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Neil's Great Edinburgh Run

Neil Hughes will be running the Bupa Great Edinburgh Run 2012 on the 7th October.

He will be raising funds for ROKPA's rebuilding projects in Yushu after the earthquake in 2010. If you would like to sponsor Neil for this event you can visit his justgiving page.

justgiving.com/Neil-Hughes-Edinburgh-Great-Run

How you can help

Join the ROKPA family and help raise funds

Welcome to the resources page for your fundraising.

Our team are available to give you the help you need so get in touch.
Victoria Long
charity@rokpauk.org - Telephone: 013873 73232 Ext 230
Postal Address: ROKPA UK, Kagyu Samye Ling, Eskdalemuir. Langholm, Dumfriesshire DG13 0QL, Scotland

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We look forward to hearing from you with your ideas and supporting you in anyway we can – please get in touch.

DANCE TOUR 2012

WHAT A PERFORMANCE !!

Audiences who saw the ROKPA Dance Group throughout the country, were deeply moved and entranced by their performance.

The show was performed by a talented troupe of 10 children and young people who were born into poverty and destitution in the Nepalese capital, Kathmandu. The show was based on the children's own stories which are bought to life on stage. "A lovely show: very moving but also full of fun," said Linda Sears.

All were discovered on the streets by a remarkable Swiss woman called Lea Wyler whose compassion led to the foundation of a charity called ROKPA - taken from the Tibetan wordfor help. Now the Vice-President of Rokpa, she is better known to the many children she has helped as Mummy Lea.

The little troupe flew home on July 2nd after performing in London, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, and several theatres in South West Scotland, the |Borders and Newcastle. Everywhere they went they made new friends and met up with old, as some of the group had been on the previous tour in 2005.

In Wiltshire, Gloucestershire and South West Scotland they were hosted by local families and ROKPA is particularly grateful for their kindness and generosity, and also a big thank you to all those who helped make the tour a success. These talented children and young people proved that there's potential in everyone, even those not born with a silver spoon in their mouth.

Lea Wyler started the charity 30 years ago. It is now well established but Lea and her co-workers around Europe and in the UK are constantly on the search for sponsors to support the projects. Today about 55 destitute and abandoned children find shelter, education and a ready made family in the Rokpa Children's Home in Kathmandu.

Has it all been worthwhile? The smiles on the faces of the little Rokpa singers and dancers answered that question.

Innocence Lost in the Ice Cream Forest

An entertaining children's book :

Innocence Lost in the Ice Cream Forest written by John Mansfield.

Is now available online at :

www.amazon.co.uk/Innocence-lost-ice-cream-forest/dp/1477487824/ref=tmm pap title 0

All the proceeds of the book are to be very kindly donated to ROKPA