WELCOME TO OUR CHRISTMAS PARTY FUNDRAISER FOR 2014A CELEBRATION OF 5 YEARS IN NEPAL

- TONIgHT MARkS UPSIDE’S FIFTH ANNUAL CHRISTMAS PARTY - A CELEBRATION OF gHILINg gOINg gREEN.

OUR ACTION APPLES PROjECT IN gHILINg IS IN FULL SWINg AND STAgE ONE IS BURSTINg WITH FRESH gREEN gROWTH. WE ARE SO PROUD OF THE ENTIRE UPSIDE COMMUNITY FOR ALL THE HARD WORk AND ARE DELIgHTED YOU COULD jOIN US TO CELEBRATE THE TANgIBLE RESULTS OF OUR FIRST

AgRICULTURE PROjECT.

UPSIDE TEAM Board of DirectorsWill Keall (Chair)Geoff StewartLynden PrinceCalum FoulnerFreya ShearerRob Salmon

Upside Team AustraliaMurray King (Corporate Governance Advisor)Rasheen Lee (Company Secretary and Events)Rory Gollow (Manager – Perth)Callum McPherson (Accounts)Laura Bosman (Accounts) Cal Doggett (Accounts)Megan Smith (Volunteer Coordinator & 100 Roots Club Manager)Amanda Meloni (Community Engagement)Cardi Shearer (Community Engagement)Nabilla Zayan (Community Engagement)Kristen Barker (Events Manager)Craig O’Sullivan (Events)Ilona Arnold (Events)Phoebe Sullivan (Events)Julie & Rob Salmon (Events)Rubini Ventouras (Events)Julia Johnston (Events) Keegan Robertson (Communications)Stephanie Hicks (Communications)Chloe Trompetter (Communications)Jack Viner (Marketing)Rob Alderman (Advisory)Shannon King (Advisory)Jocelyn Cook (Advisory)Debbie Cash (Advisory)Jeremy Rogers (Advisory)Michael Prince (Advisory)

Upside Team NepalTenzin Chompel (Project Coordinator – Maitri Ratna)Ram Subedi (Project Coordinator – Maitri Ratna)Kunsang Dorje (Chairman – Maitri Ratna)Jigme Dorje (Advisor)Katrin Jäger (Advisor)Stan Armington (Advisor)John Sanday (Advisor)

THE ANNUAL CHRISTMAS PARTY IS IN CELEBRATION OF UPSIDE’S INCREDIBLE 5 YEARS

OUR ACTION APPLES PROjECT IN gHILINg IS BLOSSOMINg WITH FRUIT AND FLOWERS, INSPIRINg THE COMMUNITY TO PLANT MORE FRUIT

AND VEgETABLES TO SUSTAINABLY PROVIDE FRESH PRODUCE TO THE LOCAL SCHOOL AND BOARDINg HOUSE. WE ARE SO PRIVILEgED TO BE

A PART OF THE VILLAgE’S EMPOWERINg jOURNEY AND ARE DELIgHTED YOU COULD jOIN US IN CELEBRATINg THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF UPSIDE’S

INCREDIBLE 5 YEARS.

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WELCOME!

WELCOME- TO OUR CHRISTMAS FUNDRAISER FOR 2014-

TONIGHT’S EVENT IS IN CELEBRATION OF AN INCREDIBLE 5 YEARS OF UPSIDE

The 2014 Christmas Party has been organised by our events coordinators Kristen Barker and Craig O’Sullivan and the events

team Phoebe Sullivan, Rasheen Lee, Chloe Trompetter, Ilona Arnold, Debbie Cash and Julia Johnston. A huge thank you to

our hosts Debbie and Billy Cash, for what we are sure will be an incredible night!

TO NEW AND OLD FACES THANK YOU WHOLEHEARTEDLY, FROM THE UPSIDE TEAM FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF RURAL COMMUNITIES IN NEPAL. BRING ON THE NEXT FIVE YEARS

- ORDER OF EVENTS -

6:45pm

8:00pm

5:00pm

6:00-6:30pm

You arrive looking absolutely gorgeous. Grab a drink and a fellow Upsider and head on over to the art exhibition to see the latest on our projects.

Gather in close for welcome presentation by Rory Gollow. We also welcome back Cal Foulner to update us on his adventures over the year

100 Roots Club time – Presentation from Debbie Cash

Thank you and raffle draw. Mosy off into the night feeling full of grub and love.

