New Projects in Kathmandu, Nepal

A lot has happened in the last months! After our local team has built sanitary facilities for two schools in mountain villages outside Kathmandu in 2022, our Swiss Care Team is on site again – in their luggage two containers filled with sanitary material provided by our partner Geberit Group. Under the leadership of our […]
The end is only the beginning

After three weeks of work and sanitary training the planned school toilets which we built together with our “students” for the Nawa Asha Griha (NAG) are now ready. But the end of this project is only the beginning!While our support team has left Kathmandu with a tearful eye, three schools from mountain villages have picked […]
Assuring Sustainability

While the project at Nawa Asha Griha (NAG) Kathmandu is moving forward, teaching plumbing skills to our “students” and quality control of our previous work gain more weight. In addition to the training works our care team in Nepal has also startet giving classes about water hygiene to the NAG students in order to raise awareness […]
Finally the Foundation is back in Nepal

After almost three years of forced pausing due to the pandemic L’Unique Foundation has finally managed to return to Nepal despite the remaining Covid-19 issues and resume work on the “Water for Nepal” projects.While one goal is to continue building sanitary installations for the Nawa Asha Griha (NAG) – a Home for street children – […]
WE DIDN’T SAVE THE WORLD…

16 Days. 26 Toilets. 20 Showers. 7 washing throughs, 1 ceramic washbasin (clinic), 8 sluices, 11 bathing water courser, 6 song covers, 1 composed song, 1 rock’n’roll concert and everything documented on film! We have achieved quite something in this short time and it’s just the start! The l’Unique foundation crew has successfully completed its […]
WHEN ROCK N ROLL WITH A CAUSE ISN’T JUST A SLOGAN

Shortly before leaving Kathmandu it was time for some rock’n’roll. Bettina and the kids have been rehearsing hard for the 45o kids that showed up at the gig this afternoon. The show was a blast for everyone – and a nice change from sanitary installations for our crew! Even the dogs didn’t want to miss […]
WE‘RE LOOKING AT THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL

Not only the contagious laughter of the street kids but also the fact that we’re close to successfully finishing our first L’Unique Foundation project puts a big smile on our faces. All toilets and showers for the boys and girls (and even the guest bathroom) have been installed, the piping mounted and the old toilets […]
IMPRESSIONS AND INSIGHTS AROUND OUR KATHMANDU PROJECT

Hooray!! The sanitary installations for the boys dormitories are finished and while the cement is drying, work for the washing rooms in the girls dormitories have started. While the project remains the main focus for the L’Unique Foundation team, life in and around NAG home for street children becomes a part of our Nepal experience. […]
WORK IN PROGRESS

The l’Unique Foundation team progresses with its work, but also faces challenges as power outages happen daily – from just minutes to sometimes many hours. Also shutting down the water when necessary affects 200 kids we already fell in love with. Also – to quote one of the kids: “You won’t see the smell on […]
ROCKING KATHMANDU AT NAG

While the l’Unique Foundation “Rock’n’Roll plumbers” are getting closer to finishing the sanitary installations in the boys dormitory, team member and musician Bettina Schelker has also arrived in Kathmandu and already got ready to start the L’Unique / NAG concert project set to take place on one of the last days before our team has to return to […]