Our Children’s Home in Sindhupalchowk District is transitioning to a Girls’ Hostel as Director Neel Shahi prepares to step down as President of TEAM Nepal and become a board member. Plans have been in the works this year to hand off leadership to a long-time associate...
Raising awareness about gender-based violence and women’s rights through Community Based Education including with this local women’s group. We’re delighted with CLN's progress in Nepal this year and have exciting news to share! Our macadamia nut...
Change is coming to our children’s home, but all our kids are healthy and continue to move forward through their studies and into being young adults. We’re so proud of them! During the last 3 years, our local partner TEAM Nepal has faced so many challenges. It has not...
Organic Coffee Farmer Exposure Visit Coffee farmers exposure visit…and coffee cherries drying in the sun. In February, we sponsored an exposure visit to educate our lead organic coffee farmers on a new method of coffee cherry processing. Only one coffee farm in Nepal...
Just like kids in the US, our kids in Nepal were out of school for many months this year. With business at a complete standstill in Kathmandu, Neel went out to the village and spent most of his time at the Children’s Home. His extended stay gave him the opportunity to...
Our Children’s Home in the rural foothills of the Himalayan mountains has been successfully operating for 12 years and is home to some of the sweetest kids you could ever know. It costs only $1400 to sponsor one child’s food, uniforms, books, education and living...
Children's Home - Class 10 Graduates! Congratulations to Jamuna, Krishna, and Ganga on passing their high school exam!! Jamuna, Krishna, and Ganga back in 2009 in the early days of the Children’s Home At the children’s home this year, we had our first Grade 10...
Let’s celebrate!! CLN has been working in Nepal for 10 years—and it’s because of YOU that we can celebrate this success! With your support, we’ve granted $326,889 over the last decade and have turned an initial desire to improve the lives of rural...
With 2017 almost behind us, we are looking ahead to next year with excitement...Plans for 2018: Construction of a grain mill to make the children’s home more self-sustaining and to improve villagers’ lives in the surrounding community ($9,000)Provide gap funding for...
Dismantling the temporary school in Batase and rebuilding it in a nearby field so that classes can continue as a new school is slowly constructed. As we look back over the year, we’re feeling grateful and inspired to witness the blossoming of our Nepal...
Our kids ready for school! At the Children’s Home, our 23 kids can be found doing homework or checking on the chickens, while the staff are working in the organic garden, cooking, and taking care of the goats, among a multitude of other tasks. Boys and girls do their...
Wishing you an inspiring start to 2017! Deana in San Francisco, Nancy in Lake Tahoe, and Jen in Colorado with her husband Erik and new baby girl! We are proud to be celebrating Changing Lives Nepal 9th anniversary this January! Our hearts are filled with...
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