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Annual report 2013

Our team of volunteers: Brigitte Caron Cook (translation), Patricia Bellotto (account auditing), Christophe Kurdi (website), Marianne Naegeli (accounting) and Andrea Plasschert (graphic design);

The Gertrude Hirzel and the Human Salmon Foundations (Switzerland);

The administration of the Geneva International School for their unflagging support, and the Parent-Teacher association (PTA);

The students of the International School and their parents, whose fundraising activities in 2013 contributed to finance a large part of the orphanages budget: Armin Christian Aschenbrenner, David Barmes, Erik Bergqvist, Anna-Carolina Berlink, George Birt, Chiara Camerana, Oliver Caron-Nowak, Daniel Chouchena, Alicia Cornet, Ayla de Heney, Claire-Anne Demole, Victoria Gruenert, Camille Hosotte, Alexander Kennedy, Charles Larson, Svet Lustig, Sebastian Mc Allister, Luisa Melendez, Andra Rodriguez, Nicolas Rojas, Sara Rytovuori, Chiara Sheldon, Andrew Solomon, Marco Tenconi, Carson van Uchelen, and Idy Watt.

The Camerana family for their greatly appreciated commitment;

To Philippe Musset, for regularly organizing rice and dahl meals at the International School cafeteria, the proceeds of which are given to the orphanage; as well as to his wife Carine Musset for organizing craft stands for the benefit of the orphanage;

To all the people or businesses who made in-kind donations: Elisabete Azevedo (Ecolint), the Bergqvist family, Aurlie Boucard, Delphine Ceccon Davidson, Cathy David-Raphoz, Anne-Sylvie and Samuel Debard, Christian and Laetitia Dutruy, Bernard Fracheboud, GHOL Nyon, Laboratoire IVF Hartmann, Librairie Payot, Philippe and Carinne Musset, Aude Muller Feuga, Pharmacie de Coppet, Rmi Portrait, Phylak Sachsen, Linda Scanio, Anne Sheldon, Isabelle Seiler (Ecolint), Tradimage, and Tupperware.;

To those who provided wool and/or knitted clothing for the children at the orphanage: Christiane Cavin, Marlne Egger, Paulette Forestier, Maryse Kalbfuss, Mariette Leuenberger, Diana Pellolio, Sylvia Rodicio and Linda Scanio.

Nanda Devi (Centre de bien-tre) in Founex, for graciously hosting our craft sale in her premises, for the benefit of the orphanage;

Deborah Berlinck for her pashmina sale for of our association;

Benot Martinet for organizing the purchase of school bags for the children;

Valrie Gaillard and Anne Bol for their musical performance during the evening event organized after the return of the Ecolint students;

The Swiss Embassy in Nepal and Jean-Franois Cunod for presenting the work of the Swiss Confederation/DDC in Nepal;

The sponsors and other donors who have supported our activities by making donations in 2013, and to all the others who contributed, in one way or another, to help the Sagarmatha children last year.

Beena, Phinzo and Sagun Sherpa, who run the orphanage, for their welcome and generosity;

Francis Laune and Frdric Cazorla, of the French association of support to Sagarmatha (Sagarmatha Aide aux Dfavoriss), for their precious help;

All those we have not mentioned here but who donated to our association, as well as to those who tirelessly work to help the Children of Sagarmatha orphanage, so that it can continue its work.

Acknowledgements for 2013

A great big thank you to:

An exceptional year

2013 will no doubt be an exceptional year in the history of the orphanage we support in Nepal. Thanks to two private donations to the French association involved with Sagarmatha, a new building to replace the unsanitary dining room and kitchen was created. The building work will be finished in 2014 and thanks to the Fondation Gertrude Hirzel (Switzerland), the building will be furnished and equipped with a new generator.

We are also celebrating another milestone, as for the first time, a group of six girls and one boy, Diksung, Chhokpa, Laxmi Nani, Mana Maya, Manita, Sunita, Top Bahadur, can continue their studies in college thanks to the generosity of the Human Salmon Foundation (Switzerland). We are deeply grateful to these foundations for their donations. Two young girls, Rupa and Sabeena, returned to their families, having finished their schooling and we wish them all the best of luck for their future.

2013 saw many groups visiting the orphanage. The International School of Geneva (Chtaigneraie campus)

made its yearly visit at Easter and we wholeheartedly congratulate the students who raised 23,056 CHF for the orphanage.

