My mother Krishna Kumari Dhaubhadel brought me into this world on 07/12/1952 as a fifth child from her womb naming me Shyam Sundar Dhaubhadel. The year 1952 was a very famous year as Tenzing Norgey Sherpa conquered Mount Everest by hoisting the flag of Nepal on top of the world. I was called Sherpa as a nickname during my childhood.
Childhood began crawling and growing day by day. Being the fifth child of my mother’s seven children, I grew slowly as my mother struggled to provide nourishment to all the children. The daily financial constraints facing my mother made it difficult for her to help us meet her expectations for us, though we were from a higher middle-class family.
I attended a public school named Shree Padma High School where education was free. At that time (1962 AD) my father passed away and we became like orphans. We have step-brothers from my father’s former wives who could help us to grow but not as my father may have hoped.
After my schooling (SLC), my family wanted me to study science to be a medical doctor in the future. I applied at Tri Chandra (TC) College in Kathmandu in the Science faculty with Biology but due to the unavailability of seats in the Biology faculty, I got admitted in Mathematics which was not of much interest to me. I studied for two years and took the examination but did not succeed. Then I took the private Intermediate of Arts (IA) exam and easily passed without attending college.
I also took the Bachelor of Arts (BA) and passed. Education is power. With this idea in mind, I thought to continue my education despite hardships. Somehow my brothers managed to get me admission at Tribhuvan University (TU) in Kirtipur to study for a Master’s in Political Science. It was a great hardship for me to continue my study by traveling everyday riding two buses and paying bus fares and my tiffin cost.
My first turning point began with me quitting university studies and getting admission at the Hotel Management and Tourism Training Center (HMTTC) run under the management of Nepal Government in collaboration with ILO and UNDP. The course of study was free in 1973. I learned basic subjects in all round hospitality management and focused on cookery which was my favorite subject of study.
After the completion of my studies, I joined a reputable hotel in Kathmandu as an Apprentice Cook, doing clerical jobs on the side. During this time I got married with Ranjana Amatya. With my hard work, the management promoted me to cook and then to the post of Executive Chef (Head Cook) within a short span of time. From then on my family’s status improved and I became the father of a baby girl we named Srijana. Fortunately, I got opportunity to run a restaurant next to my house named Cafe Nyatapola — another turning point of my life which boosted my economic status. Later, on after another I set up a handicrafts store in my family house and a foreign currency exchange counter. Nepal’s carpet Industry was booming in those days and with the help of my friend we started carpet manufacturing business. Such multi-trade made me an entrepreneur of good fame.
In between, my second daughter Srita was born.
I had an opportunity to participate in an international Trade Fair in Tokyo in 1987. Luckily business during the fair went very well, letting me earn sufficient money to build a beautiful house.
My friends and relatives were making jokes on me saying that you’re a man without a son, and who is going to lead your generation and what will you do with your property? I used to say it belongs to my children anyway. Luckily nine years later we did have a baby boy Siddhi, bringing me good fortune.
My dream was to travel around and see developed countries in Europe and North America. When I was a child, I used to be amused by the tour guides explaining to the foreigners about our places and at the same time foreigners asking about us and telling us about their beautiful countries, and was fascinated with the idea that one day I would visit those countries. Between 1987 and 1992 I travelled to countries like India; Thailand; Singapore; Japan; Germany; Austria; France; Italy; England and USA. I had some bitter experience in traveling from France to England on a large ship. As a Nepalese Citizen, I was questioned several times by the security personnel about my duration of stay; the foreign currency I had; the guarantee to return to my country etc… As I could speak English, so I was able to respond to them to their satisfaction. This was a problem I faced whenever I traveled to developed countries as a Nepalese Passport holder.
A profound turning point occurred when my son Siddhi had an accident on the road near our house while returning from his kindergarten. He was hit by a jeep and thrown few meters and yet could speak a few words to his sister – saying it is painful and please save me. As his sister Srita grabbed him her dress became red with blood and she fainted. Our boy was taken to Bir Hospital in Kathmandu where he breathed his last. The tragic demise of our son left us truly lost. We didn’t know what to do, particularly my wife who couldn’t believe that her son was dead. After some very difficult days, she began to recover. The tragic and untimely loss of our son, we both thought that we’d like to do some charity work in his memory. Many of our friends and family members suggested various ideas, but we finally thought we would go for setting up a healthcare centre. Our belief was that had there been better healthcare facilities here in Bhaktapur, our son might have been saved by avoiding a long transfer to Kathmandu.
