Nell's initiatives to expand our agriculture in our Talamarang Children Home are truly evolving. We now have a greenhouse and our staff (and interested children!) are trained in seedling development to create more options for our farm. Neel is always engaging our children to learn practical skills that will benefit their future lives. The monsoon has been heavy this…
What a great way to celebrate Earth Day 2017 - by visiting our building projects in Sindhulpalchok, one of the most affected regions in the 2015 earthquake, with a good news story of our Earth based rebuilding projects that are being made from Earth, literally.
Our key points in this after-earthquake-building project are:
1) “On the job training" to skill local…
Over the past 17 years being involved with children and education here in Nepal I have come to deeply appreciate the value of educating children. Not only can it transform the life of the individual but it also has an impact on their whole family and wider community. Ultimately having a positive effect on the entire country as engineers, doctors,…
Our Annapurna Children Home celebrating Nepali New Year 2074 with Kira Kay and the student of Manipal Medical College.
Our New Years Day has been a joy to share with the students at Manipal Medical Teaching College who arranged a fun program for us.
They organized games, prizes & snacks - plus being medical students a check up especially of…
Read more: Celebrating Nepali New Year 2074 with Our Annapurna Children Home
Kira Kay with children at Bhaktapur Children Home having painting fun during school holidays.
Some school holiday fun! Our Bhaktapur Orphan Home house has been structurally fully repaired now post earthquake - but cosmetically it needs some loving - what better way to start than with pots of paint and many hands all together. It may not be 100% professional…
This is a heartfelt call out from Kira Kay for funds to keep our projects active and supporting children, women and communities in Nepal. Any amount small or large is VERY welcomed! see below on how to donate
I am once again in beloved Nepal - even with all the dust, horns and intermittent electricity I feel totally at home…
Congratulations to Sibjan Chaulagain who with his innovation with information technology for farmers has been part of one of the most innovative entrepreneur start-up initiatives the past months - Rockstart Impact program. Coming up soon will be all the participants presenting their business plans and ideas in Amsterdam, Netherlands March 16th when they will present to public audience and potential…
The basis of our eco-rebuilding is using compressed earth bricks. We are using the technology refined by Abari and their own made machines and their advising on how to make the right mix of clay/soil to produce quality strong bricks. Our brick production has begun! More than 10,000 bricks have already been made! The training on how to make the…
Our second microcredit location in Sivanagar village held their AGM with a lot of smiles and good feelings! The women now fully manage the financial structure – Savings and Credit cooperative - We have supported them with training and guidance to be able manage the daily activities and yearly audits required to complete an AGM. All our microcredit initiatives are…
Our project with Team Nepal and Abari to enable villagers to rebuild their own homes safely is underway! The on-the-job training is happening while building a two classroom building at Gyaltham, Melamchi tertiary Campus where we are co-creating with the villagers a tool library/workspace that will continue past the building to enable the villagers to access tools along with the…