Happy New year 2066

UPF whishes you a Happy New Year 2066.
Here are some pictures of Kathmandu celebrating the passing of one year into another year.

St Angels Heaven

The new site for Amrit's orphenage is finally uploaded. On the web site, you can see pictures of the kids, and of the Angels choir in Durbar Square.
View the web site here:
http://www.stangelsheaven.com/



Thank you to everyone who made this possible.

Angel's Heavenly Choir - Video - Part 2

The following is the second part — in the night — of the Angel's Heavenly Choir performance at Kathmandu Durbar Square. 10 minutes at YouTube.

People who made all this possible:

Orphanage staff and volunteers

Orphanage parents: Amrit Bikram Shahi (St. Angel) and his wife Aishvarya, who bear the loving responsibility for the children since 1999.

Administrator and Coordinator: Kim Morton, United Kingdom, living at the orphanage as a resident volunteer.

Website, artwork and marketing: Ananda Loponen, Finland, working with the Universal Peace Foundation.
Website, painting, help with children: Manue, France, also with the UPF.

Filming, art with children: Claire and Tom, Australia.
Filming and editing: Raina, Austria, working on a wonderful DVD of the event and the orphanage.

Artwork and promotion: Bashkor and Shani, Bangladesh, sketched together excellent illustrations.
Resident volunteer: Emily, France, helped with the children.
English teacher: Jimpa, Tibet, is teaching the children.
Financial support: Craig and John, South Africa, donated the event banner and food for the children.
Organizing the children: Shiva and Prakash, Nepal.

Performers

Fire dance and music: Masa and Rio.
Juggling and entertainment: Alex and friends, France.
Didgeridoo and djembe: Bikash and Binod, Nepal.
Singing and drums: Bashu and friends, Nepal.

A big thank you to everyone involved! Thanks to your untiring efforts, the orphanage has now been put on the map of Kathmandu!

Angel's Heavenly Choir - Video - Part 1

The following is the first part — in the daylight — of the Angel's Heavenly Choir performance at Kathmandu Durbar Square. 10 minutes at YouTube.



And here's a link to the YouTube page, too.

Angel's Choir

Angel's Heaven Choir night was a complete success.

We would like to thank all of you that helped in any big or small ways. The volunteers that painted with the kids, the musicians, jugglers and fire dancers. Thank you to all the people that came to enjoy celebrating life with Angel's Heavens choir.

"No gift is too small."

The evening started around 6 pm with the kids walking from the orphenage to Durbar Square carrying the Choir's banner. The square was already packed with curious people looking at a board decorated with the kids drawings. There was also a couple of camera people from local stations.

Once settled, the choirs sang classic nepale folk songs, accompanied by a Pokhara folk musician. It was their first performance in front of such a large crowd. The children's voices went up to Shiva and Parvati, who were sitting right on the balcony to hear their songs. After about an hour of singing, Alex, a french artist and juggler friends came on the show, followed by a didgeridoo and djembe moment with Bikash, Binod Katwa and Sabindra.

To finish the night in beauty, japanese fire dancers did their magic, illuminating Durbar Square with the smiles of childrens and adults alike.

It was a wonderful night.

See you at next Angel's Heaven's Choir:)

Angel Apple

Yesterday's event with St. Angel's Heavenly Choir was a grand success! Featuring a program with the children and their songs, followed by fire-dancers, jugglers and musicians, the total flow of people attending the event was close to a thousand.

A blazing success with a mere four days of active work and two days of advertising, the event with good media presence was a wonderful pilot for raising awareness on the orphanage. Detailed news with photos and videos will be made available momentarily.

A huge thank you to everyone participating in spirit and on the spot — it was wonderful! We love you, folks!

Help promote the event!

Please participate in promoting the July 26th event featured below! Contact your friends, send a note to your contacts! Promotional materials are available at www.stangelsheaven.com.

Currently happening:

• Faxing press release to all major newspapers and TV-stations
• Printing posters and fliers - distributing in central locations

We could use a swift hand or two in passing out fliers around Thamel and Freak Street — get in touch, drop by at the UPF office or the orphanage!