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 …
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 …
One way to keep a group of active little ones busy is to give them paper and paints… so they painted Valentine cards for you – hope you enjoy!
In honor of the International Day of the Girl, we celebrate Manisha, who came to Ama Ghar as a small child from a remote village. Her mother had died and she was left to work long hours in the fields cutting and carrying grass for her stepmother – she had a very hard life and no hope for the future. …
Demonstrations and strikes continue, petrol is unavailable and there is no cooking gas, but that doesn’t stop our resilient family at Ama Ghar. The little ones play and learn, the older children help out with preparations for Dashain, and our wonderful Dhana keeps on cooking delicious meals outside over a wood …
We are so proud of our Ama Ghar “alumni” who came to us as small children, grew up at Ama Ghar, gained a great education and have gone out to support themselves as productive citizens. This is our mission at Ama Ghar, and these young people are living proof that it works. Subash, who will finish his architectural degree this …
Bonnie’s mom, beloved by the children and staff as their “Granny”, passed away peacefully at the age of 94 on July 18, 2015. Bonnie brought her many “I love you” cards from the Ama Ghar children, which she was able to read before she died. Granny, who arrived in Nepal in the late 1950’s with her husband and four children, …
We are so proud of our older children for the work they are doing with earthquake relief. Here’s a blog post written by Pratima Bista, our remarkable Ama Ghar daughter who is taking a Bachelor’s in Social Work. This earthquake is giving her an opportunity to get some hands on practice for her future vocation. May 13, 2015 The most …
Through the months of spring and early summer, the children have had many opportunities to give and receive… Our Swiss friends Sarah and Alain were here in the spring and took everyone to the Fun Park…. always a favorite outing with some favorite friends. Shortly thereafter, Alex, Marc and more friends from Switzerland visited and organized games, arts and crafts …
Ama Foundation is co-sponsoring the Himalayan Film Festival, along with our many friends at Curry Without Worry, Nepal Youth Foundation, Third Eye Travel and Sahayeta.org, among others. An amazing number of beautiful films are being shown, both on the Opening Night in San Francisco (Friday, May 16) and in Berkeley, in conjunction with the Himalayan Fair, on Saturday, May 17. …