Maya (middle) with her friends Sunita and Aruna Maya is maturing by leaps and bounds this year in both her classwork and her artwork! She is a naturally gifted artist and dancer and shares her talents by teaching her younger sisters at the home. Maya has found...
Children & Education Our work to support children and education in Talamarang has been particularly important this year. COVID brought children and families home to remote villages because of the economic downturn and virus spread in Kathmandu, which has meant...
Fun in the fields…all the kids went out to plant rice at the beginning of summer. For a time this spring, Maya and her friends at the orphanage outside Kathmandu enjoyed a break from classes. Ten of the older children at the home organized various activities for the...
Maya hugging Sushan, one of her little brothers at the orphanage. Maya is 12 years old and studying in Grade 6 this year. She has had a difficult few years emotionally—a heart surgery, a construction accident at school that killed her dear friend and other children in...
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...
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...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFoqA4_62AU VIDEO: Take a tour of life at our Children’s Home TEAM Nepal Director Neel Thakuri has been committed to children and education in his village area for more than 25 years. Together we have supported construction of a central...
Namaste and Hello! We’re excited to tell you about the great progress Changing Lives Nepal programs have accomplished this year! Even as Nepal continues to grapple with the aftermath of the earthquake and political power struggles, some bright lights of hope and...
The long days of summer are here, and we have a short update for you with good news on our projects. We have nearly completed our first natural building model school, have been training farmers in almond tree grafting and the planting of macadamia shade trees for...
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