Damar village has no electricity and so 8 households are without the power.

As there is less than 50 villagers, Damar is not beneficiary to obtain the governmental suppport for the solar systems´ construction. Upon current census of inhabitants, there are 30 villagers, 14 of them are children.  We are looking for appropriate company to provide solar lighting systems with adequate discount to help to inhabitants to use the electric power in everyday life.

We would be grateful for any assistance, financial and in-kind support to obtain EUR 4 500 for solar lighting systems and construction in Damar in April, 2010.

Voluntarily group of New Zealanders would provide the advisory and fund-raise assistance, as well as professional solar construction and further advice for Damar development in the field of water systems, education and medical help. In April 2010, our group from New zealand will install solar lighting (3 lights) in each house.

My native village Damar is in the central part of Nepal in the Everest region, but far away from major touristic routes – it is a remote and isolated place under Himalayas.

A small settlement just with eight houses without any technical, medical and social support. Young people work mostly in tourist business in Kathmandu or fly abroad – and the remained villagers are just old people and mothers with children.

Damar is reachable only by walk, which takes 3 – 4 days from the town of Jiri. The major problem of village is a poverty: no sources for possible income, no market close to the place, not enough farming land for growing any supplies.

I would like to help to my village with further development and through the DAMAR PROJECT to bring to villagers electricity, educational and medical help, water system and basic assistance for self-making profit in the future.“Ngima Sherpa - a director of Pike Expedition&Trekking comp. - was born in Damar in 1968.

He himself started to work in tourist business when he was just 14 as a porter, then he made it as a cooker, assistant guide and guide up to developing his own trekking agency and personal international contacts worldwide. The Damar Project is Ngima’ s activity to help to forgotten and isolated communities far away from any opportunities for dynamic development and to give a future to young generation attached to the homeland.CONTACTS TO DAMAR PROJECT’s ORGANIZERS:

Ngima Sherpa, Nepal / Italy, ngimasherpa52@hotmail.com
George Hunter, New Zealand, g.k.hunter@actrix.co.nz
Lucia Benicka, Slovakia, luciabenicka@gmail.com

The project is administrated via Pike Expedition & Trekking Ltd. in Kathmandu, contact: Tanka Baniya, 
pikeexpd@wlink.com.np


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