WESTERN COLORADO FRIENDS OF THE HIMALAYAS
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Partners
WCFH has worked with several partners over the past few years and continues to work with like-minded organizations where cooperation and partnering prove to be beneficial to all concerned.
Here they are:
Rotary Club of Montrose, CO
Altrusa Club of Montrose, CO
Shelter Box
American Himalayan Foundation
Child Rescue Nepal
Himalayan Medics
Himalayan Stove Project
Community leaders in Chhulemu, Namche Bazaar and the Khumbu region
The dZi Foundation
Guru's and Pun Hill restaurants in Montrose, CO
The Ute Indian Museum of Montrose, CO
Pasang Lhamu Sherpa Akita
Relationships
Because of our continued hard work with local fundraising, putting on events and generosity of people who value what we are accomplishing, we are currently still supporting the handicapped people's shelter in Kathmandu, child trafficking mitigation and assistance (via Danika Gilbert) with her program to bring young Afghan girls to the US.
In April 2022, we were very pleased to announce that a combined program with Altrusa International has been completed. This consists of a water project and stone built double-stall community toilet in the remote village of Riku in the Rowaling region of East Nepal, high up towards the Himalayas. Through the valuable contacts of board member Ang Danu Sherpa and his local on-the-ground contacts Tsering Kitar Sherpa and his father Pasang Sherpa, we have managed to facilitate the transportation of all equipment, cement, plumbing, roofing and ceramic toilets, via yak, to this off the beaten track village. This is a first for them as they have no proper infrastructure and no internet. The water spigot provides accessible clean water (whereas before, villagers had to carry water in pots from far away) and clean, hygienic toilet facilities to separate men's and women's rooms.
In November 2022, we donated $500 to HRDC, the Pediatric rehabilitation Hospital Center in the town of Banepa, which has about 60,000 inhabitants and is located 20 miles east of Kathmandu, who do wonderful work for disadvantaged and disabled families from all over the country. This money was personally handed over to the hospital by Dr. Nima Namgyal who has acted as one of our trusted "agents" in Nepal. No overhead. 100% of what we send gets used!
Subsequently board members Ang Danu Sherpa and Nima Sherpa (both qualified nurses at Montrose Regional Health) were able to conduct a video conference with officials at the hospital. See below images of the facility. Two images show before and after surgeries and another depicts the manufacture by their staff of prosthetics. Our board is very impressed and we will be sending more financial aid very soon. And Danu Sherpa will be going to see his aged mother in January 2023 and will physically take another $1000 to support their mission and work.
Recipients of the 2022 Peace Medals with president Val Burnell (center) and board members Carol Parker, Nima Sherpa, Ang Danu Sherpa and Arlyn Macdonald
Dr. Gayle Frazzetta holding awards with WCFH board president Val Burnell on her right and board members Nima Sherpa and Kelvin Kent on her left
More recently, and extending into 2021 we have been partnering with TPN (The Partners of Nepal) via well respected and trusted Ang Rita Sherpa and the Altrusa Club of Montrose, Colorado, to help build an Elderly Care Center in the village of Bung which is situated about 35 miles south of Mt Everest in the Solo Khumbu District.
