Friday
Aug242012
Counseling and Empowerment
Friday, August 24, 2012 at 03:15AM 
Here at Kopila Valley we feel extremely fortunate to be receiving counseling services for our students in collaboration with Astha-Nepal (Assosication for Social Transformation and Humanitarian Assistance.) Sabitra, our newest team member and school counselor (pictured above) will be joining us on Fridays to offer our students counseling services. We are so excited to have Sabitra, on board and we'd like to extend a special thanks to Astha-Nepal for their support.
Reader Comments (5)
This in my opinion is one of the best pieces of news. It will, I'm sure, be so effective and rewarding.
I am just blown away by the thought of these children and who they WILL be because of all the care that they are given by YOU and all who support your world. I think the future of those children and their country and the WORLD is going to be much, much brighter because you, Maggie, had your folks send you your little nest egg. I really do think of the movie "It's a Wonderful Life" - Clarence the Angel - "Strange, isn't it? Each man's life touches so many other lives . . . " much love from Seattle - Christine
You're right Christine H. Family, friends, volunteers, dedicated staff, donors, sponsors, and all others, have made invaluable contributions, without which the Kopila project would not be where it's at today.
BUT, it was a barely-out-of-her teens Maggie Doyne who had the guts to cross over the border into unknown and still-hostile territory, with a girl even younger than her; it was Maggie Doyne who witnessed the aftermath of civil war, with abandoned children struggling for survival; it was Maggie Doyne who used her savings to start the ball rolling in her endeavour to build a safe environment for those children; it was Maggie Doyne who pleaded with a hotel manager to allow her children to use their swimming pool; who got them up at the crack of dawn to witness the sunrise; it was Maggie Doyne who suffered deep emotional pain when one of the children died on her in London, unbearable grief that someone of her age should not have had to endure; it was Maggie Doyne who had the class, honour and integrity to trek for days, with her sister Libby, to the remote mountainous village to hand over to the child's family belongings and presents that had been bought for them. These are only some of the points of separation, separation that crystallises the justification for official recognition, which in my opinion can only mean the Nobel Prize. No ifs. No buts.
wow Silvia, I could not have said it better and agree completely....
A nobel prize and angel wings are what Maggie deserves.
I also agree - I would love to sit and down and talk to Miss Doyne - had she known that her life would not be minimally changed, but HUGELY changed by this, would she have still done it? I think of my maturity in my 20s (and beyond) I can't say that I would have; I liked a comfortable life then, as now. Such a duality - such a huge responsibility and with such obvious benefits; flip side, life forever different than what she probably envisioned as a child and teenager. when a person was THIS and is now THAT, for whatever reasons, a certain amount of uncomfortable grieving goes on for that life that wasn't lived. What I love about this story is that, certainly, at the end of her journey, Maggie will be able to look back and know for certain and without a doubt that she saved lives, not in an abstract way, but just by looking into those faces - Namraj - such a rocky start, but that little man will become a grown man who will rain blessings down on the woman who carried him away from such tragic circumstances - sorry about the length of this - Christine from Seattle