The mission of April 2012 was made up of six individuals most of whom were going to Nepal for the first time. These people went to Kathmandu between 27 March and 10 April to meet the children of Sagarmatha and evaluate their needs.
Francis Laune, founder and co-director of the Sagarmatha center, took care of the management of the activities and each visitor participated according to their abilities. Carinne Musset, a hairdresser, proposed haircuts to the children, called energetic haircuts. Catherine Revaz and Anne Kerisel photographed and filmed the children for the Sagarmatha website. And finally, Philippe Musset, who is in charge of the restaurant at the International School of Geneva, took care of improvements in the cooking area of the orphanage. Shelves were installed to stock supplies, rice and food. The old cooker whose toxic fumes from the kerosene it used was replaced by better quality equipment more suited to the needs of the children. The plans for the new dining hall and a new kitchen were also drawn up with Francis and the management team of the center. The first bricks of the construction were laid down in July.
The mission also enabled them to take care of other needs that were assessed on-site such as shoes and clothes, English books, supplies of vitamins and medicine, toys. The latter were particularly appreciated by the children!
It’s through all these projects and activities that close ties we created between the orphans and all the participants of the 2012 mission. This was so successful that they have already all booked their tickets back to Sagarmatha in 2013!