In July and October, several members of our committee made their way to Kathmandu accompanied by Swiss and French visitors. Their stay was rich with emotion and sharing. Seeing the children grow up and being greeted by their warm welcome, as well as warmth of the Sherpa family who runs the orphanage, is always a moving event for us.

A heartfelt thank you to the new sponsors who have joined us this year. Thanks to them, the finances of the orphanage are slowly stabilizing even though Sagarmathas financial health remains somewhat precarious.You will find a list of the people who supported our activities in 2013 at the end of this report which includes both individuals and businesses.

Sylvie Nahum,President

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Message from the President

Easter trip

On 22 March 2013, 25 students from the International School of Geneva (Chtaigneraie campus) and two students from other Geneva schools flew to Kathmandu. Olivier Revaz organized the trip, and Conchard and Cathy David-Raphoz took care of the teenagers. Francis Laune, Philippe and Carinne Musset who are members of the Organisation Suisse Sagarmatha, also travelled with them and were joined by several others who were interested in the project.

The visitors brought tangible help to the orphanage. They took care of many tasks such as distributing the things they brought (books, clothes, games, etc.), signing the contract with the local school the children attend, setting up the supply and laundry room, painting the exterior of the buildings, the toilets and shower rooms, changing water filters, purchasing a supply of gas tanks to last the year, and

purchasing equipment (washing machines, bookshelves, etc.). The Swiss Committee members also oversaw the construction work of the new building.The Swiss team also gave the nurse that visits the orphanage every week some natural remedies for particular health problems, as well as the vitamins she dispenses at the start of winter.

What the students from the International School experience during their stay is a reality that is very different from the one they know. The children are up at 5h00 in the morning. Discipline is strict and everyone participates in household duties such as washing dishes and washing clothes. Distractions are a rare thing. Before and after school, a tutor comes to help the children with their studies so that they get the best grades possible. All these children are lucky : without the orphanage they would not go to school and some would live in extremely precarious conditions.

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Distribution of supplies brought by the International School.

2013 at a glance

The Swiss committee keeps in touch with the Sherpa family about changes at the orphanage. Many children arrived there when they were very young and are now finishing school this year. Many of them want to pursue higher education, and this will have a significant impact on the cost of running Sagarmatha.There is also another point that is of concerns to us. The new building meant to replace the current unsanitary dining room and kitchen was made possible by two private donations. While it is a very welcome addition, it is a source of envy, and nearby Maoist groups are now seeking to place their children in the orphanage.

Many English-language books were brought.


2013 at a glance

For Swiss students, the trip is a unique opportunity to discover a country that is completely different from theirs.

Other visits to Kathmandu

Carinne and Philippe Musset went to Kahtmandu in April/May and in October with small groups of visitors. These trips were a chance to raise the awareness of visitors awarness to life in an orphanage and all that comes with it. As a result, these visitors often sponsor a child. Carinne also organized several craft sales and the funds raised enabled the orphanage to distribute fresh fruit to the children twice a week.

In October 2013, Silvie Nahum Palayan, President of the association, Carmen Palayan and Catherine Christ Revaz, member of the committee, went to Kathmandu. The inauguration of the new building was the main highlight of that short trip. They also took the time to run through management issues as well as address the ever growing number of visitors to the orphanage throughout the year.

The funds raised enabled the orphanage to distribute fresh fruit to the children twice a week.


2013 at a glance

Money raised by Swiss students enables children at the orphanage to go to school.


2013 at a glance

Highlights at the orphanage

The contract to build the new building was signed on 10 December 2012, thanks to two women who made donations to the French Sagarmatha support association. Work began on 1 January 2013 and under good management. Despite strikes in Kathmandu during the autumn, work went ahead but the completion date which was initially scheduled for the end of 2013 was extended to the first quarter of 2014.

For the first time, six girls and one boy, Diksung, Chhopka, Laxmi Nani, Mana Maya Manita, Sunita, Top Bahadur, can go on to pursue higher education in college. Two young girls who have finished their education, Rupa and Sabeena, have returned to live with their families.

In Nepal, college starts after high school (starting at 18 years old) and lasts two years. It is an essential step for those who want to go on to study in university.

Claire-Anne and Chhoti.


2013 at a glance

Greeting guests : always so welcoming

Fundraising

Funds raised by the International school this year beat all records (23,056 CHF) and includes proceeds from rice and dhal meals organized at the school cafeteria. As a result, the school fees for the children at the orphanage were paid off for the entire year.

In 2013, we asked for financial support from two foundations. Even if the number of

sponsors grew in 2013, there are still ten older children at the orphanage who have not yet been sponsored.

