripled since the start of the Pandemic Help save the lives of newborn babies and their mothers in rural Nepal. Here is the link :
https://donate.thebiggive.org.uk/campaign/a056900001wWg3MAAS The link is live from 12 noon today until 12 noon on Tuesday 7th December '21. Tuesday 30th November '21 - 7th December '21 2 Weeks and Counting until it's The Big Give! Donations to the Nestling Trust given between 30th November '21 and the 7th December '21 will be doubled - watch this space! In response to soaring neonatal and maternal death rates, The Nestling Trust is helping to bring safe birthing facilities and basic health care to the 15,000 population of a remote mountainous area in Nepal where currently villagers have to trek long distances across harsh terrain to access maternity care. Health and Birthing Centre under Construction
This happy little boy is Krishna, now 9 years old, celebrating Tihar Festival with his friends at SERC School, Nepal. Six years ago he was unable to speak, stand or move his arms or hands. Rescued by the Nestling Trust (TNT) two weeks before the Nepal earthquake, he has been cared for at SERC School for children with special needs, receiving daily physiotherapy and speech therapy. He now can run, play and communicate in simple sentences and is independent in all activities of daily living.
TNT wishes to thank all physios and staff for their care, skills, and compassion. We also thank all those who have donated to the Nestling Trust making it possible for us to support Krishna May the Festival of Lights flood the world's darkest corners, bringing peace, harmony, and happiness. The Nestling Trust wishes all family, friends, colleagues and supporters around the world a very Happy Tihar.
When hope was fading and fear rising, nurses have been able to continue providing medical care to families living in the remote village areas of Dolakha, Nepal.
Since the start of the pandemic, thanks to the generosity of our supporters, TNT has provided support and essential medical equipment, including oxygen and PPE, as well as soap and handwashing supplies to the 5 Health Clinics it established together with Sitara and HDS - Nepal, in Bhirkot, Lapilang, Marbu, Chilankha and Melung. Each clinic in partnership with the Ministry of Health serves approximately 6000 people. Nurses have continued with their routine work - wound care, antenatal and postnatal care, child immunisation and acute and chronic illness management etc. while working tirelessly to help prevent the spread of the Coronavirus as well as caring for those affected. TNT pays tribute to the dedication and efforts of these nurses who with liitle concern for their own safetey, have put the needs of others first. It has been fantastic to receive the news that each Health Post is now providing Coronavirus vaccine to the villagers in their areas. As we hear of this vital work being undertaken TNT is deeply grateful to all who have supported our Health Initiative projects over the past 7 years, without your help none of this would have been possible - thank you. Great news - villagers have now received their second doses of the vaccine to protect them from the Coronavirus.
Could this be you? We are seeking a Social Media Manager to join our small and friendly team of volunteers to enhance our social media presence across multiple platforms and spearhead our fundraising activities. What we do Founded in 2013, Wiltshire based, ‘The Nestling Trust’ brings much needed basic health care and health education to remote village areas of Nepal, where no such medical facilities existed before. It works especially in areas devastated by the 2015 earthquake, alongside local community groups, and in partnership with our trusted 'in country' non-government partners organisations. With its severely limited health service provision Nepal is highly vulnerable in the face of the 2020-21 Corona Virus Pandemic and our current focus is on assisting our health posts and village communities combat the spread of the virus. The trust has also established and continues to support a home for destitute, trafficked or abused young girls. Completed in 2018 the home provides a caring and nurturing environment which, together with the provision of education, life and vocational skills, is helping transform the lives of those who have suffered unspeakable traumas and abuse. ‘Help us do more and reach more people’
Health and Birthing Centre supported by the Nestling Trust and partner NGO, HDS-Nepal, and in collaboration with Nepal local government, underway in the remote village area of Baiteshwor, Dolakha.
Neonatal and maternal death rates continue to soar since the start of the pandemic, especially in rural areas such as this, where villagers are reluctant to travel to the towns to give birth. When complete it will serve approximately 12,000 people. The Nestling Trust is immensely grateful to Vanessa and Darell for hosting and organising The Duck race afternoon in the their beautiful garden on Saturday 5th September '21.
The weather was kind and many families attended the event. It was so good to see many children enjoying being out in the sunshine and cheering their ducks along the stream. It was a very successful event raising £631 to help further the Nestling Trust's work in Nepal. |
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