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CONTENTS!

CONTENTS

WHAT’S UPSIDE? | 04

AN INCREDIBLE 5 YEARS OF UPSIDE | 06

UPSIDE’S gROWINg FAMILY | 11

AN EVOLVINg UPSIDE IN PERTH | 12

WHISPERS FROM NEPAL | 14

100 ROOTS FOR LONg TERM CHANgE | 20

THANk YOU | 22

“OUR VISION IS TO gROW A MODEL FOR SUSTAINABLE

DEVELOPMENT THAT CAN BE USED IN REMOTE VILLAgES

ACROSS NEPAL”

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WHAT’S UPSIDE?

have the expertise to maintain a profitable enterprise.

Upside is about community resourcefulness Upside works within existing Nepali frameworks to connect villages with government programs and expertise to source much needed services.

Project impact in the Mustang region- Regional villages in Mustang are considering enterprise as a way of funding schools and other social outcomes due to the Upside apple orchard achievements. - The success of the apple orchard thus

far has local farmers asking “how can we do that?”- Local farmers are seeking expert advice from the regional agricultural centre.

The FutureOur vision is to grow a model for sustainable development that can be used by villages across Nepal.

What’s Upside?Upside is about community resilience, self-reliance and resourcefulness.

An Australian non-profit organisation which supports Nepalese villages to develop and sustain local enterprises which channel funds to support social outcomes in the community.

How we workUpside partners with Nepali organisations, able to connect village leaders with expertise in community planning, enterprise development and project management.

Building community resilience through enterpriseUpside seeks to assist sustainable development at the village level through locally-owned and managed social enterprises. Upside may assist the enterprise through its start-up phase by providing seed capital or by linking village enterprises to other capital on manageable repayment terms.

Upside is about community self-reliance. Upside provides capacity building in the areas of community planning, business development, business management and technical skills training so communities

WHAT’S UPSIDE?Upside is about community resilience, self reliance and

resourcefulness

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AN INCREDIBLE 5 YEARS OF UPSIDE

NOVEMBER 2009 - CAL AND DERYCk FOULNER FIRST MEET TENzIN AND TRAVEL TO gHILINg

APRIL 2010 - FIRST COLLABORATION WITH MAITRI RATNA - CONSTRUCTION BEgINS IN gHILINg VILLAgE

SEPTEMBER 2011 - BOARDINg HOUSE COMPLETED AND OPENED

DECEMBER 2009 - AUSTRALIAN COMMUNITY LAUNCHES UPSIDE UNDER THE ORIgINAL BRANDINg OF ‘THE CMF PROjECT’

UPSIDE

AN INCREDIBLE 5 YEARS OF UPSIDE

The last 5 years have been full of incredible moments, from the launch of Forage to the ground-breaking growth of 800 apple

seedlings

APRIL 2012 - gHILINg APPLE ORCHARD PROjECT BEgINS

jULY 2014 - MAkAIkHOLA VILLAgE SCHOOL TUCk SHOP

DECEMBER 2012 - FORAgE WA COOkBOOk IS LAUNCHED WITH 3,000 COPIES SOLD

FEBRUARY 2013 - FIRST 800 APPLE TREES ARE PLANTED

“WITH EACH PASSINg YEAR, WE HAVE THE PLEASURE TO MEET

MORE AND MORE gOOD PEOPLE. OUR COMMUNITY gROWS AND SO TOO DOES OUR OPPURTUNITY TO

MAkE CHANgE IN NEPAL. ”

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With each passing year, we have the pleasure to meet more and more good people. As our community grows so does our possibility to make change in Nepal.

Upside would like to take this opportunity to reflect on the generosity we have received from our team of volunteers and supporters in 2014, both new and old faces.

And, as the Christmas season comes once more, Upside would like to wish each and every member of our community a happy and safe new year.

We cannot wait to see you in 2015, ready to take on new challenges and continue to grow and refine our model for sustainable development. Thank you for all that you do!

UPSIDE’S gROWINg FAMILY“many hands make light work”

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“With growth comes change, we call this our learning”

After 5 years of success working in Nepal and Australia there is a sense of change in the Upside camp.

Our Co-manager and Founder Cal Foulner set off on his own adventure and fellow Co-manager Freya Shearer left on a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford University. In Nepal our learnings from Ghiling village are creating more oppurtunities than ever

before to work in new villages and with new people.

