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Welcome to our first 2021 newsletter!  While Covid continues to affect all our programmes, we are so grateful for your support which allows us to continue working with those who need us most – and things are slowly becoming easier.  In Nepal, our schools in Helambu reopened in November and our Saathi teachers were back in the classroom at the first chance, helping the children to catch up on all they have missed.  West Bengal is slower to lift the...

Welcome to Mondo’s autumn newsletter!  This has not been the year any of us planned, and the communities we work with continue to suffer from the spread of Covid-19, now emerging in more rural areas of Nepal and India, as well as the considerable economic effects created by lock down.   However, it is not all bad news and our great teams are working hard to ensure that Mondo can continue to make an impact even through these difficult times.  As...

This three months has been a challenging time for Mondo, as it has for so many charities, and we thank you for standing by us. While many of our staff and beneficiaries have been in lock down, we have tried to keep our essential activities going as the need in all our recipient countries is greater than ever.  Our staff in India, Tanzania and Nepal have shown their dedication and ability to adapt as the situation changes day by day,...

This spring newsletter was mostly written before the Covid-19 crisis hit both the UK and Mondo’s partner countries.  As you know, the development of this emergency has spread so rapidly it is difficult for any news to keep pace with it.  As I write there are 12 cases in Tanzania, 7 in West Bengal and 1 in Nepal.  However, these countries, with their limited health services, are acting fast to stay ahead of the virus and have closed all schools...