Siddhi passed away on the 8th of October 1993 (Aswin 22, 2050) and Siddhi Memorial Health Service Center was established on 28th of October, 1993 ( Kartik 12, 2050). It was begun on the 21st day of the sad demise of Siddhi as per rituals. It was located at Barahipeeth temple premises where there was sufficient space for running the health center. We managed to run the center with two doctors ( one pediatrician and one medical officer) one nurse and a few paramedics. We gave scholarships to some girls to study to be paramedics. The service at the health center became widely known in the community and surrounding villages. From considerable distance many children and women began to be flown to get services. This center provided a tremendous number of immunizations to the women and children of Bhaktapur and at the same time many treatments at ANC (anti-natal checkup) clinic. Quickly the clinic became overcrowded and we began to think that we should build a hospital for mother and child. Fortunately, we came in contact with Dr. Hemang Dixit who was the then Pediatric Head of Department of Institute of Medicine – a public hospital.
He inspired us in setting up a hospital and for which we donated a piece of land nearly one third of a hector (7 Ropanis) to begin with. The challenges began regarding building construction requiring a huge amount of money. We are thankful to Multi-Disciplinary Consultancy and Architects Collaborates for sponsoring the building designs. It took considerable time to collect funds for the building. With little money we started to construct the first phase of the building and the fundraising didn’t finish until the building’s framework was underway. Fortunately our friend Prof. Rolf Osterhoff from Germany managed to collect funding from his friends and clients as well as from the German Embassy in Nepal, making it possible to complete the building.
Other challenges followed – how do we start the hospital? Some were whispering that it is not possible to run a hospital by individual efforts as there are difficulties in running a hospital by the government itself. I took it as a challenge and made a determination that I would do it for the welfare of our community people. My vision and thinking were that nobody should need to go outside the Bhaktapur District for the treatment of mothers and children.
The journey of health care service advanced when Dr. Dixit put up a research project named Acute Diarrheal Research Project (ADRP) at our hospital. They did research in collaboration with University of Bergen Norway and Institute of Medicine – Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital Maharajgunj, Kathmandu. The research project made it easy to advance the journey of hospital services. Dr. Dixit himself came every day to see sick children together with his team. Dr. Ram Krishna Chandyo and Dr. Manju Ulak made substantial contributions in caring for the children visiting Siddhi Hospital since 1997. On behalf of Siddhi we manage with few administrative staff including a gynecologist.
The journey continued; from 2002 the facility continued to grow from initially 10 beds to 25 beds meeting basic hospital setup requirements. We could notice the growth of hospital services and wanted to have some more ambitious projects to undertake. In 2003 we registered ourselves as a Siddhi Memorial Foundation (SMF) merging with Siddhi Memorial Health Service Center. The aim of SMF is to provide healthcare services to women and children and to older people, as well as to support the sectors of education for youth, art and culture.
The bright future of foundation work continued in collaboration with Nepalhilfe Beilngries Germany who helped to build the Out Patients Department and a beautiful home for senior citizens. The OPD building helped us to manage more easily the overcrowded visiting patients. Similarly our aim was to provide a circle of services for children, women and elderly through the support from our friends; well-wishers and organizations. We became better able to provide services for elderly people through our senior citizens home.
To manage the partial recurrent expenditures of the hospital and to have an endowment fund established, we were very lucky to have supporters like Mrs. Arlette Guhl’s family (Association des Amis Du Siddhi Memorial Hospital) and Frères de nos Frères Geneva that have been continuously supporting the SMF from 1995 until today.
In 2010 we got the license for a 50 bed Hospital. In 2013 we delivered the first baby at our hospital through the leadership of Gynaecologist Dr. Reena Shrestha and team. Similarly, proper neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) had been set up under the leadership of Pediatrician Dr. Ganendra Bhakta Raya and Dr. Dhruba Shrestha who both were given opportunities to study as medical doctors (MBBS) and MD Pediatric through the financial support from SMF. In order to maintain the high quality care in Gynecology/Obstetrics Department and Pediatrics Department, we managed to have six Gynecologists and seven Pediatricians respectively in addition to our other required medical officers. Pediatric surgery began a couple of years back under the leadership of Pediatric surgeon Dr. Manoj Krishna Shrestha who performs pediatric laparoscopic surgery besides the general pediatric surgery. We have a Dental Department managed by a Dental surgeon with an experienced dental hygienist. Similarly rehabilitation and physio is run under the management of a well-trained Physiotherapist. We’ve started an Eye and ENT unit in collaboration with Children’s Hospital for Eye ENT and Rehabilitation Services (CHEERS).
