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Arjun Maharjan
Arjun is the Headmaster of the Peace Garden School and he has been a long standing friend of the RNV team. From a one room classroom in the year 2000, when Arjun met Keith Brook, he has now established a thriving school, gaining commendations for exam results, in one of the most economically deprived regions of Kathmandu.
Not only a fantastic school for students in a very deprived area of Kathmandu, Arjun also uses the school as a base during times of need; like in the picture showing aid distribution during the flooding crisis of September 2024. Alongside his son Ashim Maharjan, distributing aid and utilising, the newly built earthquake resistant classrooms, as a distribution hub.
Arjun continues to be an important member of the RNV Nepal community.
Anandaban Leprosy Mission Hospital
When we travel to Nepal we nearly always visit this wonderful hospital nestled in the mountains on the edge of the Kathmandu plateau. Ashok who is a director of The Leprosy Mission international usually shows us round and it is always a very moving experience.
You can find out more about the work this hospital does by clicking on this link
The Leprosy Mission Nepal | Leprosy defeated, Lives transformed (tlmnepal.org)
Over the past 20 years of traveling to Nepal we have been made to feel very welcome by two Nepalese brothers; Milan and Ashok Adhikari. They have been a wonderful help in all our trips and they give themselves selflessly to the work of God in Nepal.
Milan (top) is married to Shusma and they have set up a charity centre based around Milan's church called the Aanandit Church in Kathmandu.
Ashok (bottom) is a Pastor and Evangelist and is also a director of the Leprosy Mission International Nepal based at Anandaban hospital
Left; Keith with the children in the leprosy colony 2008 and on the right a few years later.
Mikmayar,(the taller girl on the left at the back of both pictures) is now married and works in the charity centre looking after the newer orphans. Taking on responsibilities to ensure a sustainable future for the Aanandit Charity Centre.
Shusma Adhikari
The Aanandit Charity Centre is a Nepalese government registered charity working among underprivileged children since 2008 through its various projects in Nepal.
In the same year, on a visit to Nepal, a group of students from Birkdale School in Sheffield, visited the leprosy colony near Khokana village. In the colony were 10 girls being looked after by members of the colony. However their future was in doubt, a discussion with Shusma and her husband Milan, led to the development of a new orphanage, which took the girls in. Funding from Birkdale School and what is now RNV Nepal, assisted in the education and expenses for these girls over several years.
From this beginning Shusma and Milan have expanded their charitable work and now run the Aanandit Charity Centre, you can find out more by visiting their website