TRIP TO NEPAL
2000.
Summer 2000 will see 13 Theale Green Community School sixth formers and four members of staff head off to the beautiful Himalayas to visit Nepal. The four week trip is mainly aimed at visiting Theale Green’s link school in Nepal, the Purnamrit Secondary School, which is situated in a very isolated part of the country. The group hope to take out much needed equipment for a new Science laboratory which Theale Green students will raise the money for and will donate. The students will also see how different and difficult learning is in a country with far fewer resources. They are very keen to learn about the country and the school and will be walking for several hours just to reach it!
Leader
of the expedition is Theale Green Science teacher Mr. Andrew Webster, who spent
most of his summer 1999 visiting the area and the school to assess the sort of
help that is needed and how Theale Green students can contribute.
Theale
Green Community School was visited by the Headteacher at the Purnamrit School, Mr.
Paudayal in March 1998, who came to tell the students of what life is like
in his country. It was from that visit that Mr. Webster first developed his idea
to help.
However, the trip will not all be work! The group will undertake a mountain flight and a nine-day trek up in the Annapurna mountains to visit the holy place of Muktinath, as well as white water rafting and elephant rides in a wildlife park!
Our
picture shows the group at a planning meeting for the trip along with maps and
the Nepalese flag.
