Humanitarian trips

International School 2013 trip

In March 2013, a group of about 40 students and teachers from the International School of Geneva (La Châtaigneraie) went to Kathmandu for 10 days.

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April 2012 Nepal trip

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!

International School 2011 trip

Twenty-eight students and four teachers from the International School of Geneva (La Châtaigneraie) went to Kathmandu from 8 to 20 April to meet the children of the orphanage and evaluate their needs.
Goals of the mission :
- Bring school supplies, bags, notebooks, pens and books to the children.
- Participate in managing the finances for the coming school year.

Ten laptops were brought for the children so that they can benefit from the most recent technology to increase their knowledge through use of the internet. Out of these ten computers, five were offered to the children of the orphanage and five others to another school in Solukhumbu, a remote region of Nepal.

Each student had the possibility of participating in one or more of the proposed projects. They could choose from work such as painting the front doors of the orphanage, the hall and the stairs of the house, repairing the basketball backboard, purchasing toiletry kits for all the children, organizing drawing sessions, musical lessons and games, purchasing a television and organizing a big party for the children.

The mission also evaluated other needs on-site and took care of getting things like shoes, clothes, individual lockers, supplies, vitamins and medicine. Strong bonds were created between the youth of Nepal and Switzerland. The visit was one that will remain unforgettable for all.