Please join us in congratulating our Ama Ghar daughter Sabita, who just graduated with a Culinary Arts degree, thanks to you and our friends at the Didi Project… we are so proud of her. She is an extremely hard worker who shared these wise words about overcoming obstacles: “Life does not sound interesting if you do not go through ups and downs …
Monsoon has arrived!
Monsoon has finally arrived, bringing cooler temperatures – thank goodness – and an opportunity to play in the mud while helping out at rice harvest. We grow our own rice at Ama Ghar, which doesn’t come close to supplying all the rice we need, but it helps. And it’s so good for the children to help grow their food and …
Thanks for Tee Shirts, Crocs and other Fun Donations!
At Ama Ghar, we are lucky to have friends around the world who send us gifts – some very useful and necessary and others that are just plain fun! Here are the latest donations, for which we are very grateful: Our friend Bob G. in Sonoma always sends us tee shirts from Destination Races, which are great quality and we …
Trish’s Ama Ghar Story
An Ama Ghar story from recent visitor Patricia McCully, who took the children on an outing to Bhaktapur. These outings are so important for the children’s cultural education – thank you, Trish! “I am enjoying the warm weather in Godavari, a small valley south of Kathmandu, an arm of the larger Kathmandu valley. Godavari is the home of the beautiful botanical gardens, …
Help us to Climb to the Summit!
Please join us for our Third Annual Climbing to the Summit Fundraiser on Saturday, September 21, 2019 at Peacock Gap Golf Club in San Rafael, California, from 5:30-10:00. Join Country Director Bonnie Ellison, Founder Shrawan Nepali, the Ama Foundation Board and even some visiting Ama Ghar alumni for a magical evening… you’ll be transported to Nepal by the Bay for …
Growing Children, Blooming Trees!
We feel so lucky that we live in a beautiful valley just outside of Kathmandu, where our children can breathe clean air and experience the glories of their amazing country. In the spring, our trees begin to flower and so do the children – we realize how much they have grown and blossomed over the winter. And sometimes big sisters …
The Festival of Colors!
Holi – also known as the Festival of Colors – is one of the most important festivals in Hinduism, and it’s certainly one of the most exciting and just plain fun holidays anywhere. Holi celebrates the victory of good over evil and the coming of spring. It falls on the first full moon day in the Nepali month of Fagu …
A Special Visitor
A few weeks ago, our Ama Ghar family had a special visit from Indigo, the niece of our Ama Ghar board member, Poonam Mudvari. She wrote a wonderful account of her visit that we want to share with you here: As we drove through the bumpy Kathmandu roads to Ama Ghar, my knee was bouncing up and down, and not …
Let it Snow, Let it Snow…
It is extremely rare to have snow at Ama Ghar, even in the coldest winter. We often have cold rain, sleet and even hail, but snow is a new and exciting experience for everyone! Since we don’t like to miss out on any opportunity for fun, all the kids and staff bundled up and spent some time heaving snowballs at …
Winter Fun at Ama Ghar!
Just because it’s cold outside doesn’t mean our family doesn’t have any fun… no sitting around being bored for these kids! One of our favorite things to do, no matter what the time of year, is to put on a show – the kids call them “dramas” – and our cache of costumes is growing. And since one of their …