Helping Orphans in Nepal - Investing in Education

JOIN US IN PROVIDING HOPE & A FUTURE FOR ORPHANS IN NEPAL! WITH YOUR HELP WE CAN PAY THEIR SCHOOL FEES SO THEY CAN GET EDUCATED, SUPPORT THEMSELVES AS ADULTS & GIVE BACK TO THEIR COMMUNITY (SEE BELOW – THIS IS TRULY AN INVESTMENT IN REDUCING POVERTY IN NEPAL)

We're raising funds to provide school fees, tablets & clothing for 2 orphanages in Kathmandu, Nepal. These homes (the wonderful people who run them call them 'homes' because they see the children as a family, not orphans) provide a loving environment for children who would otherwise be on their own on the streets or worse yet, wouldn’t survive. Quite a few of these girls were simply left in the forest to die when their parents had passed away in landslides, childbirth, etc. Girls are not considered to be valuable since they can’t work as porters so extended family are often uninterested in caring for them. But these two homes take these children into their family, feed and care for them & even pay for their school fees - literally, they give them hope for both the present as well as the future!

My wife, my twin 15-year-old daughters and I will be in Nepal visiting these two orphanages at the end of March (this is our 4th trip) and want to bring them:

1. Money for their school fees

2. Two tablets to help them do their schoolwork

3. A whole lot of clothes (it’s cold in Nepal and good clothes are expensive)

I can personally vouch for these two homes and the incredible, life-changing work they do with these children on a shoestring budget as my wife & I have been working with them for 20 years - but they are constantly barely getting by with all the expenses associated with raising 50+ children (35 girls in the all-girls home and 17 girls & boys in the other home). With your help we can make sure that all of the kids can continue with their education. Getting educated creates a double positive: 1) It allows the child to become self-sustaining as adults and 2) it allows many of them to significantly contribute to their communities and help others in need. For example, two of the young women that grew up in the all-girls home are nurses who served in the COVID ICUs in two different hospitals during the pandemic. Because of the training that their education provided them, they were able to help save lives with very minimal resources because they were so passionate about giving back to their community.

Here’s just a little about these two homes. The all-girls home has 35 girls while the New Vision Home has a total of 17 boys and girls. We first visited the all-girls home back in 2003 and were amazed by how smart and happy the girls were - their faces sparkled with the confidence of children that are well loved! Let me tell you about two of the girls:

- Prasanna was one of the older girls who didn’t let all the time she spent looking after her younger sisters stop her from excelling in school. She was only 10 when we visited in 2003, but is now happily married, had a daughter of her own and is serving as a nurse to those in need (my wife and I donated $12,000 to send her to nursing school about 10 years ago and she is putting her training to good work). During COVID she would regularly lose 5 – 6 lbs. each shift as she had to wear a hazmat suit but the hospital had no air conditioning - but this didn’t stop her from showing up to work every day to help others. In the group photo, Prasanna is on the right pink floral top.

- Anna is a fiercely determined young lady with jet black eyes and a wonderful smile. When we first visited in 2003, Anna was 6 and had only been at the orphanage for less than two years (she had never been exposed to English before this). However, when we were visiting the children she came over to ask my wife how to spell ‘cauliflower’ because it was her favorite vegetable and she was writing a letter to her sponsor. In the group photo, Anna is on the left in the light blue.

If you have any questions or want more information before deciding whether you will donate, please feel free to leave a comment and we will be happy to provide feedback.