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June 2013

It is through your generosity we are able to take inadditional children and provide more women with thechance to move up and out of poverty.

New Family MemberWe recentlywelcomed 5-year-oldBishnu Maya into theGSM family. She wasa student in ourLearning Centre, andwe noticed that shewas rarely picked upon time andsometimes arrived byherself. Her motherdied when she was ababy, and her fatherremarried and abandoned her and her two brothers.Her mother's younger sister had been struggling tocare for her, but on a carpet factory wage she wasunable to look after Bishnu, her two brothers, plusher own three children. She put the two brothers in amonastery to become lamas, and has been seekinga home for Bishnu for some time.

Bishnu had a good first night after eating a hugelunch and dinner. She slept well and woke up happy.She has some minor medical problems, which we areattending to. Otherwise she has settled in well, andwas able to begin school last month.

Greetings, friends!School RenovationAs part of GSM's Community Outreach Program, wetook on the renovation of the school our children areattending. It would not only benefit my kids, but alsoimprove the school life for the 900 children whoattend this school. I put the word out that I waslooking for around $5,000 for the project, and nosooner had I asked, I received! Gloria Wu, a friend inHong Kong, asked her friend Audrey Puckett if shecould help, and she generously agreed to fund the

project!

Work began assoon as Iarrived in Nepalin February.Hem, GSM'smanager,supervised thejob, and I dealtwith the schoolmanagement,took pictures,and paid thewages.

Everyone involved has worked really hard and did anincredibly good job. The rooms are bright andwelcoming, and were completed in time for the newschool year.

Gloria  visited us in April carrying eight giant bags ofgoodies for GSM and the school. And what a hassleshe had at customs—stopped not once but twice tobe questioned! She really is a trooper. (Cont.)

Bishnu (in the green dress) on her way to the first day of schoolwith her new sisters Asika, Abhaya, and Asmita.

This is 5-year-old Bishnu picturedsoon after she arrived to live with us.

Before the renovations, there were nowindows or plaster on the walls & ceilings.

Nine hundred students are benefiting from the $5,000 donationthat allowed for the completion of 12 class rooms includingwindow installation, lighting, and plastering of the walls.

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GSM girls, who are well practiced in basketball, beatthem at that game on GSM's small court. Many,many thanks to Gloria for her tireless fundraising andgathering of goods on our behalf and to Audrey andthe other generous donors.

All the GSM children love basketball. That is one ofthe reasons I decided to help the school repair theirplayground that consisted of uneven brick withmany holes—quite  dangerous. All the children at theschool will benefit by having a place to play, and theywill also be able to invite other schools to participate.Many thanks to the people who donated to thisproject in response to my Facebook request!

So many schools in Nepal are in a bad state. Nowindows, crumbling walls and bad lighting make for adepressing school environment. With the classroomrenovations and the new basketball court, both thestudents and the teachers already feel more pride intheir school and are more inspired to work harderand excel in their work.

Faithful FriendsMany thanks to Aarti Shah who tirelesslycoordinated several fundraisers in the UK. She hasformed GSM Friends with a Heart and togetherwith Sachin Vekaria and Radhika Vekaria raised anamazing £9000 ($13,595) this year!  We are sograteful to so many generous people and businessesand especially to Odyssey Health and RacquetClub. Knebworth, UK—Aarti's gym who supportedher in many of her fundraising activities. (Cont.)

(Cont. from previous page.)In the bags were clothes, toys and 99 footballs andbasketballs—some for us and the renovated school,and others to be distributed to other schools, carpetfactories and needy individuals. Gloria organized aball drive in Hong Kong with the schoolchildren in herschool, and all the balls were signed by the donors.

Gloria and her children have a project called Just forKicks, Justforkickshongkong@gmail.com, and Nepal isthe sixth country involved. She also found the schooltwo projectors which were kindly donated by Martinand Tina Stone. Gloria's children, Sean, Quinn andKira, came with her, as well as Audrey, her childrenEthan, Sean and Aidan,  and Audrey’s brotherMac. They saw the school first hand.

