So much to do at Ama Ghar in the summer… from playing cricket and tennis to dance lessons to just making monkey faces and having fun with visitors. We definitely remember that as hard as the kids work in school, all work and no play doesn’t make well-rounded children, so fun and play are the …
Reduce, Reuse and Recycle with Sharmila
If you follow the Ama Ghar blog, you know that Bonnie Auntie has always taught the kids the importance of sustainability, from designing our Ama Ghar home with solar power and re-used water to picking up trash in the river. Now Sharmila is taking her good work a step further by enrolling in Edulift, a Kathmandu group that not only …
Fred Takes Ama Foundation to the Ball Game!
What a great night it was for the San Francisco Giants, Planet Freddo and the Ama Foundation! On Friday night, April 25, it was Duane Kuiper Night at the Giants game – and Duane and Mike Krukow both were resplendent in Planet Freddo ties (see photo above ). The most fun thing (well, at least as far as we’re concerned) …
Anish Lama Starts His New Life
Here’s some happy news – another one of the Ama Ghar kids has completed training that will enable him to leave Ama Ghar and lead a happy and productive life! Anish has completed a two month river rafting guide training and a three month trekking guide training so is ready to join Nepal’s burgeoning tourism industry. With his excellent English …
Ama Ghar’s 12th Anniversary Celebration
Our Founder, Shrawan Nepali, organized a 12th Anniversary celebration during his stay at Ama Ghar in December. We invited our Nepali Board of Directors, who do so much good work for the children, our friends, supporters and neighbors. The children danced and sang, everyone waved Nepali flags, and a wonderful time was had. In his speech, Shrawan Uncle reminded us …
Looking Forward to Holiday Cookies!
We will have a very merry cookie baking during this Christmas season, as the Ama Ghar briquette factory is in full swing… Sajan has his team working in shifts, and we received a wonderful gift – a good friend with an olive grove brought us a truckload of olive seeds, which are perfect for making bricks for our oven. They’re recycled, …
Ama Ghar Kids Fuel Their New Oven for the Winter
Ever since this summer, when Ti Uncle and the boys created a new Ama Ghar oven, everyone has been excited to use it for pizzas, cookies and even to keep the house warm! But because we believe in recycling, and also because burning wood for fuel is very expensive, the kids took matters into their own hands and learned to …
Ti’s Excellent Ama Ghar Adventure
Here’s a wonderful note we got from Titus Ellison, our Uncle Ti’s son, who visited Ama Ghar this summer… we love this! “Ama Ghar was one of the best places I’ve ever been. Although the rest of Kathmandu was crowded and noisy, it was very peaceful in Godavari village. I had so much fun and I liked the simplicity. In …
A Monsoon Week at Ama Ghar
Life at Ama Ghar during the monsoon takes on a very special rhythm. It’s sunny and dry in the morning, so we do our chores, hang our laundry out to dry, and take walks in the incredibly lush foliage around the villages and Botanical Gardens at the end of our road. On weekdays, the kids go to school in …
Unika is home at last!
Thank you so much to all the generous Ama Ghar friends and family around the world who have donated to pay for Bhesh’s daughter Unika’s medical expenses. The surgery for her brain tumor was successful and she is home now, playing with her Ama Ghar friends and her sister Bumika (pictured with her in this photo). Unika’s condition will have …