Our association is now a registered charity, and so we provide receipts for donations of 100 CHF or more for tax purposes. Administrative work is entirely done on a volunteer basis. All fees (banking, printing, etc.) are at the expense of members of the committee so that we can make sure that 100% of donations go directly to the orphanage.

appartment. Soon after, another ten children came to live with them in their 70 square meter appartment. The family grew with every heartbeat of those that the orphans still call Mum and Dad.

For safety reasons, it was decided that more spacious accomodations were needed, and so the whole troup moved to a large blue house in the Arubari neighbourhood, west of Kathmandu. Today, there are some 50 children and teenagers (the young children who arrived in 2002 have grown up) from varied ethnic origins and from very different situations.

Beena Sherpa is a smiling and vigorous Nepalese woman in her fifties. This diminutive bundle of energy is in charge of the Children of Sagarmatha orphanage, alongside her husband Phinzo and their son, commonly called Babu. The orphanage was created in 2002 under the impetus of Francis Laune, member of the French association, Assistance Mdicale Toit du Monde, and of Phinzo and Beena Sherpa. All three were moved by the plight of Kathmandu orphans and decided to do something about it. From one day to the next, the Nepalese couple, already parents to three children, took in two more children in their small

Mother to 50 children


Mother to 50 children

Beena is always on the move. From morning to night, she takes care of the children who relate to her with deep respect and sometimes with even a hint of fear. Indeed, Beena runs the orphanage with a firm hand. She believes it is important to create a strict environment for these children who need structure.

Even though she admits being sometimes exhausted by the daily challenges of raising 50 children and teenagers, Beenas energy never falters. She dearly loves her work : I love living with these children, taking care of them. My main concern is to relieve them of some of the burdens in their lives. As well as ensuring they have a roof over their heads, food to eat and an education, Beena, Phinzo and Babu enable them to live in a stable family environment. The Sherpa family teaches the children values close to her heart, integrity, respect and a good work ethic.

Many children need help in Kathmandu. The orphanage is a haven where a few of them can grow up in a safe environment. Just as she speaks these words, she holds Chhiring, rocking her. The little five month-old girl who recently came to the orphanage, had been close to dying. No one in her village was able to take care of her when her mother died. Two months after arriving at the orphanage, the tiny infant transformed into a baby full of life, doling out big smiles to everyone who comes near her. Thanks to the constant care from Beena and the teenage girls who keep an eye on her, Chhiring is now healthy and flourishing in her big adoptive family.

Beena decided to take in more children, as many as we can under good conditions. Some teenagers are getting ready to leave the orphanage in a few months once they finish their studies. So other children will come to take their place. They will be able to grow up with dignity and have a better future than they were predestined to have. But it is not only thanks to the big hearts of Beena, Phinzo and Babu that the lives of these orphans were transformed. The sponsors of the orphanage are also agents of change. Without their support, nothing would be possible : It is the sponsors who make it possible for us to take in

these children. We thank them with all our heart ! Beena grins. And off she goes to take care of things. The baby needs feeding, dinner needs to be prepared for the guests, water levels must be checked, a fallen child needs consoling, teenagers doing their homework need to be looked in on, tomorrows Puja (religious cerermony) offerings needs to be laid outEvening falls on Kathmandu and Beenas day is far from being over. When she finally sits down, after one final task and one very last cuddle with baby Chhiring, Beena will continue to take care of her 50 children. Thank you Beena for your unflagging committment to these orphans. And thank you, dear sponsors, for helping the entire Sagarmatha family with your donations. As Beena put it, without you, none of this would be possible !

Katmandou, April 2014

Phinzo and Beena Sherpa.


Accounts 2013

Bilan au 31 dcembre 2013Actif CHF

Actif circulant

Caisse 0.00

PostFinance 12-648345-6 44824.81

UBS 228-108612.40N 23.80

Total de lactif circulant 44848.61

Actif immobilis

Actif immobilis 0

Total de lactif immobilis 0

Total de lactif 44848.61

Passif

Fonds trangers

Passif transitoire 0.00

Total des fonds trangers 0.00

Fonds propres

Capital 44848.61

Total des fonds propres 44848.61

Total du passif 44848.61

Comptes de profits et pertes de lexercice 2013Produits 2013 (CHF) 2012 (CHF)

