FESTIVAL CELEBRATION AT OUR HOME
In last 2 months, we had an opportunity to celebrate few festivals in our home. This includes: Nepali New Year, small Dashain and Mother’s Day. We celebrated these festivals together with some of our reintegrated children, mummies and uncles. We ordered the cake and prepared delicious meals at our home. On 30th April 2022, our
COMPLETION OF FINAL EXAM
Our children up to grade 10 have recently appeared the final examination and most of them have done well. We are pretty sure that they will get good results. There is about 2-3 weeks holiday before they join the upper grade. So with full participation in making holiday program, we have made 1 program daily
GREATEST APPRECIATION BY LIONS CLUB INTERNATIONAL
We all at Namaste Family, Nepal would like to CONGRATULATE our Chairperson/Founder Mr. Visma Raj Paudel for being greatly APPRECIATED by Lions Club International for his service under Lions Club Nepal. He has been involved in the club since 2008 as Chartered President of Lions Club of Pokhara Talbarahi. He was honored by Krity Award,
GIFT FROM UK
We would like to greatly appreciate Chris Neil and Dominic Partridge for their kind contribution through Lee Walker (Scotland) on 30th March 2022. This donation was utilized to buy kitchen utensils, rechargeable bulb, hair trimmer, slipper, cleaning goods and under garments for children.
SKILL TRANSFER TO 15 SINGLE WOMEN
After the Covid settlement, this is our second group of 15 women who have been selected for the skill transfer (2 months full time tailoring training) at our Ghachowk center. They will be provided free training, everyday meal, training materials and some counselling classes to empower towards financial independency.
PARTNERS MONITORING VISIT FROM NETHERLANDS
We were happy to welcome our partner M/s Hilde Bleijswijk from Namaste Foundations, Netherlands on 18th April 2022. She stayed here for 2 weeks with us and experienced the progress of last two years. We also managed to organize a re-opening ceremony of our Women Empowerment Center. It’s already 1.5 DECADE of GREAT PARTNERSHIP to
FESTIVAL CELEBRATION AT OUR HOME
The culture of Nepal is rich and unique in the world. The cultural heritage of Nepal has evolved over the centuries. This multi-dimensional heritage bounds the diversities of Nepal’s ethnic, tribal, and social groups and are expressed in various forms. In last two month, we were able to celebrate few festivals. This includes: Tamu Loshar,
CHILDREN OUTINGS
Due to covid circumstances and the risk of virus transmission; we were not able take our children outing for almost two years. But on 26th February, we were able to take them to Pumdikot and Peace Pagoda together with our partner Tuuli Vikstedt (WoC Australia). The viewpoint is a picturesque location at a height of
SUPPORTERS VISIT AND THEIR GENEROSITY
This year, we were also able to welcome Mr. Lee Walker from Scotland, who is very good friend of Mr. Visma Raj Paudel and well-wisher of NCF Nepal. During his visit, he managed to collect some donations and we were able to purchase new table tennis games, new school shoes, window curtains, school bags and
EDUCATIONAL GIFT FROM AUSTRALIA
We are thankful to all the supporters and especially WoC International (Australia/Finland) for appealing laptops & taking them all along to Nepal for our university going students. Altogether 4 laptops were provided to support their university education as well as distance learning activities. It would definitely give an opportunity to further spread their wings of
OUR FOUNDER’S LAWN TENNIS ACHIEVEMENT
We would like to congratulate Mr. Visma Raj Paudel (Founder/Chairperson) for being a “Beginner Kaski District Champion” organized by Kaski District Tennis Association at Pokhara Stadium on 22nd February 2022. He is also an executive board member of “Kaski District Lawn Tennis Association”. He believes that sports are important for health and mental well-being.
CHILDREN TOWARDS INDEPENDENCY
Some of our children, who gradually passed high school level of education, have recently been reintegrated back to the society. The reintegration is done after finding a paid job for their financial independence. Some of them are still supported partially to continue their university studies and continuous follow-up, guidelines and motivation will be provided for
SKILL TRANSFER TO 12 SINGLE WOMEN
After about 2 years gap with the empowerment training at Ghachowk, we managed to organize training for 12 single women at our Empowerment center, Ghachowk. This training was for 2 months full time (10 am-5:00 pm) with residential support for the major participants. This training went very well and we managed by taking all the
PARTNER’S VISIT AFTER 2 YEARS
Our partner M/s Tuuli Vikstedt from Australia/Finland have recently visited Nepal and spend over 2 weeks in Nepal. She experienced the positive changes that appeared in 2 years including some elder children reintegration of transforming into financial independence. It has been 13+ years, working together with WoC International to spread love, care and empowering the
PRAGYA’S NEW JOURNEY OF CONJUGAL LIFE
We would like to congratulate our daughter “Pragya Adhikari” on her Wedding! We are so happy for the new journey of her life. Always cherish the love you have for each other and never let it fade away. Pragya had been our family members for over 12 years together with her brother. After completion of
APPRECIATION FOR OUR SOCIAL WORK
We greatly APPRECIATE “Pokhara Tourism Council” for acknowledging NCF Nepal for its two decade of SOCIAL WORK and our active involvement during “Covid Care Support Program“. The “Letter of Appreciation” was provided in the presence of: Honorable Minister Prem Bahadur Ale (Ministry of Culture, Tourism & Civil Aviation), Mr. Mani Bhadra Sharma (Ministry of Industry
CONGRATULATIONS FOR GREAT ACHIEVEMENTS
We all NCF Nepal are proud to share that our four incredible and bright young souls who completed their high school graduate with excellent grades. Huge congratulations to the achievers and greatly appreciate to all the supporters, ground team, school family and everyone who have contributed even a little to make this change possible.
Festival of Lights (Dipawali/Tihar)
Tihar is one of the major Hindu festivals that is celebrated for 5 days every year. It is the festival of lights that brings the worship of Laxmi, the Goddess of Wealth along with the worship of dog, crow and cow respectively. At the end of the day, the sisters get gifts from their brothers
Festival Message from NCF Nepal
Namaste and greetings from Namaste Community Foundation, Nepal. We believe that you, all your family members, relatives, and close friends are in a good health. On the auspicious occasion of “Festival of Lights” (also called Dipawali or Tihar); we would like to extend our warm greetings to you and your family. May this sparkling festival
Re-opening Women Empowerment Center, Ghachowk
After almost 2 year’s gaps (due to covid circumstances); we are working towards re-opening our Women Empowerment Centre, Ghachowk. Currently, the application has been called, made various field visits & meetings with government representatives has been going on. Some of the colouring and minor repair works has been undergoing to make better environment for the
