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A special thank you to Cindy Ho for organizing this fun event and making 110 delicious cup cakes!

On behalf of NEIO (Nepal Education Initiative Organization), we’d like to thank all of you who came out to support us. At our happy hour event last Thursday @ Lush Lounge, your contributions helped raise $1,123 along with several books, school supplies, and online donations! Your generosity is greatly appreciated and will help make a difference on our current project in Norbuling Village.

Your ongoing support  at future events will continue to make a difference in the lives of the disadvantaged children of the rural Himalayas.

We sincerely thank you again for your generous contributions.

Photo by Lillian Tom

NEIO with the help of it’s supporters has been able to start it’s second school project. Nurbuling is a village in the Himalayan valleys and is about a 7 hour drive up the mountains on dirt roads from Kathmandu.

The first phase of construction of the school is under way, and we will complete 3 rooms in this phase, and hope to start the second phase later this year. The school will have 6 classrooms, and is scheduled to be completed in early 2011. We have not yet hit our donation target for the school, and sincerely request your support.

Dear Friends,

You’re invited to join us for an extended happy hour special at Lush Lounge to support us in  providing a sustainable educational learning environment for children living in disadvantaged regions of Nepal. All contributions will be donated to help construct schools in which children will receive the basic needs of hygienic toilets, water tanks, running water taps, mini libraries, etc…

Location: Lush Lounge
1221 Polk Street
San Francisco, CA

When: Thursday, September 9th, 2010
6:00pm – 10:00pm

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=155106597835322

The owner of Lush Lounge has graciously extended the happy hour specials until 10pm for those who get a hand stamp from contributing to the charity.

Any contributions you wish to make (books, monetary $5 or more, school supplies, raffle prizes, etc.) will get you a hand stamp. What does a hand stamp get you?

1) first and foremost, the honor of making a contribution
2) delectable cupcakes from Cindy’s kitchen…mmm!!!
3) the chance to win prizes from our games
4) extended happy hour specials until 10pm at the bar, which includes:
($2 Tecate; $3 Bud Light; $3 wine; $4 Trumer Pils; $5 Margaritas; $5 Sangria; *$6 well drinks [$1 of well drinks will be donated back to charity])

Education is our passion, and we hope you and your friends will come out to support this great charity!

Thanks to all the support NEIO has received we have been able to complete the Nakote Project!

The children of Nakote and the surrounding villages will be forever grateful to you for your support.

We have built hygienic and Eco-friendly toilets for the Nakote school. There is a septic tank that the villagers can maintain themselves,  leading to better sanitation.

1000 liter water tank

With the help of the Asian Foundation in San Francisco, we were able to provide a mini library for Nakote school.

The timing could not have been better as on the first day of school the students got to see the new library books. They were so excited that they started reading the books even before the shipment of books was unpacked and arranged in the library.

With the set-up of the mini library, the children are now able to share amongst themselves books of various subject matters. A special thanks to the generosity of Asia Foundation for warehousing and contributing to the book donations!

Here are the latest pictures of the ongoing construction of the second floor of the Nakote School. We are nearing the end of the construction, and would like to continue to thank all our gracious donors, volunteers and supporters for allowing us to make this school a reality.

Mar.7.2010

Mar.20.2010

Mar.28.2010

Here are the latest pictures of the ongoing construction of the second floor of the Nakote School. We are nearing the end of the construction, and would like to continue to thank all our gracious donors, volunteers and supporters for allowing us to make this school a reality.

Thanks to Bic Tran Chiem, a dentist from San Francisco, for her generous donation. The children in Nakote have a proper training lesson how to brush teeth. Each of them have a tooth brush and a tooth paste.

Look, how happy they are!