A group of Ama Foundation Board Members from the Bay Area enjoyed some serious fun this weekend (May 17-18) at the Himalayan Fair – hopefully we saw some of you there! Our Founder, Shrawan Nepali, served free Nepali chai to all comers, we gave bubble blowers to our youthful guests, and everyone enjoyed eating momos and watching Nepali dancing and …
Join Us for the Himalayan Film Festival!
Ama Foundation is co-sponsoring the Himalayan Film Festival, along with our many friends at Curry Without Worry, Nepal Youth Foundation, Third Eye Travel and Sahayeta.org, among others. An amazing number of beautiful films are being shown, both on the Opening Night in San Francisco (Friday, May 16) and in Berkeley, in conjunction with the Himalayan Fair, on Saturday, May 17. …
Fred Takes Ama Foundation to the Ball Game!
What a great night it was for the San Francisco Giants, Planet Freddo and the Ama Foundation! On Friday night, April 25, it was Duane Kuiper Night at the Giants game – and Duane and Mike Krukow both were resplendent in Planet Freddo ties (see photo above ). The most fun thing (well, at least as far as we’re concerned) …
Spring Finery from Dresses for Nepal
Since today is Easter in the West, we thought we’d post a blog of our beautiful girls in the spring finery that they received from the talented seamstresses at Dresses for Nepal: Jane Bender and Ginny Fields. These wonderful ladies came to us courtesy of our friends at the Didi Project. Thanks to one and all for making our girls …
Brighter Smiles at Ama Ghar
At the end of March, Ama Ghar had some new visitors – and they were armed with toothbrushes! A group of dentists and their student assistants came to Ama Ghar to teach us all about proper dental hygiene. We invited children from another home as well as local village children to attend this fun and helpful session. First, we all …
Ama Ghar’s Fred Uncle Goes Nationwide!
Ama Foundation Board Member Fred Doar, known as Fred Uncle to the Ama Ghar kids, is at it again. As the founder of Grace Bakery, he built one of the first and finest artisanal bakeries in the Bay Area. Upon his retirement, he became an artist, creating fantastic abstract paintings that were a personal expression of his energy and giving …
Anish Lama Starts His New Life
Here’s some happy news – another one of the Ama Ghar kids has completed training that will enable him to leave Ama Ghar and lead a happy and productive life! Anish has completed a two month river rafting guide training and a three month trekking guide training so is ready to join Nepal’s burgeoning tourism industry. With his excellent English …
IMPORTANT MESSAGE ABOUT AMA GHAR IN NEPAL
There was a rescue of abused children from a home in Kathmandu called Aamako Ghar earlier this week, and it has been widely and erroneously reported in the Nepali press as Ama Ghar. This is very hurtful to us, as we are one of the most highly rated childrens’ homes in Nepal – Bonnie is working to ask the media …
Hands Across Mountains
One of the many things that makes Ama Ghar so special is our international Ama Ghar family, a group of loving, giving and dedicated people who support our children in so many ways – not only financially, but with mentoring and emotional support, just like a real family. A beautiful example of this is our friend Adam Dickenson (Adam Brother …
Ama Ghar’s 12th Anniversary Celebration
Our Founder, Shrawan Nepali, organized a 12th Anniversary celebration during his stay at Ama Ghar in December. We invited our Nepali Board of Directors, who do so much good work for the children, our friends, supporters and neighbors. The children danced and sang, everyone waved Nepali flags, and a wonderful time was had. In his speech, Shrawan Uncle reminded us …