We have a well-equipped pathology department and our own Pharmacy to meet the requirements of our services. Twenty four hour services are available for emergency of GYOBS and Pediatrics and the Ambulance vehicle.
Firstly, what made me feel good about the work of the Foundation is that I wanted to be a doctor, but in turn I became a person to start the healthcare institution, giving opportunities to many doctors and healthcare personnel of our own region. It’s a matter of pride for me. Secondly, I used to think that if my son would not have died, I may never have thought of setting up a hospital for the welfare of community people and beyond. Hence, lastly I salute my son who had changed my life by opening my eyes to the caring and serving of humanity.
In 2005 the Siddhi Shaligram Senior Citizens Home (SSSCH) was established and jointly inaugurated by the then President of Nepalhilfe Beilngries Mr. Karl Rebele and my mother Krishna Kumari Dhaubhadel. The purpose behind the establishment is to provide better care and services to those very needy elderly people. My mother stayed there for a certain period to let the people feel that care and services are well provided. Fortunately or unfortunately my mother wished to die at SSSCH and at the last moment of her serious illness she breathed her last while she was staying at SSSCH. Truly speaking to run a senior citizens home is one of the most challenging in terms of quality care; experienced staff; proper health care management; nutrition and of course the financial constraints etc…
Since decades I have quit my business professions and fully dedicated myself towards looking after the management of Siddhi Memorial Foundation serving as an honorary executive chairperson. The last turning point of my life is to see the foundation being fully sustained on its own and thereby quitting my responsibilities by handing over to a capable team of younger generation leaders, leaving the foundation as a model Institute to the nation before I depart from the soil of my motherland.
We are so very pleased that the foundation is already helping many needy people. Finally I would like to thank my family, friends, SMF staff, community people, local government, state government, well-wishers; supporters; sponsors and donors who all made it possible to have such a wonderful center for humanitarian services saving the lives of many. I expect the same in the future.
“Please help us to serve children, women and elderly in need and join us to see the difference in serving the community”
Shyam Sundar Dhaubhadel – Founder President
Siddhi Memorial Foundation
त्यो भयावह दिनलाई सम्झँदा अहिलेसम्म पनि कहाली लागेर आउँछ । सायद कसैले मुटुमा घोचेको भए त्यति वेदना हुँदैनथ्यो होला, जति एक्लो छोरा; त्यो पनि दोश्रो छोरी पाएको नौ वर्षको अन्तरालमा प्राप्त भएको सिद्धि सुन्दरको मृत्युको अत्यन्त दुःखद समाचारले मलाई दुःखित र शोकाकुल तुल्याएको थियो । सामाजिक परिवेशमा छोरा हुनुपर्छ भन्ने मान्यता त छँदै छ, त्यस अर्थले हामी निकै खुशी थियौं छोरा भएकोमा ।
अकस्मात् छोराको देहावसानको घटनाले हाम्रा कल्पना तथा परिकल्पनाहरु छताछुल्ल भए । बेहोसी र अर्धचेतनाको अवस्थामा रहँदा रहँदै लामो सुस्केरा पश्चात् होसपूर्वक हामी यो निष्कर्षमा पुग्यौं कि यदि भक्तपुरमा राम्रो स्वास्थ्य सेवा प्रदायक केन्द्र वा अस्पताल भई दिएको भए शायद हाम्रो छोरा बाँच्दथ्यो कि ! तर दैवको अगाडि हाम्रो केही लाग्दो रहेनछ । तसर्थ हामीले कोही पनि बालबालिकाले अकालमा मृत्युवरण गर्नु नपरोस् र बिरामी भएकाले अन्यत्र शहरमा जानु नपर्ने गरी भक्तपुरमै उपचार सम्भव होस् भन्ने मनसायले छोरा सिद्धि सुन्दरको नाममा सुरुमा बाराही पीठमा सिद्धि स्मृति स्वास्थ्य सेवा केन्द्र स्थापना ग¥यौं । मेरा सहयात्री पति श्याम सुन्दरको अठोट र प्रयत्नले आज भक्तपुरमा सिद्धि स्मृति प्रतिष्ठान अन्तर्गत
सिद्धि स्मृति महिला तथा बाल अस्पताल र सिद्धि शालिग्राम ज्येष्ठ नागरिक आश्रमले ठूलो स्थान नाम पाएकोमा म दिवंगत छोरा सिद्धि सुन्दरको सिद्धात्माप्रति नमन गर्दछु ।
यस सिद्धि स्मृति प्रतिष्ठानको उन्नति र प्रगतिमा सहयोग पु¥याउने सहयोगी हातहरुलाई चुम्बनका साथ हृदयले मुरी मुरी धन्यवाद ज्ञापन गर्दछु । आशा एवम् पूर्ण भरोसा छ कि आगामी दिनहरुमा यस प्रतिष्ठानको उन्नति एवम् प्रगतिमा यहाँहरुबाट आवश्यक सहयोग, सदिक्षा र सत्पे्ररणा प्रतिष्ठानले निरन्तरता प्राप्त गर्न सफल होस् । अस्तु !
