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Maya

Maya

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...

Organic Coffee

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

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

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...

2022 Team Update

2022 Team Update

Deana and Nancy kicked off 2022 with a hike together on the central California coast!  We’re doing great, and we hope you are too! Updates on all our folks below, and we are full of love and appreciation for your support. Wishing you joy and abundance through the...

Organic Coffee

Organic Coffee

Coffee Farmer Prem Kumari Gautam Prem Kumari Gautam is 64 years old, and she has 300 coffee bushes and a family of 7 living at home. Not all of her coffee plants are producing yet, but she earned $160 from harvest at the beginning of this year (a 25% increase on...

Children’s Home

Children’s Home

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...

Women’s Safe House

Women’s Safe House

This is the Safe House team supporting the women we serve: (from left) Chandra (support), Tulasi (manager), Muna (counselor), & Rita (security). To protect the dignity and privacy of the women we serve, we do not publish their photos or their real names. As our...

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