We are pleased to introduce the graduating class of 2015 from St. Devi’s Academy! The SLC results were received yesterday which makes the graduation official. The senior class had excellent scores which speaks well of their education at St. Devi's. Ajay Ghale, Basanti Pun, Belisha Adhikari Subedi, Gauri Gubaju, Kushal [...]
We are working full steam ahead on the rebuilding in Nepal. It is essential that we get all the classes back in session soon because the students have already missed 2 months of school. Devi and David are trying to make our money stretch as far as possible with innovative [...]
Justice is a young man in Ghana who desperately wants to better himself through education. He knows that he cannot lift himself out of the cycle of poverty except through knowledge. His father died before he was born and his mother is a peasant farmer working for other people for [...]
This morning I read an article about Bono, the lead singer of the band, U2. On February 2, 2006 he was the keynote speaker for the National Prayer Breakfast. Bono said, “It’s time to stop asking God to bless what you’re doing. Get involved with what God is doing, because [...]
Yesterday was the 7 week anniversary of the Nepal earthquake. People are still scrambling to put their lives back together. Today Newsweek states: “Earthquake-battered Nepal will ask international donors to support a reconstruction plan that is expected to cost over $6.6 billion over five years, the government said on Saturday. [...]
We are pleased to announce that construction of the walls at St. Devi’s Academy is in progress! The government is enforcing new construction codes, one being that walls can no longer be built of brick. Our students are helping to clear away the debris with dokos, the traditional Nepali basket, [...]
In February 2015, I blogged about the many changes in Nepal. How Nepal is a country on the move striving to catch up with the 21st century. I have been a bystander watching arduous change for the past 20 years. During my last visit I saw new car dealerships scattered [...]
Praveen is a young man who lived at St. Devi’s Academy from a very early age. He was a serious child, responsible and reticent. I did not see him smile for many years after I first met him. Praveen did not join the St. Devi’s family because he was an [...]
The earth has not stabilized in Nepal; tremors continue and people are very afraid. This fear is justified considering that the April 2015 earthquake was by far the worst natural disaster in Nepal since the 1934 earthquake. There are not many people still alive who even remember that event! Not [...]
In their usual big-hearted way, Devi & David Tamsang along with students from St. Devi’s Academy, are helping earthquake victims. They are going to surrounding areas to survey the damage and to see how they can assist. St. Devi’s is distributing rice, daal and other necessities along with tarpaulins to [...]