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...
Macadamia farmer Bindu Darji has a big smile because she just sold 22 lbs of freshly harvested nuts for nearly $100, and in rural Nepal that’s good earnings! Bindu Darji wins! She and her family of five have three mature macadamia trees, which produced 62 lbs. of nuts...
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...
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...
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 To protect the dignity and privacy of the women we serve, we do not publish their photos or their real names.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...
SODEC Director Parshu Dahal with Macadamia farmer Bhesh Raj Basnet…and his tall macadamia trees! Farmer demand for our macadamia seedlings is at an all-time high…and going up!! Why? Because after waiting patiently for 5-6 years to see how our first saplings would do,...
As CLN Nepali partner Neel recently said, “Daily life is back to normal and everyone looks happy!” Our programs and our friends in Nepal are all doing well, and things are finally (mostly) getting back to normal. Sharing highlights from CLN’s work in 2022, with full...
Parshu (second from left) bringing together local officials to sign written, policy-level agreements, helping to ensure local support and long-term sustainability of the Women’s Safe House. Dear Donors and Friends,One thing we’ve learned over decades of work in Nepal...
From left: Safe House Manager Tulasi Ghimire, Counselor Muna Majhi, Security Guard Rita Thapa, and Support Staff Chandrakala Thapa We’d like to introduce you to the women who are on-the-ground in Sankhuwasabha District, making the new Women’s Safe House happen:...
Deep gratitude to EVERYONE who has generously donated to bring the vision of Samridhi Ghar to life, and especially to the Safe House Founding Members who each donated $1000 in Year 1 and ensured the project could launch successfully. We’re honored by your support and...
The Women's Safe House is OPEN! Dear Donors & Friends, We are brimming with good news and excited to share it!! Our Women’s Safe House opened this month in the remote mountains of Nepal. Serving a region of 158,000 people, Samridhi Ghar (House of Prosperity)...
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...
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