Holi is a favorite holiday at Ama Ghar – and in fact, all over Nepal! The celebration, which will start March 27, lasts for a week, in which the entire country gets covered with colored water… all over Nepal, people are throwing colors and water balloons, locally called “lolas”, on each other. Legend has it that Krishna loved to pull practical …
Ama Ghar’s Star Performers
We were thrilled when The School of Performing Arts Kathmandu (SPAK) chose Ama Ghar to be included in a six week workshop to teach drama and music, which culminated in a live performance. The mission of SPAK is to encourage cultural and creative activities for the enjoyment and benefit of the people in Nepal. SPAK is a safe cultural playground where every …
The Next Generation of Good Citizens
We often say in our published materials that our goal is for our children to grow up to be good Nepali citizens and good global citizens. So it’s thrilling to see so many of our children reach out, usually un-prompted by us, to do good in the world. Below is a blog post from Pratima, one of our older girls …
What It’s Like to Be An Orphan
Below is the winner in the 13 Years and Under category of our Ama Ghar blog contest. Jenuka’s writing is very sincere; we hope you’ll find it moving. “I think everybody knows the meaning of orphan. Orphan means a person who don’t have father, mother or person to take care of them. The life of an orphan is very touching and …
Christmas, New Year’s – End of Year Fun!
During the month of December, the Ama Ghar kids waited anxiously for the package of cookie decorations being sent by our good friend Mary Averill, also known as Christmas Cookie Auntie, but when it hadn’t shown up by December 19, Bonnie Auntie took action. She received an email that two families were coming from the US for trekking – and …
Everybody Dreams…
What is a dream? Let’s get it straight…everybody dreams. Oh, you’ll always hear one of your school friends or a relative who’ll say “I know I don’t dream,otherwise I’d remember something in the morning!” Well, that’s one of the most interesting things about dreaming… often you can’t remember anything about what it was you were dreaming about as soon as you wake up, …
Another Rescued Child Comes to Ama Ghar
Our newest and youngest child arrived this week… just in time to celebrate the time of peace on earth with her new Ama Ghar family. Tan Bahadur, our Ama Ghar Uncle, went all the way to the very remote district of Humla to rescue this little girl. She has lost her mother, and her extended family cannot afford to …
Welcome our new little girl – and good luck to our latest graduate…
We are so pleased to welcome our new little sister, Bina! We were very lucky to find Bina and bring her into Ama Ghar quickly, as she was on the street alone at just 6 years old. A local social worker noticed her at a “feeding program” and alerted us. Getting children as soon as they show up on the …
A Circus with a Soul
As a gift from Alan and Sarah Nikles, our Swiss friends who are regular donors and volunteers, the Ama Ghar children went to their first circus! But it wasn’t just any circus – it was Circus Kathmandu, which extends training and opportunities to marginalized young people who work with volunteer circus professionals from many countries. The very personal part of this …
Holiday Traditions at Ama Ghar
We love to celebrate the Nepali festivals at Ama Ghar, as performing these rituals bonds us as a family of various religious and ethnic backgrounds. Traditionally, the festival season starts right after the rice harvest, with a 10-day family holiday of Dashain. Most of the children have aunts, uncles and cousins in their villages, so as many of them as …