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Celebrating 20 Years of Saving Lives
At 22 months “Tara” was among the first children to receive lifesaving treatment at a Nutrition Rehabilitation Home (NRH). Before 1998, malnutrition may have ended her life. Thankfully, timely support like yours helped restore Tara’s health and taught her mother how to keep their family well-nourished.
With continued help from people around the world, we’ve built 17 NRHs where more than 20,000 children like Tara have received a second chance. Malnutrition can be remarkably simple to address in Nepal with treatment and education using local foods. Just $350 (less than $1 a day) can save a child’s life in 3 weeks.
In 20 years, NYF has built 17 NRHs, successfully transitioning 15 of them to the Nepali government after 5 years of operations. Our first flagship Kathmandu NRH remains our permanent treatment, training, and monitoring center, and NRH-17 is in its 2nd year.
It is the generosity you share that makes it all possible. Dhanyabad!
Your Support is Helping NYF and Mandira Create a Ripple Effect of Help
Mandira was 15 years old when electricity finally reached her remote village in Nepal. Everyone was delighted, but when the power went down, no one knew how to “bring it back.” Remarkably, a young person – a female— in their own village had a dream to be able to do exactly that. From one of six children in a farming family to a successful electrician who teaches at Olgapuri Vocational School, Mandira’s dream is now a reality.
Whether or not you had the chance to read NYF’s Fall Newsletter in which Olga writes about the tremendous success of our vocational training program in the context of alarming unemployment and underemployment in Nepal, we hope you are inspired by Mandira’s journey.
Mandira was raised in a remote village, where her parents were farmers. She walked an hour each day to and from school, and, along with her siblings, helped with the farm work before and after class. She finished high school, received vocational training, and worked for five years as a professional electrician.
Mandira is an excellent instructor and a charming, socially minded young woman. One of her duties is to convince employers who have never hired a woman electrician or plumber before that women are fully capable of doing the job – an effort in which she has been very successful.
She attends college from 6 to 9 am, works full time at Olgapuri Vocational School in her role as a trainer, and finds time on weekends to help disabled youngsters play basketball and other sports.
Your support of NYF’s work not only creates life-changing opportunities for the youth in our programs, but empowers knowledgeable women like Mandira to transform their communities. Dhanyabad!
Successful Nutritional Rehabilitation Homes Handovers “On The Road”
These lifesaving Nutritional Rehabilitation Homes that you helped NYF establish will continue long into the future.
Nutrition Rehabilitation Homes (NRHs) Handovers – July 2018 This month, Nepal Youth Foundation held ceremonies to hand over four of our NRHs to the Nepali government. Located in Dailekh, Dang, Butwal, and Baglung , these NRHs will now be fully operated and funded by the government, with ongoing monitoring and training from NYF staff at our main Kathmandu NRH. Honored dignitaries, including the Deputy Mayor and Chief of the District Coordination Committee, joined NYF-Nepal Executive Director Raju Dhamala and NYF staff at these special events. The Chairpersons of the Hospital Development Board applauded NYF’s long-term work to transform children’s health, and they assured full commitment in continuing these vital services post handover. NYF is so grateful to the Hospital Development Boards and The Child Health Division (Government of Nepal) for their partnership and key roles in the remarkable success of this program. Learn more about NYF’s Nutritional Rehabilitation Homes and our sustainable model where the homes we establish are transitioned to the government over the course of five years. Our 17th NRH was established in 2017 in remote Dadeldhura and will be operated by NYF through 2021. While our permanent flagship NRH in Kathmandu continues to provide treatment and serve as a training hub, as of this month 15 NRHs have been fully transitioned to the government. This partnership will ensure the continuation of life-saving services for the future – as we leverage our expertise to take nutrition “on the road” to remote and isolated villages. “On the Road” Nutrition Outreach Nutrition Outreach is bringing life-saving specialized nutrition education and treatment to remote communities that are isolated by rough terrain and lack of transportation. Through each two to three day camp, NYF reaches 500-800 children and their caregivers whose health and lives are forever transformed thanks to supporters like you. The goals of this program include both intervention, and prevention. Camp activities include nutritional screening and general health checkup of children; hygiene and nutrition education, with a special emphasis on using locally available ingredients; distribution of medicine to children as needed; and transporting severely malnourished children for treatment at the closest NRH (estimated to be at least 14 child-mother pairs per camp). Thanks to your generosity, some of the most desperately malnourished, ill children in Nepal have a chance to lead healthy, productive lives. Please click here to support NYF’s work and make a profound difference in the lives of so many. If you’re interested in sponsoring a Nutrition Outreach camp, with a donation of $3,000 to $5,ooo, please contact us directly at Julie@NepalYouthFoundation.org.
