Jarig? Een jubileum? Iets anders te vieren en heb je alles al? Dan kun je natuurlijk ook iets voor een ander vragen, zoals donaties voor 4 Smiling Faces. Daar maak je ons en vooral de kinderen waarvoor wij werken ongelooflijk blij en dankbaar.
Gita heeft de juiste middelen om de masteropleiding succesvol te doorlopen.
Gita will graduate with a master’s degree in Business Studies in 2024, specializing in accountancy. A laptop is necessary to properly follow the training.
Purchase of a laptop that meets the training requirements.
Gita has the right resources to successfully complete the master’s program.
They also really want to continue their studies after their secondary education and we would like to make that possible. We need a lot of money for that. Will you help us make their dreams come true? That would be fantastic.
Zij willen ook heel graag verder studeren na hun middelbare schoolopleiding en dat willen wij graag mogelijk maken. Daarvoor hebben we veel geld nodig. Help je ons om hun dromen werkelijkheid te maken? Dat zou fantastisch zijn.
Thanks to a scholarship from 4 Smiling Faces, the following young people have completed their education, are working, building their own independent lives and making their own choices. We are very proud of these beautiful people who make Nepal a better place!
Fudoma is a former resident of the DRC. She has been a PCL-certified nurse since 2018. She is currently working in the neonatal intensive care unit of Nepal’s largest teaching hospital, the Nepal Medical College in Kathmandu.
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Kabita is a former resident of the NWCSS orphanage. She has been a PCL-certified nurse since 2018. She worked as a surgical assistant for a few years at, among others, the OM Hospital and Research Center in Kathmandu. In 2023, she was given the opportunity to continue her studies in Japan from another source.
Maya is a former resident of the DRC. She completed the then-existing extended school program Plus 2 Management in 2019. Since then, she has worked as a secretary. She has now married the man of her own choice, and they run their own business together in Kathmandu.
Tshering is a former resident of the DRC. She has been a PCL-certified nurse since 2020. She is worked n the intensive care unit of the OM Hospital and Research Center in Kathmandu for a few years. Now she is in the United Kingdom to work in the National Health Service.
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(She received a study grant from another source; we paid costs not covered by that party.)
Lhamu is a former resident of the DRC. She has been a PCL-certified nurse since 2020. Since 2023, she has been living near her father and his family in Kuwait. She works there in a large hospital and is making plans to further her career in another country.
Ellie is a former resident of the DRC. She has been a PCL-certified nurse since 2020. She is currently working in the general surgical department of OM Hospital and Research Center in Kathmandu.
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Tashi is a former resident of the DRC. He has a Bachelor’s degree in Hotel Management since 2023. He completed his final internship in a 5-star hotel in Dubai, where he is currently still working. He is making plans for the next step of his career in another country.
Passang was in the DRC’s outpatient program. She completed the PCL Medical Laboratory Technology course in the summer of 2023 and now works in a recognized laboratory in Kathmandu, building her own independent future.
In addition, there are three young people who we have temporarily supported with a scholarship. They have now received/found another personal sponsor. In most cases, these are former foreign volunteers who have spent some time in the orphanage in the past with and with the children, who finance the education of their favourite child.
Thanks to the scholarship from 4 Smiling Faces, these young people are busy with their further education, doing an internships, gaining work experience and thus taking steps towards their own, independent life.
Gita is a highly valued volunteer at the after-school program SHCOP. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Business Studies since 2020, specializing in accounting. Due to Covid 19, she was unable to apply for a job for a long time and she continues to learn. She has now obtained her teaching qualification and will started her master’s degree in January 2024.
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We know Dispashmi through the outpatient program of the NWCSS orphanage and she and her family were severely effected by the earthquakes of 2015. She will do her entrance exam in august 2024 and – when she passes, will start the 3-year PCL-course Nursing in 2023.
Suddha is a former resident of the NWCSS Orphanage. In 2019, she completed the extended school program Plus2 science with a scholarship from us. She then started teaching, but that stopped due to corona. She started the 4-year Bachelor’s degree in Computer Applications in 2021.
We know Nisha through the outpatient program of the NWCSS orphanage and she and her family were severely effected by the earthquakes of 2015. She started the 4-year Bachelor’s degree in Business Studies in 2023.
Sachina is a former visitor and now a valued volunteer of the after-school program SHCOP. She started the 3-year PCL-course Nursing in 2023.
