NDSHS teachers overwhelmed by generosity

Noosa District State High School teachers Bridge Muir and Brad Huggins have been overwhelmed by the support of the NDSHS staff, students and community in the lead up to their volunteer humanitarian work over the Easter holidays.

Donations of books, toys, stationery items and sports equipment were graciously received thanks to the contributions of the NDSHS community.

The donated items will be taken across to Nepal and delivered to primary schools, including Shree Panch Pokhari Primary and Mount Everest School and a Tibetan refuge camp.

Teacher aide Gail Weber went to a great deal of trouble to put two bags of goodies together for the primary school teachers and their students.

The bag for the primary school students includes toy plastic dinosaurs, paint sets, skipping ropes, pens, pencils, stickers and stationery; and the bag for the teachers includes certificates of merit, badges, stationery and stickers.

Ms Weber ensured all the plastic wrappings and casings were discarded before she packed up the bags to minimise the weight of the items, making them more transportable, and to limit the rubbish the Nepalese will have to dispose of, which is very difficult in such a remote and climatically challenging place.

Dental Solutions, Noosa Junction donated a gift bag of toothbrushes, toothpaste and dental floss, as many adults and children in the remote Nepalese communities are faced with a dental health crisis.

Dental Solutions dentist Cynthia Dumith expressed interest in volunteering her services as a dentist in Nepal after speaking with Bridge Muir, (who is a regular client of the practice).

"Hopefully, I will be able to make it over to Nepal on the next planned trek later this year," Dr Dumith said.

Miss Muir is grateful and very moved by the staff, students and local community, who have rallied together in support of the Nepalese humanitarian trek.

"I am so fortunate to be a part of such a caring and benevolent school and local community," Miss Muir said.

There are still places available for the Easter holiday humanitarian trek, and another trip is planned for the September school holidays through Down to Earth Adventure, which has been set up by former NDSHS humanities and LOTE teacher, Kate Miles.

For more information about the trek, or to express interest in an upcoming Nepalese adventure, visit the Down to Earth Adventure Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/Down-to-Earth-Adventure-790227757737823/