Find Holiday Gifts That Support Ama Ghar

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During this holiday season, we really appreciate our friends who donate a percentage of their profits to support Ama Ghar! If you want to find some high quality, unique gifts for your friends and family and benefit Ama Ghar at the same time, check out these links: Happy Earth Tea – Our friend Niraj Lama is donating a percentage of all …

Visitors Enrich our Lives

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We are so lucky at Ama Ghar to have friends from all over the world who visit us and bring our children a sense of the wider world, including a few phrases in many languages: English, French, Spanish, Flemish, Japanese, Korean and more… They also make the children feel even more secure and loved. For these things we are so …

A Quiet Dashain at Ama Ghar

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As we are observing the traditional period of mourning for Anjana, we did not have a full celebration of Dashain this year. However, each of the small children received new clothing and small amount of money and we all enjoyed the visits from our grownup Ama Ghar children, who came home for the holiday. A special treat was the visit …

Ama Ghar Goes to the Opera

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A group of Ama Ghar children had a very exciting night recently, as Bonnie Auntie took them to the first opera ever performed in Nepal. A group called the One World Theatre presented the opera, entitled Arjuna’s Dilemma. Billed as the most exciting event in Kathmandu’s cultural calendar, world renowned opera performers offered a trilingual rendition of the Bhagavad Gita. Lyrics …

Congratulations to Menuka!

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Please join us in congratulating Menuka, who received her Teacher’s Certificate in a graduation ceremony last week. She looked beautiful and was beaming with accomplishment and well-deserved pride. There are only about 50 teachers trained per year at Rato Bangala School, so Menuka will have an advantage over many in gaining a teaching position. The Nepal government does not have …

Olympics Fever Hits Ama Ghar

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The Ama Ghar kids have definitely had Olympic fever the last couple of weeks – they are glued to the television and are enamored with new sports they have never seen before. Their favorites are swimming, gymnastics and track and field. Sabin tries out all of the gymnastic flips on the carpet and Bhupi made a discus out of plastic …

15 Years and Going Strong

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It’s been 15 years today (August 1) since the official founding of Ama Ghar. Thinking back, it’s astonishing how much has been accomplished – and as is true with any family, the kids just grow up too fast! This photo was taken at the old Ama Ghar home, probably around 2004. Almost all the children in this photo are grown …

A Return to Normalcy

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Nothing raises the spirits like a puppy, so when Manju managed to convince us that she would train a new puppy, ZuZu joined our family. ZuZu proved to be valuable therapy during our hard times and she’s practicing to be a good guard dog. She’s very good at barking!                 Since Pashpanjuli School …

A Photo Tribute to Anjana

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Although Anjana was only with us for a brief time, she made an indelible impression on all of her Ama Ghar brothers and sisters, aunties and uncles, teachers and even visitors – all of whom remember her fondly as a sweet, smiling girl who was full of love. Here are a few photos to remember her by. The photo of …