Festival Celebrations
Dashain, the most important holiday of the year, was celebrated in our house again this year. There was good food, dance, music, and moderate weather to make the festival a success. Every year, tika is put on the foreheads of the young ones by the elders who also give blessings. We celebrate this festival as
Peace poster contest
At our home on 9th November 2019, the Lions Club of Pokhara Talbarahi (325 B1) organized a poster contest with the theme of ‘Journey of Peace.’ Aman Gurung, Rohit Pokhrel, and Arjun Magar won the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place prizes among the NCF participants. We at NCF-Nepal would like to thank the 17 participants
11 years of togetherness with WoC International
To celebrate our 11-year partnership with Wind of Change International, Australia/Finland, we organized a picnic program at Dipang Lake, Pokhara. All of our children and staff, along with Tuuli Vikstedt (Director – WoC Australia), and Visma Raj Paudel (NCF Chairperson), joined the ceremony. The celebration was full of fun, dance, delicious food, and adventure. Our
Celebrating partnership with NF – NL
Thanks to Namaste Foundation Netherlands (NF-NL) and Hilde Bleijswijk (Founder/Director) for their ongoing partnership with NCF-Nepal. On 14th October 2019, local government representatives, well-wishers from Nepal, and delegates from NF-NL visited the Women’s Empowerment Centre to celebrate our ten years of partnership and to meet the beneficiaries. Over these past ten years, this partnership has
Donation from Lee Walker
We would like to thank Mr. Lee Walker (UK) for his concern and efforts towards collecting Nrs. 65,000 to support our children’s well being. He has been supporting our social work from many years and has also visited few times. We also like to thank Mr. Kiran Serchan to help in handling over the cash
Donations & Support – LED TV
We are very thankful to Mr. Rosario Caravita from Italy for donating a 43” Android TV and gratefully receive it for the children of the entire foundation. We would also like to thank Mrs. Margherita Terzi for all of her help and Mr. Raju Gurung (Hotel Hulk, Lakeside) for his coordination and other support. We
A wheelchair gift
NCF-Nepal has been able to give a wheelchair as a gift to Mr. Jiwan Giri, a 55-year-old man. He is originally from the Syangja district of Nepal but, currently, lives in a one-room house in the slum area of Pokhara. Because of leprosy-paralysis, his feet never developed correctly, making it impossible for him to walk.
Beginning of a new training @ WEP
In our training sessions each year, we always have a group of women who strive for financial and moral independence through our training and micro support. This year, on the verge of celebrating the 10th anniversary of our Women’s Empowerment Center, we have recently started a new 3-month full-time sewing and tailoring training course with
Namaste’s Ex-Children Reunion
After completion of their education, the reintegration of our older children is always a concern for us. Recently, we organized a reunion program at the Himalayan Guest House for all of our reintegrated children. Although not all of these children could join us, the attendance was far more than expected. We were very encouraged to
Celebrating Teej Festival
This year, as well as every year, we celebrated a festival that is of great importance in the Hindu religion, especially to ladies. This festival is called Teej and is celebrated by showing dedication to the Goddess Parvati, commemorating her union with Lord Shiva. The festival is celebrated for the well-being of the spouse and
Dashain and Tihar Festival
The biggest festivals called Dashain & Tihar have arrived at our door. This is the festival of joy, happiness and smiles. We all at NCF Nepal would like to wish a healthy and prosperous life to you, your family, friends and to all our sponsors, donors, partner charities and well-wishers on the behalf of auspicious
Graduation 12th Standard
The 12th-grade Board Exam is extremely difficult to pass, putting intense pressure on our children. Only a small percentage of students in Nepal pass this test. Our girls have continued to work hard and it has paid off.
Founder/Chairman’s European Visit
To strengthen our relationship with our European friends, Mr. Chairman, Visma Raj Paudel, went on 2 weeks visit to Germany. During his visit on the 27th of July 2019, the ZONTA CLUB, Wiesbaden, Germany gave donations earmarked for the welfare and development of female children residing under Namaste Community Foundation, Nepal. Because of these donations
Students Reunion & Picnic
For some refreshment for the staff, reintegrated children and the current resident children of Namaste Community Foundation, a reunion picnic program was organized on 27th April 2019 inviting all our children who formerly lived with us. Although the weather was not to our side in the very last hour, we managed to enjoy the picnic
Self-Defense Classes
We would like to thank Miss Ruthie and her sister from USA for their 2 weeks self defense classes to our children at the children’s home. They taught various self-defense techniques to our children and they enjoyed learning those lessons.
Celebration of Nepali New Year
Nepali New year has always been very special to every Nepalese living inside and outside the country. This new year is special for us as well because this new year is the start of a new beginning and a new hope. The NCF-Family celebrated this new year with lots of joy and happiness. At the
Water Project for Ramchedevi Basic School
After realizing the need for a source of safe drinking water to the students and staff of Ramchedevi Basic School Syangja, we decided to support the school with all the basic requirements for the easy availability of drinking water. A contract was signed in between Namaste Community Foundation and Ramchedevi Basic School, Tallachaur, Fedikhola-4, Syangja
Scholarship Distribution Program
As in previous years, this year on 26th April 2019 a scholarship distribution program was organized for the very few but deserving students. This could be the last time we will be distributing scholarship from home because we have planned to distribute scholarship/school materials to the students in a cluster way i.e. we will select
Dental Camp in our home
A bi-annual dental check-up camp was organized by our very good friends and a well-wisher of NCF-Nepal Mr. Kantosh Gurung and Pritam Gurung from Riverside Health Center. Our sincere thanks to him and his team for showing us such a love and care all the time. Altogether 30 children and 5 staff benefited from the
Congratulations to Lok Maya Marasini
A huge congratulations to our child Ms. Lok Maya Marasini for passing her Bachelor of Business studies 1-year exam. Although she was not feeling well during the time of examination she managed to pass the exam. We are very happy for you and we wish a very prosperous future.