Ventes (Noel, etc.) 1575.00 2318.70

Dons 61694.61 22580.46

Parrainages 10550.00 3225.00

Cotisations 0.00 50.00

Produits financiers 5.05 2.50

Total des produits 73824.66 28176.66

Aides et charges

Missions Npal 37558.00 22963.00

Frais bureau et admin. 332.65

Frais Postfinance, UBS 250.00 39.40

Total des charges 38140.65 23002.40

Bnfice report 9164.60 3990.34

Bnfice de lexercice 35684.01 5714.26

Bnfice a reporter 44848.61 9164.60

Le bnfice cumul de 44848.61 est report lan 2014


Accounts 2013


Looking at the budget figures

The profit on the 2013 balance sheet amounts to 35,684 CHF and the capital carried over to 2014 represents 44,848 CHF. This positive result must be nuanced as it includes:

An unusual donation of 25,000 CHF from the Fondation Gertrude Hirzel (Switzerland), which was reserved for the 2014 budget to cover the equipment of the new orphanage building (generator and furniture).

The rest of the sponsorship revenues and donations received in 2013 will cover the orphanages budget for the first quarter of 2014.

We should nonetheless be pleased with the results achieved thanks to the sponsors as well as the excellent fundraising done at the La Chtaigneraie campus of the International School of Geneva, which enabled us to contribute 33,558 CHF to the orphanages regular budget and 4,610 CHF for the purchase of non-budgeted items (blankets, fruits twice a week, etc.), representing a total of 37,558 CHF.

Much to our satisfaction and despite higher school fees and the increasing cost of living in Nepal, we managed to balance our budget without a deficit. We should remind you that two other associations in France raise funds for Children of Sagarmatha: Sagarmatha Aide aux Dfavoriss and Assistance Mdicale Toit du Monde.

In 2013, the orphanages accounts showed a much higher proportion of funding being attributed to school-related expenses. Seven children have now finished their studies at this school and thanks to the Human Salmon Foundation (Switzerland), their college fees were covered for the 2013-2014 school year. Enabling these students to continue their education is a great source of satisfaction for us and we hope to be able to finds ways to continue financing them.

Our goal for the coming year is to increase our cash advance as well as find more sponsors.

Olivier RevazTreasurer

Message from the Treasurer


Overview of 2012 revenues and expenses of the Children of Sagarmatha orphanage

FoodNPR 2049500CHF 18464

Support staffNPR 999520 CHF 9005

SchoolNPR 1654951CHF 14909

Building and vehicles (electricity, gas, fuels etc.)NPR 655645 CHF 5906

Miscellaneous (activities, celebrations, etc.)NPR 298216 CHF 2687

AdministrationNPR 106701 CHF 961

Medical NPR 106733CHF 962

Contributions 2013 au budget ordinaire de lorphelinat CHF

Contribution Organisation Suisse Sagarmatha (Suisse) 32948

Contribution Assistance Mdicale Toit du Monde (France) 18264

Contribution Association Sagarmatha Aide aux Dfavoriss (France) 8686

Total contributions lorphelinat 59898

Exchange rate 111 NPR to 1 CHF

Exchange rate 1.20 CHF to 1 EUR

Accounts 2013

The children of the orphanage as of 31.12.2013



AccountingMarianne Naegeli

Patricia Bellotto, Accounts checker

Volunteers Patricia Bellotto

Brigitte Caron Cook

Christophe Al Kurdi

Marianne Naegeli

Andrea Plasschaert

Catherine Christ Revaz

Nadine Barreiro

Francis Laune

Anne Kerisel

Carinne Musset

Philippe Musset

Olivier Revaz, trsorier

Sylvie Nahum, prsidente

Beena Sherpa

Phinzo Sherpa

Sagun Pasang Sherpa

Devu Basnet

Netra B. Gurung

Milan K.C.

Orphanage staff as of 31.12.2013

Committee members as of 31.12.2013

2013 Report productionGraphic design and page layout: Andrea Plasschaert

Texts: Anne Kerisel and Catherine Christ Revaz

Revision: Anne Kerisel, Sylvie Nahum

Photo credits: Carinne and Philippe Musset, Catherine and Olivier Revaz

To contact us

Sylvie NahumPresident of the Swiss Organization SagarmathaChemin des Ctes 26 1297 Founex079 219 42 [email protected]

Olivier et Catherine RevazCommittee membersGrand Rue 231267 Vich022 364 03 94 (domicile)079 244 12 93 (portable Catherine)or: [email protected]

For all donations or sponsorshipsAccount holder: Organisation Suisse Sagarmatha OSS, 1297 Founex Post Finance account number: 12-648345-6 IBAN : CH45 0900 0000 1264 83456 Code BIC : POFICHBEXXX

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