Projects outside of youth scholars/GIA that aim to improve surrounding community: rebuilding efforts, girls bathroom, micro-research grants, shoe donations, etc.
Girls from Shree Budhanilkantha H.S.S. painted their bathroom donated by WOV. They had lots of fun while painting it. They said that they are very happy and thankful to have a separate girls’ bathroom in their school. Thank you all for your love and support .#TeamWOV #Nepal
A few more pictures and notes from our site visit to Buddhanilkantha Public School earlier this month. Even though the bathroom has been in use for several months, and we have had our ribbon cutting ceremony, there are still some finishing touches to do. Construction in Kathmandu is always challenging! We sat down with the […]
Quick update – Dorjee reports that the roof for the bathroom at Buddhanilkantha School was finished last week and that the wood supports will be removed in another week. The septic tank is already in the ground. Next up is finishing the plumbing and tiling. We are getting there!
We are very happy to pass on this progress report from Raju Kati, a practicing optometrist at Dhulikhel Hospital. Wide Open Vistas was able to provide a micro-research grant in 2015 (approx $870) to Raju and his team so that they could purchase much needed tools for screening pediatric patients with vision issues. To date, they have screened 438 […]
This is the latest picture on the progress of the girl’s bathroom which wide open vistas are constructing in Shree Budhanilkantha Higher Secondary School. For more information on construction of this project please see our previous updates.
We are still working on the minutes from the October 2nd board meeting but a great thing to come out of it was approval of Dorjee Sherpa’s proposal to use the earthquake funds (up to $15,000 USD) at Budhanilkantha school in northern Kathmandu to help build adequate bathroom facilities for the female students. There is a […]
We are excited to announce that our first micro grant award has been awarded with the goal of improved screening of vision issues for children in Dhulikhel, Nepal. A team led by Raju Kaiti has been awarded ~$870 to purchase age-appropriate vision screening tools. Raju is an optometrist at Dhulikhel Hospital and also studying for […]
We can’t just sit still! We are partnering in a new project with two other organizations to build strong bamboo housing with metal roofing for residents in Nuwakot, Ranipauwa, Kakani-2, Sisneri. We expect to fund at least 20 of the 35 houses that will be built using some of your donations (approximately $100 per house […]
Quick update: Seth went to Dhulikhel Hospital (about 30k east of Kathmandu) yesterday and met with Dr. Rajeev Shrestha who is helping administer our micro-research grant program. The two also met with optometrist Raju Kaiti (currently a student working on his masters) and ophthalmologist Dr. Pooja Shrestha. Raju has led a micro-research proposal (submitted before […]
The May 12th earthquake which measured 7.3 only added insult to injury in Nepal. We had three objectives: a) Deliver tarps to the village of Heywa with donations made to Wide Open Vistas. b) To travel from Heywa west to Jiri and conduct community assessments for the International Organization on Migration -while moving through parts […]