Major Dhan Chand

Scoill Phurt le Moirreyin the South of the Isle of Man is linked with the Pahar Trust School in Syanja Mid-West Nepal. Recently they held a Nepal week. It was an excellent example of a school using the friendship link scheme effectively.

Please see the school website for pictures and information:-

http://www.sch.im/splm/Site/NEPAL_WEEK/NEPAL_WEEK.html

http://www.sch.im/splm/Site/Nepal_Week_Photographs.html

The staff at Port St Mary School carefully planned a week that celebrated their link with Nepal, this was embraced with enthusiasm and diligence by both staff and pupils. The week included a visit from Dhan Bahadur Chand

who spoke about his life in a hill village and in the Gurkhas, Dolma Sherpa a Nepali lady who made traditional Nepali food with the children a talk from MHK Juan Watterson about his visit to Nepal and mountaineering instruction from Mr Mike Quayle who had climbed in the Everest region. In addition to this the teachers had prepared exciting lessons that included learning about Nepali culture, geography, religion, music and dance. An opportunity was also given for the staff and pupils to exchange messages via email with pupils to exchange messages via email with pupils from their link school in Nepal. The building of a new school at Phurombu will be the catalyst for a school linking project enabling activities similar to those that took place at Port St Mary to take place in other UK / Isle of Man schools.

Clive Bradburn , Vice Chairman of The Rotary Club of Maidstone Riverside officially opening the school extension at Ganesh Secondary School, Simpani, West Nepal

Maidstone Riverside have funded the Pahar Trust School in Myanglung School , East Nepal, opened in 2007.