INTRODUCTION OF DAMAR VILLAGE:

Damar is a small village where is less than 50 villagers. We know this village is called Low land place of Mt Everest. It is not beneficiary to obtain the governmental support for the drinking water supply, Electricity power, School/ College, Road contraction. Upon current census of inhabitants, there are 30 villagers, 14 of them are children. In the village there isn't young generation only we can see elder, women and children who care their house. It is true young generation have moved in Kathmandu capital of Nepal to ful-fill their needed.

APPEAL – HELP THE VILLAGE OF DAMAR

We would be grateful for any assistance, financial and in-kind support to obtain small donation for drinking water and construction in Damar in April, 2011. Our voluntarily group of New Zealanders a fact Mr. George Hunter and his Team have provide the Solar lighting for our 11 family. We aren't only 11 families so we requested them to donate some more solar lighting, drinking water, education for our children.

We are looking for appropriate company to drinking water supply project in 2011.

Requested villager's Name:

1.  Ngima Sherpa          2.   Mrs. Doma Sherpa
3.  Mr. Kaji Sherpa        4.   Mr Nurbu Sherpa
5.  Mrs. Doma Sherpa    6.   Mr. Kami Sarki Sherpa
7.  Mr. Ngima Sherpa     8.   Tukte Sherpa
9.   Mrs. Yandi Sherpa   10.  Mrs. Dolma Sherpa
11. Mr. Lhakpa Sherpa  12. Mr Rinji Sherpa

We would like to Thank for these gentleman who installed the Solar Lighting in Damar

We would like to hearty thanks to Mr. George Hunter, Mr. Neil Glyn Stocker, Mrs. Margaret Isobel Stocker, Mrs. Lesley Beynon, Mr. Bruce Allan, Mrs. Colleen Mary Winnington, Mr. Russell Mark Winnington, Mr. Graham Benjamin Shewan, Mr. Timpany Brent Shewan, Mrs. Anne Margaret Lynch from New Zealand who have collected fond and install solar system by themselves in Damar village. We are unable to imagine their personal expenses to arrive in Nepal and to reach our small village Damar as well as we would like appreciate Ms Lucia Benicka who has personally arrived in Nepal and our village. She has been helping now us for broadcasting from Slovakia.

Mr. Jack Chen, Mrs. Jane Chen, Ms. Arils from Australia,  Mr. Nicola Campany, Mr.Vencenzo Spada from Italy, Ms Angelique Pairault from France, Mr. Otto Sluiter and his Baruntse Expedition team from Holland, Mr. Timoty and Mrs. Marry from Belgium are also hearty thanked and welcomed for their help to setup solar lighting by us.

Finally,  we would like to thank Mr. Tanka Baniya who is our liaison person in Kathmandu and live in neighboring villagers in same district. He has been helping us and personally for Mr. Ngima Sherpa by writing correspondence between us (villagers, Ngima & our sponsors) directly telephone conversation, arrangement of appliance and others necessary requirements.

MY NATIVE VILLAGE DAMAR

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, contract: Tanka Baniya pikeexpd@wlink.com.np

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