在二月初，台灣大學生遠山呼喚團隊來到雪巴育幼院參訪，團隊與幾位院童面談，詢問院童將來長大後的願望是什麼，團隊希望能了解尼泊爾孩童對未來職業的想法。我以迎接客人的禮節歡迎遠山呼喚團隊，賓主盡歡。
在二月初，全部的院童們都已經接到第三次期中考的結果。從學校提供的成績單看來，院童們表現優異。學校每年舉行四次考試，最終的期末考在三月底舉辦。院童們都已經知道並開始為考試做準備，以獲得更好的成績。
二月27日是雪巴族的新年，稱為LOSAR，住在尼泊爾和西藏的雪巴族都會慶祝LOSAR。待在育幼院的大多數孩童來自雪巴族，所以我向孩子們解說這個重要的節日。
根據他們的預算和時間，雪巴族慶祝LOSAR長達三至十五天。孩童得到新衣服和美食，成年人聚集到社區的會所一起慶祝。雪巴族帶禮物去拜訪長輩，例如父母，叔姨，祖父母等，而長輩們把最好的食物都給小孩子們。
(以下為原文)
At the beginning of Feb. Taiwanese students group from Call Over Ridges visited SHERPA CHILDREN HOME (SCH). They took interview with some of the children in SCH. They were researching with the children asking them what they want to be in the future. They wanted to know what children of Nepal think about their future job and so on. I welcomed the team in Sherpa children home as guest and they also become very happy.
All the children got the result of their third term exam by the first week of this month. The children did very good job according to the mark sheet provided by the school. The school takes exam for four times in a year. So, the final term exam will be taken by the end of March. All the children are aware of the final term exam and they are already preparing for the exam to get better marks.
On 27th of February 2017 there was SHERPA NEW YEAR called LOSAR. The Losar is celebrated as a new year by both Sherpa people from Nepal and Tibetan. Most of the children who live in hostel are from Sherpa Community. So I introduced the Losar as one of their important festival.
The Losar of Sherpa people is celebrated for 3 to 15 days according to the budget and time. Children get new clothes and delicious meals during the Losar. People gather in their community monastery and celebrate it all together. People visit their relatives with gifts and pay respect to their elder such as grandparents, parents and uncles and aunts. The elders feed them with the best food while the grandchildren visit them.
Karma DM
Co-coordinator
ICEF-Nepal