The Nestling Trust is delighted to say that today - the first day of the BigGive campaign, £1,230 has been donated to help us build a Health and Birthing Centre in Preeti, where currently 30,000 people have no medical facility. A huge thank you to those who have donated. That figure will be doubled through the BigGive. 
The campaign runs until midday on the 10th December '19 - please continue to donate our target figure is £20,000.

Donations to our Health and Birthing Centre project in Preeti will be matched for 7 days only from 12 noon on Tuesday 3rd December ’19 to midday on Tuesday 10th December ’19.
 
 So ….. One donation, twice the impact!
A donation of £5 will be doubled to £10 and could buy a stethoscope and blood pressure monitor. Give £10 and it will be doubled to £20 to provide a drip stand, a fully stocked first aid bag, or a stretcher. £30 when doubled would cover the salary of a trained nurse for a month. With £100, doubled to £200, the trust could pay for the nurse for over 3 months 
 
 If you would like to help this remote area of Nepal, where thousands of villagers are without medical facility, we highly recommend you do so during the Christmas Challenge (Tues 3rd Dec to 10th Dec) when your gift will be worth twice as much and will make even more of a difference to the villagers in and around Preeti

What happens next?
Please remember only donations made between 12 noon on 3rd December ’19 and 12 noon on 10th December '19 will be matchfunded.
This will be the link:  https://donate.thebiggive.org.uk/campaign/a051r00001OlWsMAAV
Please help us do this!
​Thank you so much.

It is with great shock and sadness that the Nestling Trust has learnt of a tragic accident in South Africa in which Miranda Harris was killed and her husband, Peter seriously injured. Miranda and Peter were co founders of A Rocha, a Christian conservation organisation. Two of their close friends and colleagues, A Rocha International Chief Executive Chris Naylor and his wife Susanna, who were accompanying them, were also killed.  
Peter and Miranda, whose home is in West Lavington, have given huge encouragement and guidance to the Nestling Trust, as well as being personal friends. Our thoughts and prayers are with their families and friends here and in many countries all over the world. We pray that Peter, and the driver of the vehicle who was also injured, are given strength to recover from their injuries.

The Nestling Trust wishes all our Nepali family, friends and Colleagues a most peaceful and happy Festival of Lights. may the warmth and joy of this special time rest within all your families.

The Nestling Trust would like to wish all our Nepali Family, Friends and Colleagues a very Happy Dashain Festival!

An amazing way to spend the Bank Holiday!
Mike Gaiger's brother Vince would have been 70 this year so Mike and Barry Hickey have decided to
 do something worthwhile to mark this anniversary. They will be walking 70 miles (Reading to Bath along the Kennet and Avon canal) over 3 consecutive days, 22nd, 23rd and 24th August '19. Should anyone wish to sponsor them please click on the Justgiving button on this website, as all funds raised will go to the Nestling Trust. TNT's current objective is the construction of a Health and Birthing Centre at Preeti, in the extremely remote and mountainous area of Ramechap, Nepal. For up to 8 months of the year Preeti is cut off due to snow, ice and landslides.
We wish Mike and Barry the very best of luck and no blisters!

£275 was raised. TNT would like to thank all those who helped and those who came to this event, we are most grateful.

Today another little girl came to live at the Sarangkot Nestling Home bringing the total number of girls rescued since December '18 to nine. We are delighted to say that they are settling in happily and seven have already started attending the little local school with the other village children.

Earthquakes measuring up to 5.2 struck Kathmandu and Dhading areas on the eve of the 4th anniversary of the devastating earthquake of 2015. Since that time the Seismological centre has recorded 44,000 after shocks in Nepal.  Thankfully today there have been no reports of casualties. For more information read:
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/magnitude-52-earthquake-strikes-nepal-day-before-anniversary?fbclid=IwAR2eSXF0-KGrL9RMPKnB6b1YGjcb4LHKZ_N9hs61F0QR4Dhu1FM2Xrn_lE8&utm_source=google_gmail&utm_medium=social-media&utm_campaign=addtoany

At least 50 people are known to have died and over 400 injured when a tornado ripped through Bara and Parsa districts in southern Nepal, at night on the 31 March'19. Hundreds of homes were swept away in the high winds and rain. Department of Hydrology and Meteorology say it is the first recorded tornado to hit Nepal and highlights Nepal’s vulnerability to natural disasters.
The Nepali Times reported that it proves Nepal has now to be prepared not just for the deadly calamities we know about like earthquakes, floods and landslides, but also rare ones like tornadoes.  The Director General of the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology (DHM) Saraju K Vaidya admitted: “Yes, all signs in Bara point to it being a rare tornado, but with climate change these may become more frequent, and we have to prepared by upgrading forecasting and computer modelling capacity.”://www.nepalitimes.com/banner/disastrous-management-in-nepal/

​Put the date in your diaries!

After five years of tireless effort by so many, and the generosity of countless supporters today was the day it became all worthwhile! Two girls with no mother or father were admitted to the Sarangkot Nestling Home. This is now their home, a place where they can regain their childhood, where they will be protected, cared for and given the chance of an education, healthcare  and have real hope for their future life - welcome, may you find lasting happiness here.

Today we heard the wonderful news that two children have come to live in the Sarangkot Nestling Home! Little girls, seven and 10 years old, thank you to everyone who has helped to make this possible.