ParkrunOn December 13th Upside launched the first ever Parkrun in Cottesloe. What’s Parkrun? It’s a 5km free timed run that happens around the world every Saturday morning at 8am.

Dinner for DollarsThis year marked the first ever “Dinner for Dollars” held at Himalayan Nepalese

AN EVOLVINg UPSIDE IN AUSTRALIA

Over the past years Upside has built a team of dedicated people all of whom are integral to our projects in Nepal.

AN EVOLVINg UPSIDE IN AUSTRALIA

Restaurant in Mosman Park. The night introduced many new faces into the Upside community as they embarked on an adventure through Nepal with guest high altitude mountaineer, Patrick Hollingworth. We hope to use the funds from the night to bring our project leaders Tenzin and Ram to Australia in the near future.

Forage Victoria We’re busy trialing all the best recipes in Victoria and meeting the chefs and farmers behind them. With renowned food photographer Jess Shaver and ex-master chief contest Julia Jenkins, it’s sure to be epic.

VenntureVennture is a two wheeled research adventure headed by Cal Foulner and

fellow Upsider Andrew. They’re in search for inspiration and oppurtunity for win-win-win business that combines people, planet and profit. We hope that what ever comes out of Vennture will be a part of Upside’s vision of funding our projects through social business into the future.

Upside AdventuresInterested in seeing our projects first hand? The oppurtunity is coming soon...

Social BusinessThe perfect combination between charity and business is where our vision lies for the future fundraising of Upside. Through projects like Forage, Vennture and Upside Adventures we hope to sustain our projects through more then just corporate sponsors and the 100 roots club.

“WITH gROWTH COMES CHANgE, WE CALL THIS OUR LEARNINg. ”

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WHISPERS FROM NEPAL- What’s new with Upside projects -

WHISPERS FROM NEPAL

“SUCCESS IS THE COMMUNITY STANDINg

ON IT’S OWN FEET” TENzIN CHOMPEL

Ghiling Apple Orchard Nestled along the Kaligandaki River at an altitude of 3570 metres, the Ghiling Apple Orchard is about a 45 minute walk from the town of Ghiling in the Mustang region of Nepal. The eight hundred apple trees in Stage 1 of the apple orchard have been a huge success. The apple trees have grown better than expected and are well established with many trees now over head height. Some trees were left unpruned and have fruiting spurs this year so may bear small volumes of fruit next year. A drip irrigation system will be installed in early 2015 when the ground thaws to keep the trees well watered. Planting of Stage 2 will commence in February 2015; this will be a small planting as much of the 2015 budget will be spent establishing the drip irrigation.

Ghiling Village SchoolWhen the apple orchard is profitable, the income will support the Ghiling Community School. This school serves the Ghiling children, as well as, children throughout the Mustang region. Currently eighty-two students are attending this PreK – Year

7 School and fifty-eight children live in the boarding house. School attendance is 98% and the students’ academic performance has been exceptional on Nepal National exams.

The ‘Tuck Shop” program in Makaikhola, Kaski District, Nepal‘Tuck Shop’ program at Janakalyan School in Makaikhola commenced the 1st of August 2014 at the request of local teachers wanting to see higher rates of school attendance at their school. Janakalyan School provides education for children in the nine village area of the Bhachok VDC (Village Development Committee) in the Kaski District of Nepal. Approximately 63 students are participating daily in the program. Attendance is recorded for participating students and personal hygiene is taught and encouraged daily. The Nepali Ministry of Education has shown interest in the program due to the increase in school attendance and parent satisfaction.

UPSIDE IS A UNIqUE TEAM SPREAD FROM THE REMOTE VILLAgES OF

NEPAL TO AUSTRALIA. WITHOUT THE DETERMINATION AND HARD WORk

OF ONE THE OTHER WOULD NOT ExIST. IT’S A SHARED PASSION FOR SUSTAINABLE CHANgE THAT kEEPS US gOINg AND THE RELATIONSHIP

THRIVINg.

OUR APPROACH IS TO ASSESS WHAT THE REgION NEEDS, WHAT THE REgION

ALREADY HAS, AND THEN EVALUATE THE BEST SUSTAINABLE PROjECT FOR THAT REgION. THESE PROjECTS ARE ALWAYS

ALIgNED WITH A VILLAgE’S IDENTITY AND WE ALWAYS WORk IN PARTNERSHIP AND

TOTAL AgREEANCE WITH THE REgION IN DEVELOPINg AND DELIVERINg THESE

SOCIAL CHANgE PROjECTS.