रन्जना धौभडेल – उपाध्यक्ष
integral and prominent part of my life. Today the word “Siddhi” SMF, needs no introduction for its immense and continuous works towards humanity’s service.
Siddhi was my brother who brought celebration, happiness and joys, he completed our family. Little did we know, my precious brother was destined to live for a short period of time, but live in the hearts of millions until eternity. Words run short while expressing my deeper sentiments about my brother but my heart always ignites with my father’s saying: “I lost my child but I’m happy to save lives of other children”.
We are celebrating the Silver Jubilee at SMF on 29th October 2018. I am bonded with SMF with every breath I take, pledging to serve with my conscience, capacity and abilities. This world is full of great humanitarians but everyone needs an inspiration to go ahead and stand out from the crowd. We need strong faith, trust, dedication, perseverance and trust in God and humanity.
Life is beautiful but uncertain. It shows that even tragedies reflect something splendid! Siddhi has also evolved from its own share of roller coaster rides. The journey has not been easy. Hope is the light in the darkness which brings comfort, faith and reassurance.
We are a small family but take pride in standing tall with our accomplishments from a small free clinic to a well-established hospital for women and children. My heart blossoms when I hear a baby’s first cry, seniors holding hands, children smiling in the wards, exceptional treatment and research accomplishment — feathers in our hats…. No matter what may come, together we can survive. Undoubtedly SMF is very fortunate to have dedicated staff members, board members, advisors and community. With their helping hands and strong belief, we have been able to beat all odds and reach exalted ranks.
Note: I would like to heartily congratulate SMF for the Silver Jubilee celebrations and take the golden opportunity to express to my father that…. “Every sacrifice he has made shedding blood and tears is worth honoring him for being the best Father in the world. May God Bless You and grant you the power to remain as loving and compassionate as you are always!!”
– Srijana Shrestha Dhaubhadel
The incident of 8th Oct 1993 is still fresh in my mind when my brother Siddhi passed away in a road accident at the age of four and half. Although two and half decades have passed away, the entire event of the accident is still immaculately visible to me. True memories are not just about the recordings of the event and information in our brain, but some memories change the course of our lives. I will never forget it was Friday afternoon when I and my brother Siddhi were returning home from Kathmandu after picking him up from his school. We were running late to reach home so we were both anxiously waiting to reach our destination. The moment our car reached the Suryabinayak main center my brother Siddhi got out of the car hastily. Unfortunately, our car was parked on the other side of the road from where we had to cross for home. Siddhi swiftly got out of the car to run towards the home. I was just about to get out of the car when I heard a loud noise and next I could see the gathering of the people. Strange fear gripped me so I ran towards the crowd and saw my brother Siddhi was lying in a pool of the blood and crying with pain. I held him on my lap and cried for help but no help was immediately available. I will never forget those last words of my brother where he asked me “sister please help me I am in lot of pain”; helpless me could do little. It was such a misfortune that at that time there was no nearby hospital accessible where we could take him for emergency care. The only regret that will always remain with us, is that had there been a hospital nearby my brother would have survived.
