How You Can Help

Many of you have asked if there is something I need or something you could send that would be helpful. That is a difficult question to answer because there is often a difficult distinction between something I NEED and something that would be nice to have. However, now that I have started school, I have quickly come to realize that although we have some resources, we do not have an abundance of materials at the school here. The lack of materials, especially for the very young classes will definitely be stretching my creativity skills this year.

I have very few materials to keep the younger students busy in a constructive way. Plus, if I do find a good activity such as a dot-do-dot coloring work sheet, I usually cannot get enough copies or crayons for all the students.

So, here is how you can help:

First, find a good worksheet or activity that would be appropriate for approximately 1st and 2nd graders. Examples would be a coloring activity, dot-to-dot, naming and labeling, or a matching game.

Make 100 copies of the activity, which will be enough for all 3 sections of one class. If you have 2 activities, make the worksheet front and back! Twice the work occupies twice the amount of time.

If you do not have access to school materials such as worksheet, a set of coloring books would also be useful.

Also, I need crayons to hand out to the children. Take a set of crayons (used crayons will work just a good as new) out of the box and put them in a zip-lock bag.

How to get it here? The mail is somewhat inconsistent here, but we have good luck with the large, first class envelopes from the post office. Boxes do not seem to find their way to us. Put the papers or coloring books, plus the crayons (this is way I said to take them out of the box and put them in a zip-lock) in an envelope and mail it to:

Jesuit Volunteers International
Emily Roche
GPO 50
Kathmandu, NEPAL

Thanks so much for following along in my adventures. And, for those of you who decide to take on the challenge and mail me stuff for school, I will be indebted to you!