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 …
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 …
On November 9, over 150 members of our California Ama Ghar family put the word “fun” into fundraiser with a crazy, joyful event at Peacock Gap in San Rafael. We danced to Hella Fitzgerald, we played Nepali games, we gave heartfelt talks about the Ama Ghar mission – and proved its success with the introduction of our Ama Ghar alumna …
The Dashain holiday is the most exciting festival on the calendar for the entire country of Nepal, but especially here at Ama Ghar! Dashain traditions are particularly fun for kids, from swinging on the tall “ping” that we build to playing games, harvesting rice, getting new clothes and special tika ceremonies. And the very best part is that big brothers …
Members of the Ama Ghar family in Seattle and Northern California have a great opportunity to celebrate with us while helping to rebuild our education fund! Here are two events you won’t want to miss: SEATTLE: Nepal Nights Festival of Lights Long-time supporter Jay Malla brings his band Adventure of a Lifetime from San Francisco to Seattle’s Hillman City Collaboratory …
We are so happy to introduce our two new arrivals, brothers Kushel, age 6, and Sushan, age 4, who lost their home and most of their family in the earthquake. Like all new arrivals, they are feeling a bit scared and unsure about what their life will be like at Ama Ghar. But this week they will be the recipients …
My family and I have supported Ama Foundation for years, and while I never doubted the merits of Ama Ghar as a charity, I have often been skeptical about supporting overseas programs due to the frequency of fraudulent and corrupt charities in the poorest regions of the world. ?I certainly trusted those who knew first-hand about Ama Ghar, but I …