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

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Documented years

Timeline

Every event has a year and a pillar. What the association has not yet confirmed carries a mark.

  1. 2007

    The association is founded

    Tom meets Suresh and Dayan. Friends for Nepal is formed in Mattsee. From the start the purpose is the village, not a single photograph.

  2. 2009

    Health station built

    A Norwegian delegation builds the village health station. It runs for about a year, then falls into disuse when the doctor leaves the country.

  3. 2011

    Ground-breaking for the Dolphin Magic School

    In January 2011 the chair travels to Lama Gaon for the ground-breaking. The school that is meant to keep children in the village gets its foundation stone.

  4. 2015

    Earthquake and emergency aid

    On 25 April 2015 the ground shakes about 80 kilometres north-west of Kathmandu. Tom, Usha and Günther are there: food, tents, houses, sanitation.

  5. 2015

    Rebuilding in the village

    The health station is repaired. Water project 900 begins. After the quake a school in Chhaling is rebuilt. The Birds Nest is put back in order.

  6. 2016

    Water project, phase I

    A spring at Dakshinkali, a high tank, pipes into the hill and valley villages. Archive texts speak of around 900 households — the association still needs to confirm the figure.

  7. 2019

    School hall

    With Future4Children and San Man Lama a school hall is built. The yard gains a room for assembly, rain and celebration.

  8. 2020

    Covid and the Pharping food bank

    The pandemic reaches Nepal in 2020, not 2018. A food bank is set up in Pharping. Manisha Basnet represents the association on the ground, along with protective equipment.

  9. 2021

    Pressure on the Birds Nest

    The government puts the hostel under pressure to close: distance from the school, standards. A new house next to the school is planned. For a time children sleep in classrooms.

  10. 2022

    Last public cash report

    The last cash report visible on the old site is from 2022. We will not polish over the gap since then. When new figures exist, they will live here.

  11. 2024

    Flood

    In October 2024 rain buries the access road. Slopes around the school atrium become unstable. Retaining walls are needed. Whether they are finished is unconfirmed.