Newsletter 5 - November 2016
Newsletter 5
Dear Family, Friends and Supporters
Monday the 27th. November 2016, Pokhara, Nepal
5.15 am and being rudely woken by an earthquake tremor reading 5 .5 on the Richter scale, The bed was shaking along with the rest of the room, it only lasted about 10 seconds but seemed a lot longer, But there was no casualties or any damage.
All is still going well here in Nepal but slowed down a lot now as we are waiting for a quotation for a solar hot water system for the boys building at the rainbow children's home.
There are currently three showers there but only have cold water, there are 24 boys there from the ages of five years old to fifteen years old and having cold showers only.
So we have been asked if we could squeeze in our budget to supply a solar hot water system as the temperature gets colder from the end of December, and the showers are outside.
The cost we have had for the supply and installation of the solar system is about £1300.
We have told them that it is too expensive and to get three quotes, we are still waiting for two more to come before we decide what to do.
Things work very quickly here in Nepal, we have had another estimate for the solar panels and they have given us a price now for € 645 which is half the price of the first one.
Works started straight away and the existing tanks had to be raised 6 feet to gain more pressure for the solar panels, now the works are completed and the boys are very happy to have a hot shower, we visited the boys home this morning and the water is lovely, lucky boys hey, See photo below.
We are coming to the end of our visit to Nepal now and will be returning to the UK and France very soon, we hope that you have enjoyed reading our newsletters as we have enjoyed sending them to you
There is just one more project we are working on in the village where we are building the school and will forward this in our next newsletter.
Thank you all very much once again for all your help and support, without you we could not do these things for the children of Nepal
Best wishes
Bob and Jenny
The Orphanage Fund, the charity with a difference.