NEWS & EVENTS
We would like to congratulate our partners HANDS in Nepal who last month established a Library at the Shree Bhumeshwor School. The library is located in the same building as our Computer Centre. Together, the library, computers and internet have become the first Community Resource Centre in the area. We hope that it will become a model […]
We would like to announce our newly formed Board of Advisors who are providing valuable assistance and advice to the Foundation. Dr Raju Adhikari (Nepal Country Advisor). Raju is a Principal Research Scientist at CSIRO in Melbourne. He is the founding President of the Nepali Association of Victoria, Help Nepal Network Australia, a member of […]
We would like to welcome HANDS in Nepal to the village of Astam. HANDS in Nepal, a US-based INGO, will be establishing a Library at the Shree Bhumeshwor School, which will be located in the same building as our Computer Centre. The shelving has been completed and Jan Sprague from HANDS will be in Astam […]
We would like to welcome Sudip Aryal to our management team in Nepal as our In-Country Coordinator. Sudip has an extensive history with connecting remote Nepalese villages to the ‘global village’ using the power of computers and the internet. He was a Principal Consultant for the Nepal Government in setting up more than 400 Community […]
Verena Beyrle, a student of creative therapy at Stenden University Leeuwarden (the Netherlands), has successfully completed two months of teaching at the Shree Bhumeshwor School as a Practical Training Placement student in education. Combining creative ways of expression with the use of online resources, Verena has helped to support Logged On’s work in the Computer […]
In January this year, a group of student’s from Swinburne University in Melbourne participated in a cultural study tour of Nepal. The aim of this tour was to engage students in a formal study of culture by immersing them in Nepalese society. Our Vice-President, Michelle Slattery, had the good fortune to be able to participate […]
During a project assessment visit this year, the President of Logged On and Michael Broomfield, the Scholarship Program benefactor, were able to present the Foundation’s Scholarships for 2012/13 to the first group of recipients in Nepal. Congratulations to the scholarship recipients: Anne Van Riel Scholarship: Sapana Nepali. Student Scholarships: Prashant Pariyar, Sushila Adhikari, Anita Bhujel, […]
We know that with the technology available today, geographic limitations shouldn’t have to mean educational limitations. But when we presented Certificates of Recognition in January this year to the students who participated in RMIT University’s e-Tutor program, we really did appreciate the potential information technologies have for connecting rural children to the ‘global village’ with […]
We would like to thank the RMIT University’s School of Education and Dr Richard Johnson for allowing the students in Astam to participate in their e-Tutor Program. We had some technical difficulty with connecting to the internet that delayed the school’s participation, but eventually were able to logged on! The students in Nepal were thrilled […]
Our most heartfelt thanks goes to all of our supporters in Perth who attended the fundraising dinner at the Himalayan Nepalese Restaurant in July. It was a sold out event and we were thrilled to have raised $4,200, enough to provide the essential computer equipment for our next project. Special thanks goes to the individuals […]