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100 ROOTS FOR LONg TERM CHANgE

Becoming a 100 Roots members is the most sustainable way to support Upside – and joining is not as hard as you might think!

WHAT’S THE 100 ROOTS CLUB?To sustain the work in Nepal, Upside has established a network of generous, active supporters in Australia, who volunteer expertise and share a commitment to Upside’s way of working. A growing community of Upsiders is connected through various awareness raising activities and events in Perth.Our core group of supporters in Australia are called the 100 Roots Club. Members of the 100 Roots Club provide Upside with a $1.00 day pledge.

100 ROOTS FOR SUSTAINABLE CHANGEUpside plans to become a financially self-sustaining organisation within 5 years. We are slowly becoming less reliant on traditional fundraising models and generating more revenue through social enterprise. As part of this journey, we launched our first social enterprise project, “Forage”, in November 2012. “Forage” cookbook features recipes and stories from over 60 of WA’s best chefs and restaurants, and raised more than $120,000

for Upside in 2012/13. Building on the success of “Forage WA”, “Forage Victoria” will be launched in 2015.

Think of a 100 Roots Club membership as an investment:1. in sustainable agribusiness projects in Nepal which act as catalysts for long-lasting improvements in village health and education

2. in the future of Upside’s work as we transition into a social enterprise

HOW DO I BECOME A MEMBER?There’s a table at the event with all the info you need to know and you might even get

a tap on the shoulder from one of our team members.

If you missed out on signing up to the 100 Roots Club at the event, never fear, we have forms available on our website at www.upsidenepal.org/getinvolved. All you have to do is download them, print them out, fill them in and post them back to PO Box 280 Cottesloe WA 6910. Alternatively, send us an email at hello@upsidenepal.org.

A big thank you from the entire Upside team to our current 100 Roots Members for your ongoing support.

“UPSIDE IS ABOUT EMPOWERINg, RELATIONSHIPS AND LISTENINg,

AgRICULTURE PROjECTS ARE ONLY SUSTAINABLE IF THE PEOPLE IN NEED OF A HAND-UP ARE EMPOWERED TO

FIND SOLUTIONS TO THEIR PROBLEMS. THIS INVOLVES LISTENINg, TRAININg AN

CONSENSUS BUILDINg. THIS IS WHAT UPSIDE IS ABOUT”

DEBBIE CASH, RELATIONSHIP BUILDER

UPSIDE ExHIBITION ARTIST PROFILES

JESSICA WYLDER

Jessica grew up on a working farm in Margaret River. Her passion for landscape photography was fuelled whilst being constantly enveloped by nature and the wild weather traveling across the fields, however it was travel that made her more interested in photographing people and cultures over recent years. She now considers her strength and passion to be literally passionate people; those dedicated to a cause, be it their career, a charity, love (for example weddings!) or some other achievement that they are striving to reach or promote through photography. She would eventually love to focus primarily on promoting local and sustainably focused industries and people.

JARRAD SENG

Jarrad is an Australian-based photographer, filmmaker and creative director with a special love for music, travel and the arts. He has gained international recognition for his work with high profile artists such as Passenger (UK), Matchbox 20 (USA) and Ed Sheeran (UK). In recent years Jarrad has established himself as one of Perth’s most prolific creatives, working on projects as diverse as international tours, hidden concerts, art installations and short films.

His work has been viewed by tens of millions worldwide and has featured on MTV, BBC1, Buzzfeed, VH1, Channel V, Canon advertisements, The Australian, Rolling Stone and numerous other media outlets, publications and blogs. In 2013 Jarrad was selected as a finalist for WA Young Person of the Year.

FORAgE VICTORIA - COMINg NExT CHRISTMAS...

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THANk YOU TIME!

