A couple of months ago, Clever Star­fish built a web site for long-time cli­ent Paul Cum­ming and a group of his friends who were embark­ing on a char­ity mis­sion to Nepal. A whole bunch of Clever Star­fish and our col­leagues from Fas­thit went along to their fun­drais­ing quiz night and had a lot of fun.

The good news is that the fun­drais­ing efforts well exceeded the tar­get $15,000 – in fact, the Kath­mandu Kids team was able to raise $25,000! They’re now back from their trip, and plan­ning to make the drive an annual event to help those slum kids keep going to school.

From Paul:

We have just returned from a trip to Nepal to see the kids that were helped so much by your gen­er­os­ity. We vis­ited The Sun­rise Children’s Orphan­age, The Kalimati Slums and the school that we have made it pos­sible for these kids to attend.

It was a hum­bling exper­i­ence to be wel­comed into these places. It was espe­cially reward­ing to know that our quiz night has made it pos­sible for their edu­ca­tion to con­tinue. We talked with Emma Taylor about strategies for the future and how the money raised can best be put to use. I am happy to say that we have made it a com­mit­ment to make the Kath­mandu Kids Quiz Night a yearly event. Details for 2010 Quiz Night will be announce early next year. I will keep you informed!

Clever Star­fish will con­tinue to be involved and encour­age any­one out there who might be able to lend a hand for next year’s event to con­tact Paul.

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