A basis for development
What's going on? ... at DENK and in Nepal
News from the board meeting on January 16-18, 2026
All four members of the board met in mid-January 2026 for this year's first meeting.
One board member kindly offered their home as accommodation and a meeting venue free of charge – thank you very much!
Among many other items, two main topics were on the agenda: the 2026 financial plan and the redesign of the website.
It was also decided to hold another “Nepal Day” this year.
Save the date, September 5, 2026, in Waldbröl, and look forward to an interesting afternoon with people who share your interests, to new things, to nice conversations, and to deeper insights into the denk.-ev. project.
Financial plan and situation
We would like to thank all donors for their loyalty and commitment. However, in 2025, the total amount of donations declined and was not sufficient to cover expenses. Although the difference was offset by reserves, it has an impact on the 2026 financial plan, which must always be based on the previous year's donations. As there is little potential for savings, the board decided to completely waive volunteer remuneration if there is a financial shortfall at the end of the year. Nevertheless, the planned expenditures slightly exceed the budget, and we hope that donations will stabilize at a higher level again.
The project is managed extremely modestly and economically on site and is even partially supported by Shiva, the “project father,” with his own funds.
One of our common goals should be to win donors and co-creators with advertising and love, in order to make the project a matter close to our hearts and not jeopardize it in the long term.
Website
The call in one of the last newsletters to help design the website has borne fruit – a reader has come forward and agreed to redesign and update the website in terms of both content and design. We are very happy about this and are also grateful for any suggestions you may have, which we may be able to incorporate in the near future. This work is also voluntary and will not be completed overnight, so please be patient. Anticipation is said to be the greatest joy, so let's give it the time it deserves.
Namaste, and here's to a successful and peaceful year!
The Board
Nepal Day 2026
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September 5, 2026
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Restaurant “Zur Klus”
Niederhof 1, 51545 Waldbröl
Annual "Day for Nepal" in Waldbröl
The "Day for Nepal" will take place once again on 5 Septembre 2020 - we would be happy to see you there! More information will follow.
By now, our annual meeting "Day for Nepal" in Waldbröl (near Cologne in Germany) has become a wonderful tradition. The meeting on 9 May 2015 was an exceptionally positive and harmonious one, even though the situation in Nepal is quite special. The programme not only included information on our children home project, delicious Nepali food and a warm get-together - the colourful Nepal-Shop was a real highlight again. There were shawls, prayer flags, honey and lots of decorations. The revenues of the shop as well as the general donations collected for DENK will be used to support our children's home project.
Earthquake in Nepal
Most likely you have followed the news about the earthquake in Nepal. Luckily our childrean are alright and safe. Pokhara is not so much affected as other parts of the country, especially the Gorkha District and the Kathmandu Valley.
In cooperation with our team in Nepal, we are going to help in the areas mostly affected by the earthquake. We will mainly focus on supporting the reconstructions of schools. Our Nepali friends, with whom we are running the children's home, are coordinating the aid and are in direct contact with the people.
If you wish to support us, you are invited to transfer your donation to our account. We are a registered non-profit, charitable organisation. Bank contact: http://www.denk-ev.de/index.php?site=engagement&subsite=spenden&lang=de If you fill in "earthquake relief" as subject in your transferal, your contribution will be used as such. Otherwise, it will flow into our children's home project.
Thank you very much for your empathy and your questions about the situation. We all are very touched by the events. Let's send positive thoughts. Not to lose faith in the face of all this - that's what these people also need beside the practical help.
Crowdfunding on www.betterplace.org
Our current funding target aims at kitchen equipment: Last year, we could build a new kitchen for the children's home. In order for the kids to be able to use it properly, we need to equip it with kitchen cabinets and cupboards as well as a whole bunch of kitchen utensils, of course.
We are planning our next funding targets on the crowdfunding platform Betterplace.
You can find our DENK project under https://www.betterplace.org/de/projects/18064-das-kinderhaus-in-pokhara-nepal (the website is in German only). We are grateful for your comments and ideas on the subject.
Thanks to generous donations, we could raise the funds for a library with books, games and musical instruments as well as two lockers by these means. We thank all the donors who helped in making this possible.