Visiting our Rise students in Dhading

Last week, Himalayan Children’s Charities staff, Laxmi and Dinesh visited our RISE students in the Dhading district of Nepal. HCC university student, Puspha and HCC graduate, Uttam also joined and volunteered their time to help our rural students. The HCC team met 65 of our students, along with their guardians and many of their teachers. We distributed regular scholarship funds, school supplies, warm winter clothes, and stationery. We met with each student individually checking on their home life and discussing their academic progress. Our team also met with the district President to discuss HCC’s work in the area and how we can best serve the community.

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Finally the day arrived and we had to arrive at the venue by 3. We rushed to the models and did the final fittings. By that time, Dinesh Uncle, Hira Aunt and Bruce Uncle had arrived. As my sequence was on the 4th we had a huge rush backstage that let me meet them only for a brief minute and we couldn’t even click a picture together. Show started at 7. After the third sequence we had the models change into our designs. Finally, our design was on the runway, and we walked at the end of the sequence with our showstopper, Simpal Kharel. While walking on the runway, there were a huge number of audiences, included; designers, press media, journalists, photographers, ambassadors, etc. After our sequence, we went backstage and we really had a roller coaster of emotions. All those sleepless nights, stresses, no meal days and all the difficulties we went through were finally over. It was worth everything. This concludes my three years of learning and we had the chance to showcase it to the crowd and people. After our sequence we finally had the time to breather. All along these past three months it felt as if somebody had put on something in our neck as we were suffocating but now it felt as if it had been let go. We could breathe in peace.

After the runway we had a huge feast and that tasted like the best meal that I had for the entire life.