As it is said curiosity is the mother of invention, likewise pain is the mother of change; this proverb became a reality in our lives. The intolerable pain of losing a son gave strong determination to my father to establish a charitable hospital in the memory of Siddhi, so innocent children like my brother wouldn’t have to lose life due to the lack of a nearby hospital. The pain of losing my only brother, who meant a world to me, made me realize too how scarce the healthcare facilities are in our area. To help fulfil my father’s determination to establish the hospital, I promised myself to become a medical doctor and serve as long as my health permits. This promise became the sketch of further life, so I shared my decision with my father who was extremely happy. In 2002 Nepalhilfe Beilngries, whose kindness I would say provides a pillar of support to the Siddhi Memorial Foundation, approved a financial grant for my medical studies. With full determination to fulfill my dream to become a medical doctor, I took admission for the MBBS program in Yerevan State University in Yerevan, Armenia. In 2009 I successfully completed my MBBS and returned home to serve at Siddhi Memorial Hospital. I can hardly express my happiness the day I joined Siddhi Memorial Hospital as a Medical Officer.
After working for almost two and half years, it came to my realization that clinical knowledge is not sufficient for a hospital’s operation. Through the hospital’s education grant I went to India in 2014 to study Master’s in Hospital Administration (MHA) from Sri Suman Dev University, India. I successfully completed the 2 year MHA program in 2017. Now I feel myself better prepared to devote my energy, dedication, medical & management skills, for the operation and further development of the Siddhi Memorial Foundation.
On Oct 29th 2018 we are celebrating the Silver Jubilee of Siddhi Memorial Foundation and I believe it is indeed a glorious achievement, recollecting all those milestones we have reached so far. From a small clinic at Barahithan now we have become a full-fledged 50 bed Mother & Child Hospital with a family strength of 180 staff. I may fail to define achievement exactly in words, but my personal definition of achievement is where SMF stands today. The journey of 25 years for me, my family and for Siddhi Memorial Foundation has never been an easy path but perseverance, the pure objective towards human service, and the untiring dedication of all the SMF members are factors that have led us to the glorious achievement we have reached today.
On this occasion of the Silver Jubilee, I would like to thank my father and want to tell him how proud I am to be his daughter. I would wholeheartedly like to thank all the family members of the SMF for their dedication, hard work, support & kindness in making all these years of service worth calling a Silver Jubilee celebration.
Siddhi Memorial Foundation is where we celebrate humanity, where happiness means to serve, where kindness dwells in every brick donated by our well-wishers from around the world, where work is worship and where the cycle of life completes.
– Dr. Srita Dhaubhadel
The founding of Siddhi Memorial Foundation was a consequent step forward in developing medical support for all groups of people, especially for the poor, who often do not have a chance of getting medical treatment. The foundation made sure that the operation of all their medical facilities will be guaranteed forever.
Unfortunately, this success story started when founder president Shyam Dhaubadel lost a precious member of his family due to an accident – his little son Siddhi. He had to state painfully at that time, that medical help needed to be available in an adequate, short period. Consequently, he founded Siddhi Memorial Hospital in Bakhtapur, serving all needy people regardless of their ethnic roots.
At the end of the 1990s Nepalhilfe Beilngries met Shyam, this smart and powerful man, for the first time. We were deeply impressed with his ideas and the consequent implementation in the real world. In many meetings, we worked out together his newest idea, a home for elderly people. We thought at that time that this is a revolutionary idea and so “Siddhi-Shaligram-Briddh-Ashram” came to life in 2005 with the financial support of Nepalhilfe Beilngries.
However, Shyam Dhaubadel is not the type of man who wants to rest on his laurels.
Once he has an idea then he pushes it till it becomes reality. So Nepalhilfe Beilngries supported him in realizing the enlargement of SMH, including an operating theatre in the year 2010. The last joint project was the enlargement of Siddhi-Shaligram-Briddh-Ashram due to the fact that more and more elderly people are looking for their care.
Additionally, we helped to ease the additional expenses of the hospital during the massive earthquake in 2015 and the flooding of SMH in 2015 and 2018. And we want to ensure with our support that poor people can get medical treatment whenever it´s necessary!
Each time we meet Shyam Dhaubadel in Bakhtapur we have to state that he is bubbling over with new ideas waiting for their realisation. He is the prototype of an unselfish man who can influence the development of Nepalese society in a very positive way. This is the main reason why Nepalhilfe Beilngries will also confidently cooperate with Siddhi Memorial Foundation in the future.
