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...
Victoria fundraiser for construction of a permanent building for our Women’s Safe House. From left: CLN Advisor Bill Winfield, CLN Co-Founders Nancy Porten and Deana Zabaldo, Nepal Director Parshu Dahal, ABIN Founder Rob Tournour, ABIN Board Members Craig Fulton and...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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