UPSIDE LOVE: PETER LAINg, ISABELLE MARTIN, CAROLYN AND IAN SHEARER, THE FOULNER FAMILY, jOCELYN COOk, MICHAEL SANDAY, jOHN SANDAY, SEkAR OF jSA, STAN ARMINgSTON, HAWAIIAN, jACk VINER AND SARAH gEDDES OF jACk VINER DESIgN, WAYNE LEggETT, ANDREW WATkINS, COMMUNITY ACTION NEPAL, ROTARY CLUB OF BAYVIEW CLAREMONT, ROTARY CLUB OF kANTIPUR, kALIYUgAN PATHMANATHAN, jESS WILDINg, NAOMI WATTS, SARAH ARROWSMITH, PETER BODEkER, PLANET WHEELER, kENNY AND SCOTT OF MARkET SOCIAL, PETER NEWMAN OF CUSP, MILLENIUM kIDS INC, DYMOCkS, COLLINS BOOkSELLERS, LAVAN LEgAL, URBAN LOCAVORE, jAMES & LINDA CHRISTOU, THE jACkSON FAMILY, DEBBIE, BILLY, IAN AND TOBY CASH, LILLY CHRISTOU, jARRAD HELLER, jEN POOLEY, DARREN zUYDAM, AMANDA TELFORD, CHRISTIAN kLINkEN, gRANT gILMORE, Ez POPE

100 ROOTS CLUB MEMBERS (LEGENDS) Al SmithAlan McCormackAlexandra SmithAlison BroganAllan WallAllegra FoulnerAmanda KuhlAndrew TelfordAndrew WatkinsAnna Mony De KorleyAnthony & Julie GeddesBec BignelliBrian BowleyCameron NorthwayCate SuttonCatherine ColeChook LeeClifford YudelmanCourtney HoolahanDan FraserDaniel JohnstonDarren J ZuydamDavid AlstonDawn AndersonDebbie CashDianaSedgwichDiana TollDimitrios AntipasFelicity RobinsonGavin SacksGenevieve MontgomerieGeoff AndersonGillian YudelmanGlenda TelfordGraeme McKeownGraham JacksonGrant SchafferHayden BeamishHelen CromptonHugh Watkins

Hugo GilmourIndia CollinsJack VinerJames HindleJames PhillipsJane HendersonJannine FawkesJarrad HellerJarrad HowseJasmine PhilipsJenny FreedmanJessie GuilliattJill HugallJody McMillanJohn & Gabi HoltJohn RespondekJosie CloughJulie Salmon Kaliyugan PathmanathanKate ThompsonKatherine Eva CoateKatherine GreenKen CromptonKerry PallasKevin Chen ChowLaura AndersenLaura CarrollLauren BrownLincoln BrettLisa AlstonLisa TelfordMaria MoranMarion McAllisterMarisa SpiroMark HohnenMarshal KeenMary TurnerMatt HuttonMegan Smith Mike Salmon & Cindy CicconiNabilla ZayanNathan Farrelly

Nathan JolliffeNicola StranskyNikki & Larry IfflaOlivia George & Dave McMorrowOlivia McFarlanePatrick DawkinsPatrick TelfordPaul BaileyPenny & Simon WildingPeta SaffronPeter BodekerPeter JohnstonPhillipa LamontPippin HolmesRachel PullinRebecca JobsonRenato MartellosioRenee JohnstonRichard McclellandRichard TimmsRob BrounRob KirkbrideRob SalmonRobert PermanRobert ScottRobert TelfordRod SteadRubini VentourasSally HerdingSarina HolmesSebastian WatkinsShane MoranSteffi VaroliStewart JohnsonSusie HillTyson MeadsViv LeeWayne LeggettWill MacKinnonWilliam Brogan

- THINgS YOU CAN DO AT THIS YEAR’S EVENT -

I’ve had a jolly good mingle, fine wine & festive fun

I’ve become a member of the 100 Roots Club

I’ve checked out the art exhibition with all of Upside’s project updates

I’ve eaten some scrumptious cooking!

I’ve had a bloody good boogie

I’m full of food and love and am going on home to dream about Upside

Events Team: Craig O’SullivanKristen BarkerRory GollowRasheen LeePhoebe SullivanIlona ArnoldDebbie CashFreya ShearerJulia JohnstonJules SalmonRubini VentourasChloe Trompetter

Venue: Debbie & Billy Cash

Chef: Sal Widdlesston

Musicians:Adele Oliver

Photographer: Leigh MacPhersonJack Archer

Film: Chanel Bowen Volunteers:Erin PopeMhairi FoulnerCurtis SpencerMary SpencerSarah BalinskiBen GollowTessara CallaghanCraig O’SullivanJoe LundyMegan SmithRasheen LeePhoebe Sullivan

Supporters: Gage roadsMosswoodTorresBodhi JEmporio BoutiqueParkers MenswearViking RentalsUptempoTeslasScotch CollegeCyril JacksonJessica WylderJarrad Seng