Sarah takes on Dream Catchers!

As Mitrataa is continuing to grow we have recently had the good fortune of being able to add two new directors to our board. I will write a separate entry to introduce them soon but in the mean time I want to introduce you all to Sarah Johnstone. Sarah has been on the board since 2005 and she has been invaluable in that time in helping us with administrative matters in Australia. Recently however we have allocated more specific roles and responsibilities to each of the directors and Sarah is now manager for the Dream Catchers Scholarship project!

As most of you would know, Dream Catchers is the project that started the Foundation and it has continued to grow every year. We are now providing scholarships to almost 130 girls in Nepal and that number is set to increase again very soon with the start of the new school year. This means the work of managing this project has become enormous and as such we feel it would be better served if I was to hand the reins over to Sarah to focus on! In particular, Sarah will manage most of the communication with sponsors particularly with regard to sending reports each term and collecting sponsorship fees each year. Sarah will also manage the waiting list for girls needing scholarships whilst I will continue to manage the Nepal end.

The reason for this blog then is to firstly welcome Sarah to her new role, and secondly to let all of our valued sponsors know that you may soon start to receive emails from Sarah. From a sponsor’s perspective it will be business as usual so please feel free to contact Sarah if you have any questions or comments and of course you are still most welcome to contact Bec or myself.

Finally, I am in Kathmandu again for the next 12 days and hope to be able to provide some blog updates on the various new projects we are exploring this year. However, the electricity situation here has not improved since my last visit so ….