Amazing and Resilient Students! Yuvraj Thapa had a rough start in life. When he was a little child in his native village, his mother passed away from cancer. His father succumbed to alcoholism, and at the age of seven, Yuvraj had to leave school and start working at a roadside tea stall to support his family. Unfortunately, child labor is […]
HOPE worldwide Volunteer Corps.At the beginning of July 2022, HOPE worldwide Nepal welcomed a HOPE worldwide Volunteer Corps group of 35 participants from various countries for 10 days to serve at the Asha Vidhyashram School and the Chhaimale Village Center. The volunteers from Nepal, Canada, the U.S., Australia, England, India, and Turkey first arrived at the school to teach the […]
Annual DayOn Sunday May 15 we celebrated our Annual Day at the Asha Vidyashram school in the presence of the HOPEww Nepal board, former students, and volunteers. The children performed dances, the HOPEww board members distributed prizes, and one of our former students shared about the impact the school has had on her life. It was wonderful to be able […]
Back in Person!The students of the Vidhyashram school took their final exams. Our fifth grade graduates are now moving on to secondary schools in the area, many on scholarships to very good private schools thanks to the generosity of our donors.After a two-week break the new session has now started, and brand new students have been added to the nursery […]
Back in Person!Now that Omicron is on the wane, the programs have reopened to in-person instruction. The children of the Asha school are vey excited to see their classmates and their teachers again. As dedicated as our staff are, online teaching when the children have limited resources can be challenging. Most of our students do not have laptops. They have […]
Testimony from the December trip:“This was one of the most amazing experiences of my life!” Casey Hokanson, a medical student from Minneapolis.“The people of Nepal are so incredibly resilient, joyful, generous, loving, gentle, hard-working, and kind! They are rich in areas we are poor in, and we have so much to learn from them!The trip was full of service opportunities […]
Volunteer Month!The month of December saw a lot of volunteers help at the school. We had both local and foreign volunteers. On Sunday December 5 a group of about 20 local volunteers came and taught the children, cleaned the gutters of the building, played sports, organized the library, helped write this newsletter, served in the administrative office, etc. Now that […]
Thank You, Anu and Shruti! We want to express our heartfelt thanks to Anu Dangol, our country director for the past six years. Anu resigned from his position recently to pursue other avenues in his career. We wish him and his family all the best. We are grateful for his service in leading the programs.Anu took over soon after the […]