Donations & Support – LED TV
We are very thankful to Mr. Rosario Caravita from Italy for donating a 43” Android TV and gratefully receive it for the children of the entire foundation. We would also like to thank Mrs. Margherita Terzi for all of her help and Mr. Raju Gurung (Hotel Hulk, Lakeside) for his coordination and other support. We
A wheelchair gift
NCF-Nepal has been able to give a wheelchair as a gift to Mr. Jiwan Giri, a 55-year-old man. He is originally from the Syangja district of Nepal but, currently, lives in a one-room house in the slum area of Pokhara. Because of leprosy-paralysis, his feet never developed correctly, making it impossible for him to walk.
Beginning of a new training @ WEP
In our training sessions each year, we always have a group of women who strive for financial and moral independence through our training and micro support. This year, on the verge of celebrating the 10th anniversary of our Women’s Empowerment Center, we have recently started a new 3-month full-time sewing and tailoring training course with
Namaste’s Ex-Children Reunion
After completion of their education, the reintegration of our older children is always a concern for us. Recently, we organized a reunion program at the Himalayan Guest House for all of our reintegrated children. Although not all of these children could join us, the attendance was far more than expected. We were very encouraged to
Celebrating Teej Festival
This year, as well as every year, we celebrated a festival that is of great importance in the Hindu religion, especially to ladies. This festival is called Teej and is celebrated by showing dedication to the Goddess Parvati, commemorating her union with Lord Shiva. The festival is celebrated for the well-being of the spouse and
Dashain and Tihar Festival
The biggest festivals called Dashain & Tihar have arrived at our door. This is the festival of joy, happiness and smiles. We all at NCF Nepal would like to wish a healthy and prosperous life to you, your family, friends and to all our sponsors, donors, partner charities and well-wishers on the behalf of auspicious
Graduation 12th Standard
The 12th-grade Board Exam is extremely difficult to pass, putting intense pressure on our children. Only a small percentage of students in Nepal pass this test. Our girls have continued to work hard and it has paid off.
Founder/Chairman’s European Visit
To strengthen our relationship with our European friends, Mr. Chairman, Visma Raj Paudel, went on 2 weeks visit to Germany. During his visit on the 27th of July 2019, the ZONTA CLUB, Wiesbaden, Germany gave donations earmarked for the welfare and development of female children residing under Namaste Community Foundation, Nepal. Because of these donations
Students Reunion & Picnic
For some refreshment for the staff, reintegrated children and the current resident children of Namaste Community Foundation, a reunion picnic program was organized on 27th April 2019 inviting all our children who formerly lived with us. Although the weather was not to our side in the very last hour, we managed to enjoy the picnic
Self-Defense Classes
We would like to thank Miss Ruthie and her sister from USA for their 2 weeks self defense classes to our children at the children’s home. They taught various self-defense techniques to our children and they enjoyed learning those lessons.
Celebration of Nepali New Year
Nepali New year has always been very special to every Nepalese living inside and outside the country. This new year is special for us as well because this new year is the start of a new beginning and a new hope. The NCF-Family celebrated this new year with lots of joy and happiness. At the
Water Project for Ramchedevi Basic School
After realizing the need for a source of safe drinking water to the students and staff of Ramchedevi Basic School Syangja, we decided to support the school with all the basic requirements for the easy availability of drinking water. A contract was signed in between Namaste Community Foundation and Ramchedevi Basic School, Tallachaur, Fedikhola-4, Syangja
Scholarship Distribution Program
As in previous years, this year on 26th April 2019 a scholarship distribution program was organized for the very few but deserving students. This could be the last time we will be distributing scholarship from home because we have planned to distribute scholarship/school materials to the students in a cluster way i.e. we will select
Dental Camp in our home
A bi-annual dental check-up camp was organized by our very good friends and a well-wisher of NCF-Nepal Mr. Kantosh Gurung and Pritam Gurung from Riverside Health Center. Our sincere thanks to him and his team for showing us such a love and care all the time. Altogether 30 children and 5 staff benefited from the
Congratulations to Lok Maya Marasini
A huge congratulations to our child Ms. Lok Maya Marasini for passing her Bachelor of Business studies 1-year exam. Although she was not feeling well during the time of examination she managed to pass the exam. We are very happy for you and we wish a very prosperous future.
Celebration of 16th Anniversary
We recently celebrated our 16th Anniversary on 10th June 2019 together with our children, in our lakeside home. During this ceremony, we remembered with appreciation, each and everyone of you (well-wishers, friends, donors, sponsors, volunteers, partner charities and board members, advisory group, etc.) for you helping hands in supporting us and assisting in our continued
Partner Charity’s monitoring visit
We are happy to welcome our partner charity (IBSH) Director – Josh Porteous and Country Representative – Rishi Acharya all way from Australia in our house in lakeside for a regular monitoring visit. During this trip, they managed to spend some time with children including one day hiking to stupa. We also had few meetings
Women’s Empowerment Center
We have successfully completed the 8th batch of training in the last 4 years (2014-2018), providing essential job-oriented skills in our Women’s Empowerment Centre, Ghachowk, Kaski, Nepal. for about 200 single women living under the poverty level. Most of these women have already been empowered by becoming successful small business entrepreneurs and others have been
Renowned singers visit NCF Nepal
The best female singer, Miss. Sherya Sotang (Image Award 2018), and singing idol, Mr. Santosh Lama (Nepal Tara – 2), managed to visit our children at NCF Nepal during their Christmas Concert in Lakeside, Pokhara, Nepal. They sang a couple of songs in our house for our children, spent some time with them, and distributed
Classes run by elder brother
One of the elder children, Mr Durga Bhandari, who completed 12th grade last year, has started to offer computer classes for all of the children living in our house. Each child gets 4 hours of computer class each week to learn basic computer skills. Some of the children are learning very quickly and then supporting
