Sad News

This month we have some very sad news to convey, as many of you were aware, our therapists Chiran and Laxmi were expecting a baby at the end of June. Their boy, Endeavour, was born on 19^th with a healthy weight but sadly died just 35 hours later in the hospital after contracting meningitis. Obviously both parents are devastated and still struggling to make sense of such a traumatic event.

Andrew – our latest volunteer was here alone with them (we had left for the UK 10 days previously) and coped bravely, providing the support and compassion they needed in the early stages of their grief and shock. We are immensely grateful for this – and relieved that he was there in our absence. We returned as fast as we could (unfortunately not quite fast enough to catch Andrew before his departure back to Sydney) and can see that he has had a very positive and supportive influence, and forged deep and lasting bonds with staff and students alike. Sneha and Didi (aka Bhagwati) also did (and are continuing to do) an amazing job looking after Laxmi and Chiran, and the Seeing Hands family in Kathmandu is now much stronger as a result.