Tihar is our busiest holiday. We clean the house and prepare a lamp-lit path and beautiful mandalas to entice Goddess Laxmi to visit Ama Ghar and bring prosperity. It is also the Festival of Lights. This year the older ones visited the in Kathmandu to see the light displays. Maha Puja (Worshiping self) is a Newari tradition that Ama Ghar has …
October marks Dashain in Nepal and the Ama Ghar home was full of celebration. The kids had a 2 week holiday off of school, and started things off with a lot of activities at home — arts and crafts, playing on our traditional Dashain swing, flying kites, and playing cards. It’s a lot of time together and we make the …
Join us as we bring a little bit of Nepal to the Bay Area and celebrate the mission of Ama Ghar to provide children with a loving home, excellent education, health care, and the confidence to become productive, self-supporting adults. Tickets available for purchase here! If you are interested in our sponsorship opportunities, please reach out to info@ama-foundation.org. Stay tuned …
We are so excited to celebrate the recent weddings of original Ama Ghar children, Ashok and Sajan. Ashok and Sajan have grown into successful young men and have taken the next step in life — marriage to lovely and wonderful women. Ashok and Roshana were married in November and Sajan and Sarina in December. To celebrate, Ama Ghar had our …
Ama Ghar’s story began over 20 years ago with a visionary Nepalese founder, Shrawan Nepali, who grew up in a Nepali orphanage and had a dream of providing a loving home and education for disadvantaged children in Nepal. He and a committed group of people banded together to create Ama Ghar – which means Motherly Home. In 2001, after hiring …
Bonnie’s life has taken her all around the world — she has lived in the United States, Europe, Libya, and Nepal, just to name a few. In 1961, Bonnie enrolled in the inaugural class at the Leysin American School in Switzerland. LAS has a mission to educate, nurture, and create caring world citizens. Bonnie is that mission personified, and her …
No matter how far-flung our Ama Ghar family might be, the children always find ways to come home to Ama Ghar and rejoice in our bonds – especially during the holidays of Dashain and Tihar. Celebrating holiday traditions is a great way for the kids to stay in touch with their roots – and each other. Enjoy this photo album!
On August 1, 2021, we celebrated the 20th anniversary of Ama Ghar in front of a beautiful banner bearing everyone’s handprint, which was painted by the children themselves. There was singing, dancing and so much laughter and joy… our wonderful Srijana created posters showing old photos of everyone from 2001 to 2021 and much teasing and hilarity ensued. We wish …
When we say that the kids are climbing the walls during the lockdown, that’s not a bad thing! Anish figured out a safe way for the kids to climb up the side of the house and rappel down, much to their delight. They are fearless natural climbers and this is a wonderful way to build their confidence. Even our house …
Our Ama Ghar family keeps growing in such interesting ways! Now we have beautiful grandchildren joining us, and we are so proud. Congratulations to all of you out there who now have four new Ama Ghar grandchildren to love.