The new café and restaurant will generate income from the tourists that frequent the area. The cafe will have a section to sell the handicrafts made by local women, which will provide these women with a source of income. The cafe is to be completed by February 2011. The total project cost is 97,086,924 rupees.
In 2010, the Lions Club of Pokhara Annapurna organised a second safe drinking water project, with the support of IAG LCIF, the Lions Club of Tokyo Shintoshin and LCIF. This was the first IAG project in Nepal. This project involved distributing thirty portable water purification machines to government schools. The total project cost was 618, 764 rupees.
Cheltenham Bournside School (CBS), in the UK, has adopted the Shree Parbati Primary School, to support the school’s development over five years. This relationship has been coordinated by the Lions Club of Pokhara Annapurna. The school is located in the Manahari Tanahun district, 35km from Pokhara and on the way to Kathmandu.
Originally, the school was a basic building with a tin roof. With generous support from CBS and the Lions Club of Pokhara Annapurna, the school now has two classrooms. 683,377 rupees were raised for the project.
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