The children are still hard at work during their Zoom classes, but when they’re not, they’re lucky because they can be outside in our beautiful valley. Everyone has their own way of overcoming the stifling summer heat – the girls pick mulberries with their big sister Meena and the boys built themselves a pool out of cement blocks and USAID …
Who Wants to be a Pen Pal?
Our whole world has come to a standstill because of the coronavirus, so wouldn’t it be great if we could communicate not only with those we know and love, but with new friends all around the world? At Ama Ghar, we communicate with our Ama Ghar family through blogs like this one, email newsletters, social media and mail. Our board …
Coping with Corona School Daze
Our older children who are home and serving as teachers have reported more difficulty maintaining the younger ones’ attention as the days go on, but we are being creative with ways to keep them focused on their lessons. Sometimes helping their aunties with the fruit picking and kitchen chores seems like much more fun! It’s been difficult because they were …
Bonnie Auntie’s Pandemic Rules
Above: Bonnie and Uma having a meeting at a social distance. Yes, although Bonnie Auntie (and our cook and housemother, Dhana) have to stay somewhat removed from the day to day action at Ama Ghar because their age makes them vulnerable, Bonnie has been leading the charge against coronavirus contamination through a series of rules and protocols. Since so many …
Learning to Love Lockdown
First of all, we want to let you know that we think about our global Ama Ghar family every day and pray and meditate that you are all safe and well. Part of being a family is caring and that caring goes both ways. Thanks for all you do for us and we send you hugs from Nepal. While we …
A Happy Holi at Home!
Holi is everyone’s favorite holiday at Ama Ghar. Many of the older kids came home to celebrate by throwing wiping and swiping tika powder at their family members – including Bonnie Auntie! Enjoy this family photo album.
Menuka Makes us Proud!
In honor of International Women’s Day, we celebrate Menuka, one of our first Ama Ghar children, who has created a teaching career and a productive life for herself. Menuka worked hard to earn a teaching certificate, taught at our local primary school while getting her Bachelors and now has moved to Pokhara with her husband to teach at Global Collegiate …
Ganga has Found a New Home
Meet the newest member of our Ama Ghar family – Ganga Maya, who came to us from Sindupalchowk, one of the areas hardest hit by the 2015 earthquakes. Many people in that area have still not recovered from the loss of their homes and livelihoods, including Ganga’s parents, who abandoned her when she was about 10 months old. She was …
Srijana’s Exciting News!
We are so happy to share the news that our Srijana, who has a degree in fashion design, has received a full scholarship to Raffles Milano Instituto Moda e Design for a ten month intensive Masters course in Fashion Design and Business in Milan. In addition, she found a donor to help with expenses all on her own, so she …
Reduce, Re-Use, Recycle
Even when we’re on vacation, there’s so much to learn! The Ama Ghar kids went on a field trip to Doko Recyclers, where they got a tour and a lesson in recycling. We got metal items for re-use and the boys found magnets, chains and some computer parts they can use for their projects. We send our sorted items to …