The group carefully transported it back from Nepal and students then were delighted to present it to Leweston Head, Mr Paget-Tomlinson on behalf of Bil and the students at Jana Jyoti. The plaque is now hung in pride of place outside Mr Paget-Tomlinson's office next to the original map that was used in 1987 when the first group of 7 students and 1 teacher from Leweston went to Nepal.
It was on the trek one evening in 1987 that they came to Baglungpani village and asked the local headmaster, Ganga Ghale, if they might camp on the high field above the school. Ganga invited them to visit his little school (Shree Jana Jyoti) which had been built of local stone twenty-seven years previously. The buildings were in bad repair but the enthusiasm of students and teachers was such that they were inspired to ask if we might become sister schools in friendship and help to repair their school. Ganga then retired and Bil Gurung who had taught under Ganga Ghale was appointed headmaster. Over the years since, the school has been enlarged and rebuilt into the fine school it is now, earning its local name of ‘The Beacon’ as it shows the way things can be.
Throughout the years the friendship between the schools has deepened with visits by Leweston students and ex students to Baglungpani and through visits to Leweston by Ganga and Bil.