by admin | Jan 15, 2019 | Didi Aid Tours
Organised and managed by our awesome supporter Veronica O’Mara the group hung out with the Didi Nepal team in November, 2018.
Veronica went above and beyond to collect fine motor skill toys for the crèche and collected sets of clothing for all the kids at Sindhuli School. One hundred of them. The team also raised funds to implement a mushroom farm at Sindhuli which they physically dug and constructed the foundations.
The team beamed out with their homestays in Kathmandu and sprinkled stardust on the lives of hundreds of kids in Nepal.
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by admin | Jan 15, 2019 | Didi Aid Tours
These amazing young Year 12 graduates took a walk on the wild side with Didi Foundation Nepal. They embraced Nepali culture with dignity and respect and like sponges, they absorbed everything that came their way.
A gorgeous group of strangers who came together and bonded as a united team. As a team, they worked hard at implementing their Didi Aid responsibilities and travelled the wild roads, long distances and ate a lot of dust, without a single complaint. They got down and dirty cleaning the new Didi Headquarters, painted a mural in the crèche that they so proudly funded. They gave literacy classes at Jagriti School, met the children at Bright Future and went above and beyond at Sindhuli Deaf School.
This team just fills my heart with so much pride and I am sure you will want to give them a big SHOUT OUT if you meet them.
Jan Pryor | Founder | The Didi Foundation
Reflections
Cate: When I read the email giving all the details of what the Didi Foundation’s Schoolies Trip would be like, it just clicked that this is exactly what I wanted to do… to be part of a team working to help others and experience a whole different world in beautiful Nepal
Alycia: After hearing and learning about the empowerment and dedication to creating sustainable futures the Didi Foundation provide throughout Nepal quickly convinced me to be a part of this life changing experience! The aid tour allowed for a great balance between aid work, exploring Nepal’s biggest attractions and travelling to remote areas, while also celebrating finishing school.
Nyah:I would definitely recommend schoolies with the Didi Foundation as it is a fantastic way to see a beautiful country at it’s realest and to make a difference to the people who live there.
by admin | Oct 7, 2018 | Events
Join members of The Didi Foundation for an Information Session where you can hear first-hand about the work we are doing in Nepal and ask questions about our Didi Aid Tours 2019.
Where
Doylason Wyee RSL, Pacific Hwy, Doyalson NSW 2262
When
Sunday 14 October, 10.30 – 12.30pm
We are delighted to have Didi Foundation Nepal’s CEO and co-founder of The Didi Foundation, Sudip Koirala who will be speaking at the sessions. Please register your interest if you would like to attend.
REGISTER YOUR INTEREST TO ATTEND
Sponsored by Doyalson Wyee RSL
by admin | Oct 7, 2018 | Didi HQ Building
We did it!
We are really excited that the Didi Building Appeal target of $30,000 has been reached and Stage 1 of the project is nearing completion.
Our Didi team would really like to thank every person, club and group who donated to this project. Your generosity will empower so many highly disadvantaged women and give them an opportunity to succeed.
This project would not have come in on budget and on time if it was not for our awesome Nepali team who have worked tirelessly and been there to count every brick and every item on delivery. Thanks go to Sudip Koirala and Jagdish Koirala, and a special thank you to the girls in our team, Jyoti Dhal and Laxmi Koirala, who make it all possible.
The internal fitting of the building has commenced and courses will begin in the new centre in late October. The new Didi Vocational Centre has been officially registered and this will now entitle us to undertake government funded certificate courses. The official opening will be held on 25th April 2019.
Stay tuned for Stage 2 when we take the next step forward and construct the top floor and will need to raise another AUD $30,000.
We are so honoured to have such wonderful and dedicated supporters who believe in THE DIDI FOUNDATION.
by admin | Aug 1, 2018 | Events
Join the Didi Team for a fabulous night of fun, dancing, rock ‘n roll triva, loads of prizes and great company
Date: Saturday 25th August 2018
Venue: Doyalson Wyee RSL (The Doylo), Pacific Highway Lake Munmorah, NSW 2259
Time: 6.30pm for 7pm start – 10pm
Entertainment:
Rock the night away with the Aimless Missiles | Rock n Roll Trivia | Coin Slider
Paper Plane competition | loads of prizes, raffles, silent auction and lots, lots more
Includes: Light refreshments
Tickets: $25.00 Adult (+30c booking fee) | $15.00 school student (+30c booking fee)
Book tickets at: https://www.trybooking.com/WNVJ
All funds raised will go towards empowering women through vocational education and Bright Future Learning Centre. If you can’t make it on the night, you might consider making a tax deductible donation which will be an immense help
Thanks to our sponsor Doyalson Wyee RSL
by admin | Jul 27, 2018 | Didi Aid Tours
An inspiring group of supporters joined me in Kathmandu for our 2018 Didi Aid tour. For 10 days the team walked in my shoes and experienced my Nepalese life and the town I call my second home.
Here is what we got up to:
- Showcased the new Didi Headquarters building site
- Visited the historic sites of Kathmandu – Bodhnath Stupa, Pashupatinath Temple and the ancient city of Bhaktupur
- With the children from Bright Future Learning Centre (BFLC) we walked through our town to Didi Headquarters, which was a photo mecca of brightly coloured saris, small vendors selling their wares and open butcher shops.
