After much hard work and fundraising from our partner organization- the Nepali Children's Trust in the UK, Disabled Newlife Centre (DNC) inaugurated their new building on Saturday, November 5th in Kathmandu, Nepal. This building is one of the few true disability-accessable buildings in the country and will be the new home for 30 wonderful children with disability.
Nepali superstar, Rajesh Hamal was the chief guest and gave a moving speech about his involvement with the Rotary Nepal Disability Awareness Campaign. The DNC kids were overjoyed to get to meet Rajesh Hamal whom they have been asking about every time Gina and I would visit DNC - "When is Rajesh Hamal coming to visit us?"
My Rotary Club - Bellevue Rotary has partnered with the Rotary Club of Kopundol to provide many new items for the centre such as beds, physiotherapy equipment and much more. The Rotary International grant total for this matching grant is almost $20,000!
Check out this web-address to read a story about the grant event in the Kathmandu Post:
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