Happy Birthday x 80!
With support from friends like you, the children of Olgapuri celebrated all of their birthdays at one big party this Saturday!
They were delighted by comedy and dance performances and showed off their own moves as well before opening presents — and of course enjoying birthday cake.
Rain might have moved the celebrations indoors, but it didn’t dampen their spirits.
We hope you enjoy pictures from this much-anticipated, joyous occasion.
Of all the gifts NYF’s children may receive, your support for their well-being will make such a difference in the year ahead. Dhanyabad!
Valentine’s Day Donation, Friends Like You Are the Heart of NYF
Valentine’s Day Donation – Thank you for sharing your heartfelt support with NYF and brightening so many lives.
Please send your own Valentine’s Day donation message to the children of NYF by leaving a comment below.
It will mean so much to them to know you care.
Dhanyabad!
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Celebrating the Difference You Make: 2017 NYF Highlights
From advancing two essential programs to celebrating the first anniversary of Olgapuri, 2017 has been a remarkable year…all thanks to you!
The video below celebrates the difference you make with highlights from the year.
Every year, NYF provides intervention that saves the lives of malnourished children; scholarships that offer previously unimagined opportunities to bright, impoverished youth; support that empowers young women who spent their childhoods in servitude; a safe, healthy home for orphaned and abandoned children, and so much more.
Please make a donation to help ensure a brighter future for Nepali children.
Happy Thanksgiving to You From the Children at Olgapuri
We are so grateful to have you in the NYF Family. Your support enriches and brightens lives.
On behalf of all of us at NYF and especially the children and families you support, THANK YOU.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Saving HIV Positive Kids with Your Support, Inauguration New Life Center
Saving HIV Positive Kids in Nepal – Sunday, November 12, 2017 marked the inauguration of NYF’s “new” New Life Center (NLC), a tremendous milestone made possible by friends like you! The specialized building is located on the grounds of the existing Nutritional Rehabilitation Home in Lalitpur, Nepal.
With your support, the NLC provides transitional shelter and care for children and their mothers living with HIV/AIDS, one of the most stigmatized diseases in Nepal. Pediatricians and Nurses provide the children antiretroviral treatment and medical attention while nutritionists educate mothers on how to care for their infected children and themselves. Residents also receive nutritious meals and psychological counseling, participate in recreational and social activities, and the children attend classes to keep up with their studies during their stay.
In 2016-17, the NLC program served 70 children and 53 mothers; 58 children were discharged with improved health by the end of June 2017.
Thanks to friends like you, HIV positive kids, who might otherwise be ostracized, can be healthy, have a normal life expectancy, and attend school with their peers.
Please make a donation to help ensure a brighter future for Nepali children.
NYF extends our deepest appreciation to generous donors who made the construction of the NLC possible: Mr. Jean-Marc Decrop, Gilead Foundation, and Mr. Francesco Rovetta.
National Authors Day, NYF Celebrates Youth and Senior Authors
This National Authors Day, we’re celebrating NYF’s youngest and most senior authors: Karuna and Olga.
Eight year old Karuna wrote The Animal Adventure for her seven year old cousin.
Upon learning of the heartbreaking situation of flood victims in southern Nepal, she asked her parents to help her print the book and sell copies to raise funds for these communities. In September, she presented a $1,375 check to NYF-Nepal Executive Director Raju Dhamala.
In 2015, at age 90, NYF Founder Olga Murray, along with Mary Callender, published Olga’s Promise: One Woman’s Commitment to the Children of Nepal (available here).
The book is inspiring proof that it is never too late to make a difference in the world.
Another wonderful author, Isabel Allende, says, “Olga Murray is dedicated to saving children from neglect and exploitation. She is the beloved mother of thousands of kids to whom she has given protection, opportunities, joy, and above all, love. She has boundless kindness to embrace the least fortunate and unmoving determination to fight for them. Olga is my hero.”
Allende has not had the opportunity to read Karuna’s book yet, but we’re certain she’d be equally impressed!
Please support NYF’s favorite authors this National Authors Day and their commitment to improving the lives of Nepali children by making a donation in their honor.