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CHILDREN STUDYING IN REPAIRED SCHOOLS
ORGANIC COFFEE, TEA, & NUT TREES PLANTED
Farming Families Earning New Income
CHILDREN STUDYING IN REPAIRED SCHOOLS
Organic Coffee, Tea & Nut Trees Planted
FARMING FAMILIES EARNING NEW INCOME
Our Projects
Women’s Safe House
Organic Agriculture
Schools & Education
Children’s home
Disaster Relief
Our Projects
Women’s Safe House
Organic Agriculture
Schools & Education
Children’s home
Disaster Relief
Making a Positive Impact
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Our Approach
Seed money, gap funding, and inclusive partnerships turn small donations into big impact.
We partner with local leaders who are driven to make change in their home communities. Together, we create support for children and families, strengthen communities, and develop economic resilience.
Our Story
Deana and Nancy met in the mountains and valleys of the Himalayas, when Deana was the guide for Nancy and her family’s trek to Everest Base Camp in 2007. What started as a conversation on the trail evolved into a wholehearted collaboration as we discovered that we shared a deep desire to support the people of Nepal. We founded Changing Lives Nepal the following year to help people in Nepal create a better future for themselves.
From Deana’s early experience as Peace Corps Volunteer, to the founding of CLN, to the present day, we have a 22-year relationship with the communities and leaders we support.
The Need in Nepal
25% of Nepal’s 30 million people live below the poverty line.
Monthly income in the villages where we work is ~$90 per person.
Rural families depend primarily on subsistence farming on difficult mountain terrain, which leaves 17% of the population undernourished.
36% of children do not complete basic high school education due to poverty.
Over 40% of girls are married before age 18, and this makes them twice as likely to be victims of domestic and sexual violence.Â
Women and children in Nepal are increasingly vulnerable as economic, political, and climate instabilities increase.
Our hearts are touched by the warmth of the Nepalese people and also by the difficult conditions of their lives. We are committed to making a difference and changing lives.
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Recent Updates
Organic Coffee
Coffee Farmer Bharat Rai is feeling good about his coffee production and growing income! Collective coffee processing will be happening for the first time in December 2023! CLN’s earliest coffee bushes are mature and thousands more are just beginning to produce...
Macadamia Nuts
New farmers receiving macadamia seedlings from the nursery. The secret is out! Farmers all around Sankhuwasabha District have heard about macadamia nuts, and they want to plant trees. This year CLN had planned to add 150 new farmers to the project–and we actually...
Women’s Safe House
Community Education session with a village group to raise awareness about womens’ rights and legal protections against gender-based violence. Our Women’s Safe House, Samridhi Ghar, is providing women and children with safety, shelter, and so much more. We have...
Recent Updates
Organic Coffee
Coffee Farmer Bharat Rai is feeling good about his coffee production and growing income! Collective coffee processing will be happening for the first time in December 2023! CLN’s earliest coffee bushes are mature and thousands more are just beginning to produce...
Macadamia Nuts
New farmers receiving macadamia seedlings from the nursery. The secret is out! Farmers all around Sankhuwasabha District have heard about macadamia nuts, and they want to plant trees. This year CLN had planned to add 150 new farmers to the project–and we actually...
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