First Scholarship Students Chosen

The two students who will be the first to receive funding for their scholarships from the Noel Walshe Memorial fund have been chosen. They are:

1) Miss Sarki Sherpa who passed her SLC in First Division from Taksindu (Nunthala) High School. She is enrolled in Solukhumbu Multiple Campus, Salleri with Education as her major subject. The funds will be sent quarterly to her with the mail runner from Ang Rita who is the chief administrative officer of the Himalayan Trust based in Kathmandu. Her course is 2 years. Her home is Ringmo village in Solukhumbu.

2) Nima Tenzing Lama from Junbesi High School passed his SLC in First Division with 75%. He is in Kathmandu studying in Sidhartha Vanasthali college with Hotel Management as his major subject. Nima Tenzing is the top student from Junbesi SLC group for the 2009 results.

Ang Rita will shortly send their photographs which we will put on our website and blog and periodically will let you know how they are progressing.