The Sherpa Children

There are now some 200 children of children at the Sherpa School ranging from ages 4 to 16. Of these 40 are orphans or disabled.

The great majority come from a similar background of poverty and destitution. Many of their parents work on other peoples’ land, are subsistence farmers, or work as porters - if indeed they have any work at all. They all come from the Bampti Bandhar and the surrounding districts in Eastern Nepal, some having to walk 2 hours to school.

Most of their families are known to Mr. Ang Tsering and their plight, only too easily, recognised.

The normal life of a child without the benefit of an education is one of drudgery virtually from the day they are born. As soon as they are old enough they begin work to support their family.

Girls play the role of mother as soon as they are considered able and at a very young age do all the domestic chores, work in the fields, look after the livestock, collect firewood, cut grass for fodder and fetch water, often from far away.

Boys are responsible for the looking after the cattle and overseeing their grazing, cutting grass, working in the fields with their parents, collecting firewood from the forest and cleaning the cowshed etc.

Without our help, these children would be destined to a life of poverty and their own children would remain trapped in this circle of hardship. Education is the only way out, and that is, with your help, easily achievable.

Sponsorship of one child here costs only 100 GBP (or 150 Euros) a year – and just think of what it achieves!

Thanks to the support and generosity of individual donors and sponsors, the children here are now enjoying the opportunity to learn and are given the chance to stand on their own two feet, to be independent, to help their families and support their communities.