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Sabina is a former visitor and now a valued volunteer of the after-school program SHCOP. She started the 4-year Bachelor’s degree in Computer Applications in 2023.
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We know Anusha through the outpatient program of the NWCSS orphanage and she and her family were severely effected by the earthquakes of 2015. She started the 3-year PCL Computer Science course in 2020.
Binod is a member of de Lotus family. In December 2024 he started studying for his Bachelor’s degree in Music.
We also help two exceptions to the rule; a brother and sister orphaned by the 2015 earthquakes. They are alone in the world. They were allowed to go to a free school, very far from the house where they live. There was no money for a better school, closer to home. This has been funded by 4 Smiling Faces since 2016, so that they too can just be children.
Brother and sister Ushtav and Ushika have been regular visitors to the SHCOP after-school program for years. They are still in high school. Both are very smart and hard working. Ushtav skipt a class and wants to become a doctor and Ushika has – without a doubt – a bright future too.
Deze jonge mensen hebben dankzij een beurs van 4 Smiling Faces hun opleiding afgerond, zijn aan het werk, bouwen aan hun eigen, onafhankelijke leven en maken hun eigen keuzes. Wij zijn erg trots op deze mooie mensen die Nepal mooier maken!
Kabita is voormalig bewoner van het NWCSS weeshuis. Sinds 2018 is ze PCL gediplomeerd verpleegkundige. Ze heeft een aantal jaren gewerkt als operatieassistente in onder andere het OM Hospital and Research Center in Kathmandu. In 2023 kreeg ze vanuit een andere bron de mogelijkheid om verder te studeren in Japan.
Maya is voormalig bewoner van de DRC. Ze heeft in 2019 het toen nog bestaande verlengde schoolprogramma Plus 2 Management afgerond. Sindsdien heeft ze gewerkt als secretaresse. Inmiddels is ze getrouwd met de man van haar eigen keuze en runnen ze samen hun eigen bedrijfje in Kathmandu.
Fudoma is voormalig bewoner van de DRC. Sinds 2018 is zij PCL gediplomeerd verpleegkundige. Ze werkt op de neonatale intensive care van Nepals grootste academische ziekenhuis, het Nepal Medical College in Kathmandu.
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Suddha is voormalig bewoner van het NWCSS-weeshuis. In 2019 heeft ze met een beurs van ons het verlengde schoolprogramma Plus2 science afgrond. Daarna is ze les gaan geven, maar dat hield op door corona. In 2021 is ze gestart met de 4-jarige opleiding Bachelor in Computer Applicaties.
Tshering is voormalig bewoner van de DRC. Ze is sinds 2020 PCL gediplomeerd verpleegkundige. Ze werkte enkele jaren op de intensive care van het OM Hospital and Research Center in Kathmandu.
Nu is ze in het Verenigd Koninkrijk om daar enkele jaren te werken en leren in de National Health Service.
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(Zij ontving een beurs van een andere bron; wij betaalden de kosten die niet door die partij werden gedekt.)
Lhamu is voormalig bewoner van de DRC. Ze is sinds 2020 PCL gediplomeerd verpleegkundige. Sinds 2023 woont ze in de buurt bij haar vader en zijn gezin in Koeweit. Ze werkt op de eerste hulp van een ziekenhuis en maakt plannen voor een volgende stap in haar carrière in een ander land.
Ellie is voormalig bewoner van de DRC. Ze is sinds 2020 PCL gediplomeerd verpleegkundige. Ze werkte op de algemene chirurgische afdeling van het OM Hospital and Research Center in Kathmandu.
Nu is ze in het Verenigd Koninkrijk om daar enkele jaren en te werken en leren in de National Health Service.
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Gita is al jaren een zeer gewaardeerd vrijwilliger van de buitenschoolse opvang SHCOP. Zij heeft geen gemakkelijke tijd gehad in haar jonge jaren, maar is nooit bij de pakken neergaan zitten. Met onze steun heeft Gita in 2020 de opleiding tot Bachelor in Business Studies met als specialiteit accountancy voltooit. Daarna kon ze door Covid 19 lange tijd niet solliciteren en/of verder leren. Inmiddels heeft ze haar onderwijskwalificatie behaald zodat ze kan werken. Begin 2024 is ze gestart de mastersopleiding accountancy.
