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Sharing happiness with Senior Citizens
# Day-2: Sharing happiness with Senior Citizens # Celebrating “41st National Social Service Day” Today, we celebrated our day-2 of “41st National Social Service Day” by donating some groceries containing Rice, Lentils, dry vegetables, oil, flour and warm shawls to Shree Krishna Pranami Old Aged Home located in Lekhnath, Kaski, Nepal. Altogether there are 9

Official Inauguration Ceremony
# Day-1: Official Inauguration Ceremony # Celebrating “41st National Social Service Day” NCF Nepal officially started our extended helping hands to create happiness with the less fortunate. Today we participated in a National Online Opening Ceremony, and organized a small official inauguration ceremony in our lakeside house together with our staff and children. Namaste Community

Participating “41st National Service Day”
Namaste Community Foundation decided to participate into “41st National Service Day” initiated and organized by Nepal Government and Ministry of Women, Children & Senior Citizens including Social Welfare Council, Kathmandu. The program was officially inaugurated on 22nd September 2020 by the honourable Prime Minister together with other ministers. In spite of short notice, NCF Nepal

Successfully completion of SEE Examination
We all at NCF Nepal would like to CONGRATULATE our two daughters: Miss Bisakha & Miss Niruta for successfully completing School Education Examination. Keep the same courage and confidence to face the challenges of life. May God bless you with SUCCESS and abundant happiness. Namaste Community Foundation, Family Nepal

Supporting flood victims
Our participation to support flood victims Namaste Community Foundation together with other children homes in Pokhara handed over 101,111 Nepalese rupees through Network of Children Homes to Social Development Minister Ms. Nardevi Pun to support the flood victims especially for the women, girls and small children of Kaski and Myagdi District. This fund will be

A girl raised at our house is serving to the World
Happy International Nursing day! As a certified nurse, Tilu Rocca had served few years to our nation and now is serving to another part of the world. She was one of our daughters who truly played a role of Big sister and guided other members towards good behaviour and better hygiene from the early days.

Extended food relief program
We have extended our food relief support to the ex-trainees of our Women’s Empowerment Project in collaboration with Namaste Foundation – Netherlands. The first 52 women in the most critical situations have now received bags of rice, lentils, vegetables, oils and other basic necessities. They have also received information about hygiene and precautions on how

Lockdown Diaries of our children
If you haven’t been following our Facebook posts, you might have missed our regular project activities. We have made a short video and hope it provides you with information about what our children’s home is doing to cope with the lock-down situation. We hope it will be of interest to you. Please click the link:

Uniting homes during crisis
The Network of Children Homes (2007) was initiated by Visma Raj Paudel to unite, share good practices, and support each other during difficult times within the children’s homes in the Gandaki Province. Of the 40 children’s homes in this region, the smaller ones are facing the most challenges during this lock-down. Recently, Mr. Paudel formed

Children activities @ Lockdown
We have been trying our best to follow all safety measures and preventative techniques issued by the Nepal government, the World Health Organization, and other public health experts. We have been trying to keep our children busy by organizing indoor games and various lessons, such as: computer, arts & crafts, cooking, yoga and child-appropriate movies

Food Relief Package
The lockdown situation has been creating many difficulties for low-income families; especially for single women and their children. The Nepal government has been trying to support them and are requesting other social organizations to participate as much as possible to show humanitarian efforts during this emergency period. NCF Nepal, in collaboration with local government representatives

Supporting Health Workers
Nepal’s health workers have always been faced with the shortages of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) including masks. These frontline fighters have been risking their lives to protect others in need. The Chief Minister of Gandaki Province has requested financial support to buy PPE and other safety equipment from the charities and other institutions to help

Postponed – Ride for change
We will be rescheduling the fund-raising campaign, “Ride for Change,” that we had previously planned for May 2020. Due to these unfortunate circumstances, we have decided to postpone this motorbike ride until further notice. We believe that your health is most important. As soon as things return to ‘normal,’ we will notify you again so

Stay Home, Stay Safe
The Coronavirus (COVID-19) has spread over 167 countries or territories around the world, affecting over 200,000 cases. This virus outbreak has become a global pandemic, passing the disease effortlessly from person to person in many parts of the world. NCF-Nepal would like to thank the heroes for sacrificing above and beyond the call of duty

Ride for Change
I am Visma Raj Paudel, founder and director of Namaste Community Foundation (NCF) Nepal, and I am delighted to inform you that our “Ride for Change” fundraising campaign is going to start on 8th May 2020. I want to invite you to experience an unforgettable journey through Nepal. We will be exploring the beauty of

Graduation
We are delighted to share that three of our children, Dal Bahadur Kunwar, Nandakali Pokharel, and Deu Maya Thapa, successfully passed their class 11 board examination. We are pleased and proud of their achievement, and we hope that they will continue with more success in the coming days.

Chance to Challenge, Explore and Educate
This cycling tour will not only support students’ education sponsored by Namaste Community Foundation Nepal (www.ncf-nepal.org) but also allow you to explore Nepal’s beauty at the same time. This 6-day journey will start from Pokhara and travel through Syangja-Palpa-Lumbini-Chitwan-Bandipur and return to Pokhara, averaging around 70 km per day. Because of the intensity of the

Give child a hope
As Christmas and the New Year are approaching, we hope that you are looking forward to your preparations to celebrate the upcoming events with joy and happiness. It has been an incredible sixteen years for all at NCF-Nepal, making a real difference in the lives of the underprivileged children and women of Nepal. We want

17th Annual General Meeting
NCF-Nepal successfully conducted its 17th annual general meeting and assembly on 4th October 2019 in our Lakeside office. We want to thank each person, including board members, advisers, government bodies, staff members, children, and supporters, for their valuable time, effort, and concern to make this program a great success.

Only in Memory
We at NCF-Nepal would like to pay our sincere condolences over the untimely demise of Mr. Rabin Bishanke. On 29th July 2003, Rabin was brought to NCF-Nepal as a child, along with his brother Sabin. For almost eight years, Rabin lived in our Lakeside house and learned many things. The sudden news of his untimely