Sorry to all who were looking forward to the Quiz Night on Friday 28th January, it has been postponed until further notice, due to Covid.
 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.
The Nestling Trust is most grateful to Vanessa and Darrell for organising this event in their beautiful garden. DUCK RACES
This Saturday 4th September '21 From 2.30 p.m. Meadow View Low Road Little Cheverell SN10 4JZ Come and Join us for Family Fun, Tea and cakes! All proceeds for the work of the Nestling Trust in Nepal Great to see! Over 65's receiving Covid immunisations. The Health Clinics at Melung, Bhirkot and Marbu funded and established by the Nestling Trust in coordination with SITARA Nepal and the Nepal Ministry of Health, are helping the rollout Coronavirus immunisation programme. Prior to this villagers in these remote areas of the Dolakha region had no medical facilities. Nepal is now facing a third wave of the Coronavirus which has swept throughout the country with rural areas suffering especially badly where there is no access to medical care. TNT is hugely grateful to all our generous supporters who have helped us provide basic healthcare and health education to 30,000 people living within the areas of the five Health Clinics. 
 Not only did we Hike or Bike the 5415 miles, in the month of June, but the team raised an amazing £10,691 to help respond to the humanitarian catastrophe facing Nepal. Heartfelt thanks to every one of the team and to everyone who so generously donated.
 'Hike or Bike - Miles to Save Lives in Nepal' What are we doing? Walk Run or Cycle 5415 miles, the distance between London and Kathmandu, to raise funds to help support the 5 Health Posts, established by the Nestling Trust, as they struggle to reduce the spread of Covid-19 in their local areas, and care for the sick and suffering, as well as providing food for the starving. Why? Nepal faces a humanitarian crisis. Cases of the Covid-19 Indian variant are spiralling out of control and the fragile Health Service is overwhelmed. Hospitals in the cities are running out of oxygen and are overflowing with people being turned away, and in rural areas thousands have no access to medical care. Months of lockdown has caused loss of livelihoods and people face starvation. Who? The Nestling Trust and supporters are combining our miles as we 'hit the Hippy Trail' throughout the month of June - leaving Tower Bridge London on 1/6/21 and hoping to arrive (virtually) at Swayambhunath Stupa in Kathmandu on 30/6/21. TNT Team: Who we are: Liz Bord Nicola Coupe Mike Gaiger James Hamblin Sue Hamblin Jan Hide and Sandy (NZ and Rarotonga) Prakash Limbu Bikram Malla Tarjan Subba (Scotland) Chadra Pun Ang Tshering Sherpa Suresh Rana (Singapore) Binod Poon Deepak Reece Devaney Kajiman Pun Loak Limbu Isaac Campbell Ganesh Burathoki Dekraj Thapa Arjun Thapa Katherine, John and Henry Cox Stu Owen and Selina, Ella and Jakey (Team NZ North Island) Nick Reid Hilary Stone The Wellyboots and Linda Ali Thomas Anne Wilson Dan Lawrence(USA) Claire Phoenix Karen Page Janey Jeffries Lewis Team Andrea and Simon ,We have arrived! The Nestling Trust Team has Hiked and Biked the 5415 miles - the distance from Tower Bridge in London to Swayambhunath Stupa, high on a hill in Kathmandu. Nick, Claire and Sue climbed the final 365 stone steps leading to the Stupa this afternoon.
The campaign challenge has been achieved within the month of June, thanks to the astonishing efforts shown by so many in this incredible team. Heartfelt thanks to all team members in NZ, Rarotonga, Singapore, USA, London, North Devon and Wiltshire plus the 14 Gurkha soldiers in various parts of the UK. You have all made this campaign possible. Thank you, most sincerely to all those who have donated, your support and generosity have spurred us on! So far we have raised over £3500 for the people of Nepal at this desperate time when thousands are suffering from Coronavirus in rural areas without medical facilities and medical care. Funds raised will help support 5 Health posts in Dolakha, established by TNT and Sitara, as they battle to reduce the spread of the Coronavirus, care for the sick and suffering as well as distributing food and soap to destitute families. Thank you so much. This morning the TNT Team completed 5597.9 miles since 1st June '21 - an outstanding achievement! Here we are in Kathmandu! We now have the 365 stone steps to climb to reach the Swayambhunath Stupa so watch this space for the triumphant arrival later today! Thank you to every Team member and to all those who have donated - we have raised a fantastic £3330 so far. Now where are those steps ??? 
Day 28 - we have crossed the nepal border and reached 5275 miles - Bardaghat in Lumbini province.28/6/2021
So excited to tell everyone we are now in Bardaghat, approximately 23 miles away from Lumbini, the birthplace of Bhudda. We could make a detour to visit Lumbini while we are here!
 As we come to the end of the last weekend of June we have hit the 5000 plus miles! Actually 5144.95 miles! We have reached the city of Bahraich in the Uttar Pradesh district of India on the Saryu river. What a fantastic team - Kathmandu is in our reach! An Indian saying found on arrival at Bahraich: Our deeds travel with us from afar, What we have been makes us what we are. Anonymous
 4734 miles completed and 697 miles to go in just 3 days! We Have arrived in Patiala, Punjab, India - in the foothills of the Himalayas. We must give one last big push to reach Kathmandu, Nepal, our destination in time.
Patiala - also known as The Royal City or 'The Beautiful City', here is the Moti Bagh Palace and the Shree Devi Kali Temple. However during our brief stop here we might simply purchase a pair of Patiala salwar, for which the areas is famous and very confortable for walking in the heat! Now time is of the essence so off we go again!
Meet Dan who has joined us on our virtual journey from Oregon in the USA. Despite soaring temperatures in Oregon of 46 degrees this week end, Dan is hopping on his bike to helping us reach 5415 miles! Thank you Dan and welcome.  |
