BMDC Boys discover Wii

On Tuesday this week I had the great pleasure of delivering a gift to the boys at the Bhaktapur Muscular Dystrophy Centre (BMDC). Thanks to a fundraising dinner organised by Rosemary King from MLC, enough money was raised to arrange a Nintendo Wii for the boys. Aside from being a lot of fun the Wii is actually very good for these boys as it helps them to exercise and improves their hand-eye co-ordination.

I visited the centre with our partner, Rabindra Puri, and also with Sarah Bartram, a recent addition to Mitrataa's board of directors. Of course when we arrived there was no electricity (!) but fortunately it came on about 10 minutes later. After some fiddling with cables and as a last resort reading the instructions, Sarah, Rabindra and I managed to get the Wii working and before we knew it we were playing tennis! The boys couldn't believe it at first but it didn't take them long to become hooked. After tennis, they were playing golf and I'm pretty sure they were keen to check out some boxing too! They were soon so engrossed in the game that they forgot their lunch. (Perhaps regular blackouts will be a good way to ensure they don't over do it!)


Thank you so much to Rosemary for arranging the Wii for these boys, it really will make a huge difference to their lives.