A huge thank you to all those who have helped achieve TNT’s June ’22 Jubilee Challenge! We've done it - our total is 5088.5miles.  We have walked/jogged/cycled the 70 mils for every year of the Queen’s 70 year reign, throughout the month of June, that is 4,900 miles plus – AMAZING!
Funds raised will help save lives in Nepal through bringing safe birthing and health facilities to 12,000 people in Marbu, Baiteshwor, a rural region of Nepal without maternity facilities.
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For more information or to donate see: https://thenestlingtrust.enthuse.com/cf/tnt-jubilee-challenge
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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.

To find out more please click on this link:    https://thenestlingtrust.enthuse.com/cf/tnt-jubilee-challenge

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.
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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
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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.

Great news - villagers have now received their second doses of the vaccine to protect them from the Coronavirus.

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.

Last year The Nestling Trust High Hopes Team reached the virtual height of Everest by climbing up local hills - this year we aim to walk or cycle the distance between Tower Bridge in London to the Swayambhunath Stupa in Kathmandu. We hope to raise funds to provide medical care at this time of desperate need for families living in areas of Nepal where no medical facility exists. ​

TNT is delighted to offer our supporters the opportunity of a private screening of the internationally acclaimed film 'I am Belmaya' before release to the general public later this year.
TNT has teamed up with Sue Carpenter and Belmaya, co-directors, of this inspirational film to help support the empowerment of oppressed women and girls in Nepal.

Click on the link below for more information and Tickets:

 https://tnt-belmaya-screening.eventbrite.co.uk 

Domestic violence is a widespread problem in Nepal. Despite laws against it, cultural, economic, and religious factors reinforce male dominance and female subservience so thoroughly that it is common for women and their children to be victims of violence and abuse with many being forced to leave their homes. Cast out by the husband’s family and no longer able to return to their birth family, women are alone with no means to provide shelter, food, or clothes for their children. The streets are their only option with all the risks of further abuse, trafficking, hunger, and drug abuse. It is common for children search rubbish dumps for plastic in exchange for a few rupees for rice instead of attending school.

.The Nestling Trust will use funds raised to assist a pilot programme aimed at reducing the number of women and children, facing life on the streets. Those who have fled domestic abuse, or single mothers, will be offered training in sewing skills so they can support themselves and their children.

8th March '21 is International Women's day - proceeds from the film 'I am Belmaya'  can help break the cycle of poverty and despair for women and their children in Nepal.

See it Online - anytime between the hours 6p.m. Sunday 7th March ’21 and 11p.m. Monday 8th March ’21 (Greenwich Mean time) choose at time to suit your Time Zone.

The Children’s Home Horticultural Project
‘Grow our own’ nutritious food, self-sufficiency, and sustainability
 
In a year when we have been unable to hold our normal fundraising events this 'Match Funded' Big Give Christmas Campaign  provides a great opportunity.
 
Please help us reach our £10,000 target
One donation Twice the Impact! 
 
The project will improve the sustainability of our Children’s home in Sarangkot by providing organic fresh fruit and vegetables for the Home and local villagers, as well as generating an income to offset other expenditure such as clothes, education etc. Land at the home is exposed to adverse weather and as a consequence crops in the garden often fail. Water supplies are scarce and unreliable. Fruit and vegetables have to be bought at considerable cost and at some distance.
 
The project involves building protected ‘pit greenhouses’ which will provide fresh produce for the home and local villagers but also training opportunities and work for those who have lost their jobs as a consequence of the pandemic.

Proposed site for the 3 Pit Greenhouses - below the playground area of the Children's Home.

Children's Home livestock would provide organic fertiliser!