Farm

The farm has been set up to use the compost produced from the recycling project. It is about 2kms from the library and there are local markets for the vegetables. It is hoped that the local farmers can be educated in the use of compost and organic vegetables.

Recycling Project

The latest project plan is to start a recycling project which will clean up part of the Kopan area. Each day 300 tonnes of rubbish is produced in Kathmandu. About 70% of this is biodgradable and a recycling project could help reduce the amount being sent to landfill.

Artist in Residence

A local artist (NG ) has offered to teach some painting to the card makers and other interested students. He ran an interesting class in simple water colour painting.

Latrobe visit to Nepal

Latrobe University visited Nepal in December, 2007. They worked in various charity organizations as well as the Kopan Library.

The children in the Centre were very keen to practise their English and were delighted to talk to the visit of the Latrobe students.

The maps were from the Australian Embassy and proved to be a useful aid to teaching about Australia.