In addition to educating our own children, Ama Ghar reaches out to the community schools to help underprivileged children in our area attend and stay in school. Even though Class 1 – 10 education is provided free in Nepal, many poor parents cannot afford to buy the necessary uniform, book bag, papers and pencils that children need to attend school. …
Ama Ghar's Community Scholarships
In addition to educating our own children, Ama Ghar reaches out to the community schools to help underprivileged children in our area attend and stay in school. Even though Class 1 – 10 education is provided free in Nepal, many poor parents cannot afford to buy the necessary uniform, book bag, papers and pencils that children need to attend school. …
Nepali Times: Ama Ghar is GREEN
We’re very proud of this article, which appeared in the Nepali Times, entitled Foundation for the Future. Foundation for the Future: Children’s home is also a model for green architecture BRITTANY SEARLE FROM ISSUE #587 (13 JAN 2012 – 19 JAN 2012) | TABLE OF CONTENTS ——————————————————————————– SMALL FOOTPRINT: Bonnie Ellison who grew up in Nepal as a child is …
R-E-S-P-E-C-T
Enjoy this blog post from Krishna, a 16 year old at Ama Ghar who is clearly wise beyond her years. Respect is a thing which comes from deep inside one’s heart. A human heart must have the word “respect” within oneself. In this world there are many types of respect. The most important one is to respect ourselves. If we …
Fun with Fundraising!
We know it’s difficult sometimes to do fundraising, even for a cause you believe in strongly. Most of us are uncomfortable asking our friends for money, and most of us are a bit short on cash for contributing ourselves. So how to extend maximum generosity with minimum discomfort? There are ways… our longtime Ama Ghar friend Margaret Fabian’s California book …
Christmas in Kathmandu
Although the Ama Ghar children are Buddhists and Hindus, they celebrate the Christmas season as a time of family, giving and peace. They enjoy the fun traditions of Christmas with volunteers, like decorating cookies and a Christmas tree. Read on for Bonnie’s report on Christmas in Kathmandu, 2011! “Christmas 2011 at Ama Ghar brought the return visit of Mary Averil …
Ama Ghar Grand Opening Celebration!
Saturday, November 12 was the happiest day yet in the history of Ama Ghar – the Grand Opening party for our beautiful new home in Godavari. We are very proud of our new home, built through the generosity of our donors with sustainable power and waste systems and traditional Nepali design. On Saturday, we welcomed over 400 people to a …
Ang Maya’s New Home
Our new little Ang Maya Rai is a miracle – and a testament to the resilience of children and of life itself… Ang Maya was found by trekkers on a trail high in the Himalayas – apparently abandoned by her family, probably for lack of food. She was taken in for a time by a Sherpa family (she still calls …
Ang Maya's New Home
Our new little Ang Maya Rai is a miracle – and a testament to the resilience of children and of life itself… Ang Maya was found by trekkers on a trail high in the Himalayas – apparently abandoned by her family, probably for lack of food. She was taken in for a time by a Sherpa family (she still calls …
Family Time at Dashain
As promised in our last post about Dashain, here’s a new post about the end of the festival. At the date of this posting, we’re actually celebrating yet another festival – Tihar and Diwali – so we’ll write more about that in future blogs! By the way, both photos in this post were taken by the children – they’re getting …