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Anusha kennen we via het ambulante programma van het NWCSS weeshuis en zij en haar familie zijn zwaar getroffen door de aardbevingen van 2015. Ze is in 2020 gestart met de 3-jarige PCL-opleiding Computertechnologie.
Passang kennen we van het ambulante programma van de DRC. Ze heeft in het voorjaar van 2023 de PCL-opleiding Medische Laboratoriumtechniek afgerond en werkt nu in een erkend laboratorium in Kathmandu en werkt zo aan haar eigen, zelfstandige toekomst.
Tashi is voormalig bewoner van de DRC. Hij is sinds 2023 Bachelor in Hotelmanagement. Hij heeft zijn eindstage gelopen in een 5-sterrenhotel in Dubai, waar hij na zijn afstuderen nog steeds werkt. Hij maakt plannen voor een volgende stap in haar carrière in een ander land.
Rashmi is voormalig bewoner van de DRC. Ze heeft in het voorjaar van 2023 de PCL-opleiding Civiele Techniek afgerond en werkt nu in een bedrijf in Kathmandu om werkervaring op te doen. Na een of twee jaar gaat ze waarschijnlijk door voor haar Bachelor in Civiele Techniek.
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Sabina is voormalig bezoeker en inmiddels gewaardeerd vrijwilliger van de buitenschoolse opvang SHCOP. Ze is in 2023 gestart met de 4-jarige opleiding Bachelor in Computer Applicaties.
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Nisha kennen we via het ambulante programma van het NWCSS weeshuis en zij en haar familie zijn zwaar getroffen door de aardbevingen van 2015.. Ze is in 2023 gestart met de 4-jarige opleiding Bachelor in Business Studies.
Daarnaast zijn er nog drie jongeren die we tijdelijk hebben ondersteund met een beurs. Zij hebben inmiddels een andere, persoonlijke sponsor gekregen/gevonden. Dit zijn in de meeste gevallen voormalige, buitenlandse vrijwilligers die in het verleden enige tijd in het weeshuis hebben doorgebracht met en bij de kinderen, die de opleiding van hun favoriete kind financieren.
Ga je een grote (fysieke) uitdaging aan, zoals een marathon lopen, een berg beklimmen of het Pieterpad lopen? Koppel dan een goed doel aan die uitdaging, zoals 4 Smiling Faces. Dat zouden we geweldig vinden en je helpt onze kinderen er echt verder mee. We denken graag met je mee over je inzamelactie. Mail ons, dan nemen we zo snel mogelijk contact met je op en praten we verder.
Are you going to take on a major (physical) challenge such as running a marathon, climbing a mountain or a great walk? Then link it to a good cause, such as 4 Smiling Faces. We would love that, and you really help our kids with it. We are happy to think along with you about your collection campaign. Mail us, and we will contact you as soon as possible, and we will talk about it.
International Women’s Day. Important in Nepal, because girls and women in Nepal are the key to lasting improvements in the country. As long as the position, education and status of girls and women are not fundamentally supported, strengthened and improved, Nepal will not make any progress. You cannot improve the situation in a country if half the population is not taken seriously. Neese girls and women are formidable: powerful, tough, strong, enterprising, loving, caring and, above all, inspiring.
4 Smiling Faces is proud that it has been helping young people – especially girls – in Nepal to realize their full potential for years. And we succeed again and again: thanks to our scholarships, many girls are now pursuing a course or have completed it. They make their own dreams come true. You go girls 💪🏼
Internationale Vrouwendag. Belangrijke in Nepal, want meisjes en vrouwen in Nepal zijn de sleutel naar blijvende verbeteringen in het land. Zolang positie, opleiding en status van meisjes en vrouwen niet fundamenteel wordt ondersteund, versterkt en verbetert, komt Nepal niet verder. Je kunt de situatie in een land niet verbeteren als de helft van de bevolking niet serieus wordt genomen. Neese meisjes en vrouwen zijn formidabel: krachtig, stoer, sterk, ondernemend, liefdevol, zorgzaam en bovenal inspirerend.
4 Smiling Faces is trots dat ze al jaren jonge mensen – vooral meisjes – in Nepal mag helpen om hun volledige potentieel waar te maken. En dat lukt steeds weer: inmiddels zijn vele meiden dankzij onze studiebeurzen bezig met een opleiding of hebben die inmiddels afgrond. Ze maken hun eigen dromen werkelijkheid.
