Draft: copy and figures come from research and still need confirmation from the association.

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A school day in the courtyard of the Dolphin Magic School: the class in a circle, prayer flags, hillside forest behind the stone wall.

Dolphin Magic School · Lama Gaon

225 children are already supported. 39 are still waiting.

Since 2011 a school in Lama Gaon has kept children in the village. €45 a month carries a school place and what belongs with it.

Both figures come from the old sitemap and still need confirmation from the association. As of 2026-08.

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Video and photos from Lama Gaon, with the association’s permission. The old hillside photo stays in the archive.

Who carries it

Two partners, one village

Friends for Nepal

Association in Mattsee. Board, sponsorships, donation account. Tom travels, builds, stays.

Himalaya Joy Force

Partners on the ground: Dayan and Suresh. The name is the one in the archive and still needs confirmation from Suresh before it stays as an equal on the homepage.

Partner name unconfirmed

Four stations

From the place to your part

First the place, then what stands there, then what is missing, then your share.

01

The place

Lama Gaon, an hour south of Kathmandu. Hillside forest, prayer flags, a village that wants to keep its children.

02

What stands there

A school since 2011, a health station, water for around 900 households, more than 120 children. Figures unconfirmed.

03

What is missing

Floods 2024: the access road buried, slopes unstable, retaining walls unfinished.

Assembly in the yard: many children, one place, one possible sponsorship.

04

Your part

39 sponsorships still open. €45 a month. Brigitta and Suresh make the match.

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  1. Wide view across the yard to hillside forest and sky.

    01

    The place

    Lama Gaon, an hour south of Kathmandu. Hillside forest, prayer flags, a village that wants to keep its children.

  2. Morning ritual in the yard: circle, prayer flags, stone wall.

    02

    What stands there

    A school since 2011, a health station, water for around 900 households, more than 120 children. Figures unconfirmed.

  3. Children forming lines in the yard under the prayer flags.

    03

    What is missing

    Floods 2024: the access road buried, slopes unstable, retaining walls unfinished.

  4. Assembly in the yard: many children, one place, one possible sponsorship.

    04

    Your part

    39 sponsorships still open. €45 a month. Brigitta and Suresh make the match.

Three pillars

What the association works with

Education

Since 2011 a school in Lama Gaon has kept children in the village.

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Disaster relief

When the village is hit by what no one can plan for, the association stays.

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Village and health

Water, a health station, work on the ground. So Lama Gaon stays a home.

Unconfirmed

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Since 2007

The timeline

Founding, school, earthquake, water, flood. Documented years, unconfirmed ones marked as such.

  1. 2020 Covid and the Pharping food bank
  2. 2021 Pressure on the Birds Nest
  3. 2022 Last public cash report
  4. 2024 Flood
The full timeline