- An afternoon at BFLC for our annual birthday party and the distribution of my birthday ‘love letters’
- Lyn Thorpe handed over PUL Fabric, donated by Days for Girls Newcastle NSW. This fabric is waterproof and is an essential component in the manufacture of sanitary pads.
With the Didi Mobeel loaded up with educational resources, care packages, re-usable sanitary kits and medical equipment, we began the long, arduous and sometimes crazy nail-biting road trip to Ramechhap and Sindhuli. Regardless, this was definitely the most rewarding part of our journey when we delivered aid to highly disadvantaged schools; where a beaming smile on cute little faces made it all worthwhile. The tour finished with a lot of fun and adventure in Chitwan National Park and Pokhara.
Jan Pryor | Founder | The Didi Foundation
Reflections
The Didi Tour was one of my best travel experiences. It was very diverse and covered any traveller’s dream of seeing Nepal in its natural state. It was certainly value for money and we saw places that would not have been available via a tour company. Just loved the children and warm hearted Nepalese. EXCELLENT adventure and highly recommended for anyone who is looking at making a difference.
Lyn Thorpe OAM
2010 Senior Australian of the Year
Thank you for a wonderful trip. It’s great to see where the Didi Foundation support goes to and to get a real appreciation of the need for it on the ground in Nepal. I was happy to meet with the Didi Nepal team, Sudip and Deepak, who do so much good work to empower women in Nepal. Also, it was good to meet some interesting and caring fellow travellers. Hope to catch up with some of you in the future.
Cheers, Vik
by admin | Apr 18, 2018 | Women's Centre
Didi extended a warm welcome to His Excellency Peter Budd, Australian Ambassador to Nepal when he visited the Didi Headquarters on 12 April to see the work being done by our organisation to empower women. Mayor Krishna Hari Thapa was also present to support this momentous day.
His Excellency met with women who are engaged in a range of vocational training programs. He visited the sewing workshop where women make re-usable sanitary pads that Didi distributes to school girls and to women in need, as part of their welfare program. Didi Nepal also showcased their social enterprise business that manufactures aprons and bags that are sold on the open market. H.E.also paid a visit to Mulpani where construction continues on building the new Didi Headquarters.
Jan Pryor, Founder said: “We are honoured that H.E. Pete gave up his valuable time to visit Didi Foundation and for his appreciation of the tireless work done by the Didi Nepal team to support underprivileged women.”
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by admin | Apr 4, 2018 | Didi HQ Building
The first floor slab was poured last week and once the concrete has cured, the brickwork will commence for the first floor. It’s very exciting to watch the building grow and I look forward to posting more pictures very soon.
$22,000 to go
My thanks to these kind people who have supported our building appeal
- Carolyn’s $150.00 purchased 600 bricks
- Tracey who purchased 2,000 bricks
- Cararoo Foundation that contributed $3,000 towards windows
Would you like to donate TAX DEDUCTIBLE Bricks?
$20 (80 bricks), would be more than appreciated.
MAKE A TAX DEDUCTIBLE DONATION
Your continued support is such a blessing. Jan
Visit our Building Appeal page
by admin | Apr 4, 2018 | Women's Centre
Our small cramped space at Didi Headquarters of three rooms and a small kitchen is a hive of activity with up 70 women attending classes every day. Empowering women through vocational education ensures sustainable futures especially for young women.
Didi can boast some really good statistics
From all of our courses: Sewing, numeracy and literacy, computers and government initiated projects our statistics prove that we are doing the right thing.
- 835 women have graduated from vocational courses at Didi Headquarters
- 85% success rate of women gaining employment by attending a sewing course, computer course or government initiated projects.
- 64% of women have established their own businesses. This incorporates women graduating from the literacy and numeracy program and sewing school
Everyone is looking forward to having a new Didi Headquarters so we can expand our courses and train more women.
by admin | Dec 18, 2017 | Didi Aid Tours
Twenty two students from the University of New South Wales took part in a Didi Aid Tour in November, contributing hugely to the education, health and wellbeing of disadvantaged children in Nepal.
In the eight-day visit they experienced family life in Kathmandu, through a homestay and worked at our sponsored school near Bhuktapur. At this school they did practice English, computer lessons, did health checks and also had fun time with movies. Then our Didi Angels were off for the long and windy trip to a remote part of Eastern Nepal where they once again went ‘above and beyond’ working at another disadvantaged boarding school. Everywhere they went they left a positive foot print and promoted equality in education.
Through crowd-funding, the students were able to contribute to the work of Didi Nepal. Our Didi Angels purchased three new computers and had the internet connected and funded for a year at one school, and they also funded a badminton court, distributed lots of warm clothing, carried out medical check-ups and took part in a school beautification project.
Everywhere our Didi Angels went they sprinkled bucket loads of their magical stardust on the lives of so many disadvantaged children.
Health checks for children
We were so lucky to have Dr Helen join the Didi Aid team in November. With the support of the Didi Angels, Dr Helen was able to run basic medical check-ups on children at two of our outreach schools. The team documented their findings and have compiled a report for future investigation. For many children this was the first time they had ever seen a medical professional. The Medical team carried out basic hearing tests on the children at the deaf school, with some interesting results. Stay tuned as our medical journey unfolds.
A huge thank you goes to Veronica and the UNSW Didi Aid Team. You were awesome plus. Also thanks for such positive evaluations at the end of the Didi Aid experience.
