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And we LOVE it!!! We will post many photos here but Wendy has made a FlickR set on her account here where there will be many more and she will add to them over the month. (Click on these photos for larger versions.)
We just love that our Samunnat board hangs high and proud in the place it can stay now for a long while we hope!!!
We adore our new workroom which is light and airy. We have beautiful purplecurtains and pale peach walls and the light just floods in. When it is Winter and the days are short and the electricity is off, this will be a boon.
We have sliding aluminium windows and scary looking safety grills and plenty of room to put our storage cupboards and a new table in.
We have space to create our beads and jewellery and separate room to do our packaging and orders.
For the time being, the micro-finance cooperative ladies are using the space at thefoot of our stairs for the banking. When another safety grill has been put on our verandah, this will be their space and we will have a small community library with books about human rights and health and legal issues in this lovely stair space.
Our kitchen is so beautiful. Again, it is full of light with a tap from which water flows! We have a gas burner and have cooked celebratory meals and kaja (snacks)
Some of our family just banged on relentlessly about windows and natural light but it really makes us happy now to see the sunshine in in a way that is not always the way in dark Nepali homes. (BTW, thanks to Steve and Christine for our solar desk lamps. We know these will be fantastic!)
We have a friendly and welcoming office which allowsladies privacy when they talk about their problems. We bought ourselves a new table and cupboards and love that we can look outside onto grass and fields. We don’t know how long this will be the case as there is a lot of building going on but we will enjoy it while it lasts.
Shots of a toilet may be inappropriate for a family blog but we have one and it is inside! Vibrantly coloured tiles, splatters of grout everywhere and a wild blue door. It is a traditional Nepali toilet and clean with water attached.
You can see from the shots of the roof that we are ready for phase two. The scary spiky looking things are in fact the skeletons of the columns which will support the second storey.
In the photo with Kopila, our new rooms will be to the right of her. The whole area will have a roof over it and the area with no rooms will provide a lovely sunny place to have lunch in Winter.
We are excited and happy. I think you can tell!!! Stay tuned for more photos and check out the set on FlickR.
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I am so happy for you and your new home, it’s lovely and it’s permanent! Enjoy and feel safe.
Namaskar Wendy,
We are very very happy to move in our permanent office.We would like to thank you for the card which is so lovely and beautiful. The design of the pote beads making Christmas tree was so lovely we loved it.We hope you will enjoy your trekking.
What a fantastic space – I love the professional looking storefront! I’m so very happy for all of you
Namaskar Genevieve,
We loved our new office home and now we feel we are permanent .There is no words to express how much happy we are.Thank you for your beautiful comment.
I am so happy for you all. Everything is just beautiful, including all of you. Blessings on your wonderful new home.
Love,
Alice
Dear Alice, every day we look around and can hardly believe how nice this is. Today we were all sitting with space between us and when ladies came to the interview room, they could speak without us all hearing them. We are still so happy when we walk in every morning. Thank you so much! Tomorrow is Holi so Happy Holi to you.
Congratulations to all of you for so much work and well-rewarded success! The space is so inviting, professional, and competent. You are real business women. Your story has inspired many of us all over the world, whether you realize that in the challenging moments or not. I for one look forward to visiting some day and seeing you all in person! Much happy best wishes and abundant blessings to you – and a big hello especially to Wendy and Kopila!
Dear Tory
Namaskar
We are very happy to get our new office and where we could stay without having any uncomfortable.This dream has come true from the polymer clay and the Artist from all over the world .We are very grateful for what we have now .We have heard so many things about you so we love to see and meet you.looking forward to see you very soon.
with love
kopila