Our visitor's children played ball daily with our kidsand local children—and had a friendly match with theschool. They were really good at football but the

Gloria Wu from Hong Kong is pictured here with her threechildren and their luggage stuffed with donations.

Morning assembly at the Shangrila School, which is attended byover 900 students. This photo was taken after the renovationswere completed.

The children in our programs eagerly anticipate the visits frommembers of GSM Friends with a Heart. Radhika Vekaria leadsstudents in a dance routine along with Aarti Shah & SachinVekaria, last row, far left & right.

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(Cont. from previous page.)This was Aarti's fourth trip and together with Sachinand Radhika they provided nine intense days of funfilled and action packed enrichment activities for themany children we serve in our programs. Both ourchildren and staff look forward to these visits from theFriends.

New Beds = No Bed BugsWe were battling bed bugs at our house untilthe Corning Rotary Club in upstate NY once againcame to our assistance in a time of need. Theydonated $3,500 to purchase new bedding and metalbeds to help us eradicate the infestation. Manythanks!

Staff Complete Red Cross TrainingOur Co-manager Rajina Banepali and GSM houseauntie Samista Thapa recently completed a three-day Red Cross course organized by the BritishCouncil on first aid for emergency situations as partof our earthquake preparedness plan.

A Success StoryKrishna Kumari was a domestic servant when shelearned about our Women’s Training Program. Herlife was a difficult one, where she struggled toprovide for her son, now 11, while dealing with anabusivehusband whowas notworking. Likemany womenin Nepal, shealso sufferedfrom aprolapseduterus, apainful buteasily treatablemedicalcondition.

She has learned how to hand sew felt puppets andhas moved onto our sewing program. She is fastbecoming a skilled seamstress, and is now paid bythe piece for the crafts she makes that are sold in theUS and UK, with proceeds going directly back toprogramming. Krishna is also working for us doingthe clothes washing for the small children (the olderchildren wash their own), and we are helping herobtain medical care to deal with a prolapsed uterus.

The Latest GSM sewing training graduates showing offtheir certificates with some GSM Board members. We willfollow the graduates progress and provide micro loans tosome to buy their own machines.

Nurse Khun Bai has been volunteering at GSM’s smallwellness clinic for a few months now. Here she is talking withthe women of our training centre about basic breast cancerscreening prior to giving them breast exams. Thirty-eightbreast exams took place.

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The new metal beds were assembled on our playground beforebringing them into the house.

Krishna Kumari at work on a sewing project.

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A LITTLE BACKGROUND

My name is BeverlyBronson. I own a smallantique shop called ARepeat Performance inNew York City. In 1999while working as avolunteer in Nepal, Ifound two abandonedchildren named Babuand Krishna, ages twoand five. After searchingfor a loving home forthem I had no choice butto put them in boarding

school. Safe but bleak. The school appointed me asguardian and I went back to New York with plans toraise money to establish a centre to houseabandoned children and help destitute women.

I returned to Nepal later that year with enough fundsto rent a house. We opened Ghar Sita Mutu - Housewith a Heart in 2001 and have been expanding ouroutreach to the community every year. We movedinto our own home in 2004. I split my time betweenNew York and Nepal.

Here is how you can helpGhar Sita Mutu relies on the generosity of

friends like you. All donations are tax deductible andgo directly toward running and expanding our programs.

Please make all checks payableto our fiscal sponsor:

The Candy Jernigan Foundation for the Artsand note “Ghar Sita Mutu” on your check.

Mail checks to:Ghar Sita Mutu

151 First Ave, #74New York, NY 10003

You can also give online atwww.GharSitaMutu.org

Thank you!For more information,

call Beverly at 212-529-0832.

Babu & Krishna, ages 2 & 5