Nepal Balbalika
Trust (NBT), a UK registered charity, has handed over £19,000
to HELP NEPAL Network for the planned construction of a children’s
shelter at Dhulikhel, on the eastern suburb of Kathmandu.
 NBT
was established by a group of musicians concerned by the situation
of children in Nepal. They formed the NBT in 2004 and embarked
on a fund-raising mission with an aim to build a self-sustaining
shelter for Nepali children.
HeNN and NBT have been working together since
2005 to build the planned shelter, which will house Conflict
Impacted Children (CIC) – an area HeNN is focussing
in 2006/07.
As NBT engaged in a Guinness record-breaking
World’s Highest and Longest Gigs to raise funds, HeNN’s
Nepal team successfully acquired a piece of land free of cost
at the scenic city of Dhulikhel just outside Kathmandu.
NBT plans to raise further funds to build
and sustain the shelter as HeNN begins the construction work
in August 2006. The aim is to start small but expand later
to accommodate around 50 children.
Locally, HeNN is collaborating with Sahara,
which has built an excellent reputation in looking after conflict
impacted children in Nepal.
If you would like to support this worthy
cause, please write to admin@helpnepal.net
(News
About World’s Highest and Longest Gigs on BBC)
The band played to about 100 mountaineers (credit:
Nepal News)
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British musicians claim to have set the world record
by playing a gig at the world's highest altitude - above
Mount Everest 's Base Camp.
The artists, from five separate bands,
said they performed at 5,545m at Kalar Pattar last month.
The 40-minute concert, in front of
about 100 mountaineers, was to raise money for children
victimised by armed conflict in Nepal . Musician Oz
Bayldon of The Hidden said it was a wonderful experience.
The Everest gig was organised by British charity The
Nepal Balabalika Trust (Trust for Nepalese Children).
The musicians who played also included Martin Harley
of The Martin Harley Band, and solo artists Ben Michaels,
Michael 'Skyhook', Billy Page, Mike McGuiness and Nick
Storey, said trust member Jason Merry.
Long playing
Another group of musicians performing
for the charity had already set another world record
of longest gig in September this year by performing
continuously for almost 44 hours in a bar in London
's Soho district.
Mr Bayldon said they had raised almost £30,000
overall to help Nepalese children. 
He said a shelter and skills centre
will be set up for the conflict-affected children at
Dhulikhel, east of capital Kathmandu , with the help
of another charity, Help Nepal Network.
Rights groups say almost 400 children
have died in the nine-year-old armed conflict in Nepal
. They say thousands of others have been displaced,
along with their parents, as the conflict intensifies.
More than 11,000 people have lost their
lives in the insurgency which aims to replace the country's
monarchy with a Maoist republic.
( News courtesy: BBC News Online )
For more information contact admin@helpnepal.net
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