You go girls 💪🏼Trots!
(Written in March 2024)
I am writing you a public letter because I want you and the world to know that I am extremely proud of you. You are a fantastic young lady who makes her dreams come true, you are independent, and make your own choices. That is exactly what we at 4 Smiling Faces have always wanted for you and all our scholarship recipients.
At the time, you were our first recipient of our very first scholarship. I received a message from you saying that your live was not going to turn out the way you always hoped that it would. At that moment, you were just 17 years old and had just finished high school. You were supposed to start working and earning a salary as soon as possible. Maybe even go abroad to find work as a made in the UAE. Whatever it was going to be, it was totally not your dream.
You simply had to accept it and make the best of it. The cold hard truth was, that you very hardworking father didn’t earn enough to support you any longer, let alone pay for your further education. Specially knowing that your brother and sister would be finishing high school in the following years.
I was so shocked to hear this because I didn’t know any better than that you wanted to become a nurse. You told me that your father would love to make your dream of becoming a nurse come true, but that he simply couldn’t afford to make it happen. That is the sad truth for many young people in Nepal that don’t have the financial means and/or safety net necessary.
My brain immediately went into overdrive, because I knew one thing for sure: this couldn’t happen if you didn’t want it to. I have known you since your 8th birthday as a helpful, socially committed, friendly, beautiful, smart, and hardworking young lady with a clear goal in life: since the death of your mother, you wanted to become a nurse and help other people. The idea that you were forced to go on a different path just didn’t sit well with me.
The solution came to me totally out of the blue: earlier that morning, I had just received my holiday pay, and that was it. With that money, I could pay for the first year of your higher education, and you didn’t have to get a job. That year, I would start raising funds like crazy to pay for the rest of your education. And so it happened.
But everything always turns out differently, and so did this whole thing. Because during that year, it turned out that there were more girls like you. They also wanted to continue their education but had no means or safety net to fall back on. So, we at 4 Smiling Faces quickly set up our professional fundraising system so that we could help anyone who needed it with a scholarship. But you are and always will be the first recipient, and that makes you special.
Thanks to our scholarship, you were given the opportunity to pursue your passion, and you grabbed it with both hands. Now you are successfully working as a nurse, earning your own income, and making your own choices. You live your life the way you want. You can be very proud of that!
I am also deeply impressed by the fact that you not only achieved your own dream but also offered a helping hand to your father, who worked hard all his life for you, your sister, and your brother. It is a wonderful example of gratitude and love to now be able to give something back to the one who has always cared for and supported you. Paying it forward.❤️💪🏼
4 Smiling Faces is very proud of you because you are proof that what we want to do with our scholarship program is realistic and gets results. You prove that it works, and we are very happy with that because it allows us to help more young people like you in this way. We think this is the only way to definitively break the cycle of poverty and despair.
It is admirable how you have shown determination and perseverance to achieve your goal. Not only have you successfully completed your studies, but you have also had the courage to enter the world of healthcare and help others in times of need. You have chosen a valuable profession that is of great importance in society.
I hope you go to work every day with pride and satisfaction, knowing that you are making a difference in the lives of others. It’s wonderful to see how you’ve turned your passion into a career where you can mean so much to patients, colleagues, family, friends and the community as a whole.
Now that you earn your own income and can make your own choices, many challenges and opportunities will undoubtedly come your way. Stay true to yourself, keep learning and growing, and keep striving for the best for yourself and the people around you.
I believe you have a bright future and will touch many life’s with your care, empathy, and dedication. Continue to follow your passion and never be afraid to dream, because you have proven that dreams can become reality.
I wish you incredible success with everything you do and will do. Enjoy every moment with your family, friends, at work and in life in general.
Lots of love,
Tjitske
PS Thank you for being my bodyguard all through the years. 💪🏼😉
Dear Tjitske and 4 Smiling Faces family,
Thank you so much for helping me out when I really needed it.
I am forever grateful for your enormously generous support and continued friendship. 😇❤️
Lots of love, Fudoma
De drie Lotus-kinderen komen goed beslagen ten ijs tijdens de examens.
Three Lotus children will take their exams in the spring of 2024 and could use some extra support in the run-up.
2 months of tutoring towards the exam.
The three Lotus children are well-prepared during the exams.