Good luck and all the best on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of Siddhi Memorial Foundation,
Ralf Petschl
President of Nepalhilfe Beilngries
Only a few people are able to transform darkness to light just in helping needy people. It is what you have done, dear Shyam, with great success, offering all your energy and your own vison for managing the project of Siddhi Memorial Foundation.
I am very proud to have had the opportunity to belong to the great Siddhi’s family for more than 20 years. From 1996 until today, I have looked with my husband and family to help the Siddhi Memorial Hospital by successfully sending an annual letter to Swiss donors. I am very grateful to all of these who continue to support the SMH’s project. For 2 years this support has been officially called « Association des Amis du Siddhi Memorial Hospital, Népal ».
In 2015, all fifteen of us-myself, my husband, my children and grand children, had the great opportunity to visit the Siddhi Memorial Foundation together. During this visit we had the honour and the pleasure to inaugurate the new building OPD. For all of us, this wonderful experience will remain forever in our memory.
Today, after so many years of close cooperation, I deeply wish that the Siddhi Memorial Foundation will be able to continue persuing its mission with the same philosophy in providing good services for the women and children of Bhaktapur and surrounding areas.
Ms. Arlette Guhl , Fribourg, Switzerland
The Dutch Madat Nepal Foundation congratulates Siddhi Memorial Hospital with its 25th anniversary, especially the founders Shyam Dhaubadel and his wife. We admire them for their initiative by turning their personal grief into a successful story by being helpful for so many poor people in Bhaktapur. We also admire the perseverance of Shyam and his staff, in addressing lack of money, earthquake and floods. Because of all this and his friendly character, he made many friends and people all over the world now help to support the hospital.
From the beginning in the early nineties we knew Shyam and decided to help. from the first small health post until the present well-equipped hospital, visiting SMH was often part of the Nepal-travels Madat Nepal organised for private persons and for volunteers of the Fair Trade World Shops in the Netherlands. After their journey to Nepal many of them became a friend and well-wisher of SMH. Some of them helped by financing the education of more than a dozen nurses and a few medical students. We are very proud that these students now are nurses or doctors, have jobs and take part in the healthcare of their countrymen. Although we stopped our group travels to Nepal some years ago, we continued our relation with SMH and stimulate Dutch people to become friends and well-wishers of this wonderful project in Bhaktapur. We wish SMH all the best for the next 25 years and hope we can continue our support over the next years.
Hemmy Clevis – Chairman; Pauli Gerritsen – Treasurer & Klaas de Vries – secretary
Madat Nepal Foundation – The Netherlands
The Committee of Meg’s Children Australia wish to congratulate Mr Shyam Dhoubadel and his wife Mrs Ranjana Dhoubadel as well as the whole Siddhi Memorial Foundation community on this very auspicious occasion of the foundation’s silver jubilee.
Unfortunately, we will not be able to be with you to celebrate this very important event, however from across the many miles that separate us we will be joining with you in honouring this important milestone.
Meg’s Children is an Australian not for profit charitable trust established in 2005. Our goal is to support and enhance the lives of vulnerable and at-risk Nepalese children who either do not have family or whose families are not in a position to provide for their basic needs.
Since the establishment of Meg’s, we have worked hard to provide a safe and nurturing environment for those children in our care as well as meeting their needs regarding health and nutrition. Our strong belief is that “Education is a basic right for all children.” The fact that we have three of our older children successfully completing University degrees and three more currently enrolled in university attests to the power of this strong belief! Our younger children are attending good schools, and their progress is monitored closely by their teachers. We look forward to bright futures for each and every one of them.
We at Meg’s consider ourselves to be most fortunate to be have formed a strong friendship and working partnership with the Siddhi Memorial Foundation over the last five years. This connection was formed through our shared values of providing care and assistance to those less fortunate than ourselves, and our organisation has been given renewed resolve to continue as a result. Our collaboration with Siddhi Memorial Foundation ensures good governance is maintained for our organisation in Nepal, and that we are in step with changes in Nepalese regulations for child welfare. In turn, this allows us in Australia to focus on seeking funds to continue our valuable work.
We commend Siddhi Memorial Foundation for all it has achieved in the last 25 years, and wish you every luck in your future endeavours. We also look forward to many more years of friendship and collaboration between our organisations. Once again, Meg’s Children Australia extends a very sincere and hearty congratulations to SMF, on this your silver jubilee.