Monthly Archives: January 2008

Sapana Thapa

Sapana is eight years old and in the first grade. Sapana’s favorite color is red, and her favorite subject is math. She has 4 sisters and lives with her uncle. When she grows up she wants to be a teacher. And she has a special message for you: She says, “Thank you for being my friend.” Isn’t that cute?

If you want to leave Spana a message, you can comment below. We’ll collect them and send them to her, and update here when she writes back.

Swastika Sunar

Swastika Sunar is seven and in kindergarten at Kopila Valley. (There are two girls with the same name at Kopila — this is the older one!) Her favorite school subject is English, and her favorite color is yellow. In school she likes to jump rope on the playground, and she loves eating oranges!

Swastika was sponsored in 2011 by the Tie-Dye Cupcake Bake-off and is currently being sponsored in 2012 by the STF*{Hofstra} Dance-A-Thon.

If you want to leave Swastika a message, you can comment below. We’ll collect them and send them to her, and update here when she writes back.

Parbati Singh

Parbati Singh is six years old and in the nursery class at Kopila Valley. She lives with her sister-in-law and has four brothers and sisters.
She likes the Nepali song Simple Simple, and her favorite subject is math. When she grows up, she wants to be a teacher.

If you want to leave Parbati a message, you can comment below. We’ll collect them and send them to her, and update here when she writes back.

Saraswati Singh

Saraswati Singh is four years old and in the nursery class at Kopila Valley. She has 5 sisters in her family. Saraswati likes drawing and playing football (American soccer), and her favorite food is grapes!

If you want to leave Saraswati a message, you can comment below. We’ll collect them and send them to her, and update here when she writes back.

Sita Shahi

Sita Shahi is 9 years old and in the first grade at Kopila Valley.  She lives with her Auntie and loves to sing. Her favorite food is apples, and her favorite subject is social studies. When she grows up, she wants to be a scientist. Doesn’t she look spunky?

Sita was sponsored in 2011 by the Tie-Dye Cupcake Bake-off and is currently being sponsored in 2012 by the STF*{Hofstra} Dance-A-Thon.

If you want to leave Sita a message, you can comment below. We’ll collect them and send them to her, and update here when she writes back.

Swastika Sunar

Swastika Sunar is five-years-old and in the nursery class at Kopila Valley (not to be confused with the Swastika Sunar in kindergarten, who you also sponsored through the cupcake campaign!)

She is one of only a handful of students at Kopila who knows her birthday — It’s April 25th! She likes the color red and lives with her mom. When she grows up she wants to be a teacher.

If you want to leave Swastika a message, you can comment below. We’ll collect them and send them to her, and update here when she writes back.

Rejina Shahi

Rejina Shahi is five years old and in the nursery class at Kopila Valley. She lives with her auntie and five brothers and sisters, and her favorite color is red (see her red shirt under her sweater?). On the playground, she likes to play hide and seek. In school, she likes studying Nepali.

Rejina was sponsored in 2011 by the TIe-Dye Cupcake Bake-off and is currently being sponsored in 2012 by the STF*{Hofstra} Dance-A-Thon.

If you want to leave Rejina a message, you can comment below. We’ll collect them and send them to her, and update here when she writes back.

Anusa Thapa

Anusa Thapa is eight years old and in the first grade at Kopila Valley Children’s Home and School. She lives with her grandmother and her favorite color is sky blue. Her favorite activity is reading stories, and she loves eating school lunch at Kopila Valley!

Anusa was sponsored in 2011 by the Tie-dye Cupcake Bake-off and in 2012 by the STF*{Hofsta} Dance-A-Thon.

If you want to leave Anusa a message, you can comment below. We’ll collect them and send them to her, and update here when she writes back.