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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.
500 Nepal Families Have a New Beginning Thanks to You
Nepal families have experienced catastrophic August floods in southern Nepal, killing 100+ people and despaired thousands, including some of the children and families in our programs. With help from generous donors like you, NYF’s team in Nepal helped 500 affected families begin their road to recovery. Your support reached them in time for Dashain – the most important Nepali festival that emphasizes family, community, and giving.
Because the extent of damage varied, NYF tailored immediate support to meet the essential needs of each family. After days of uncertainty and deprivation, the families each received 55 pounds of rice, 9 pounds of dal, 1 quart of oil, 2 pounds of salt, and 10 pounds of flour.
Families who were greatly affected but able to salvage their home received additional supplies such as blankets and 1,000 rupees (about $10) for clothes and school expenses. Two hundred Freed Kamlari women who lost their homes altogether also received blankets, a kitchen set, and 2,000 rupees (about $20). The NYF team will continue to assist as these families recover and rebuild from the devastation in their communities.
Nutritional Rehabilitation Homes (NRHs) are seeing an influx of malnourished children who are at high risk of relapsing with so much arable land seriously damaged. The NRH in Banke, located in one of the hardest hit areas, doubled its capacity.
While the road to recovery is long, 500 families are taking an important step forward knowing people like you care. We hope you will keep supporting all of NYF’s work to provide life transforming opportunities for impoverished children and families. Thank you!
Olgapuri, NYF Childrens Orphanage in Nepal, Celebrates it’s First Year
NYF’s Childrens Orphanage in Nepal is celebrating it’s first year and we couldn’t be more proud.
Before NYF, their lives were heartbreaking, but thanks to your support the transformation is profoundly inspiring.
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NYF helps impoverished Nepali children overcome disabilities, abuse, neglect, and abandonment, and have the opportunity to build a happy, healthy, and productive future. Being part of the NYF family opens a new and brighter path.
This is what your support makes possible at Olgapuri (Olga’s little oasis), a beautiful, permanent home for some of the most vulnerable children in the world. With 4 homes for 80 children, a farm, and a vocational school, Olgapuri represents a long standing dream. That dream came true exactly one year ago, on September 25, 2016 — thanks to generous supporters like you.
Over the past year, our children and teens thrived in safe, nurturing homes at Olgapuri. They all moved on to the next grade at their schools. They received healthcare, celebrated festivals, enjoyed fresh food they helped grow at the farm, and stayed active throughout the year.
Thank you for making all of this possible! Your continued support is critical and means so much to children in the NYF family.
Please consider making a donation to commemorate the first anniversary of bright new beginnings at Olgapuri.
Nepal Flood Donation Opportunity as Devastating Flood Hits Nepal
“All houses have been destroyed by the flood. Some have already collapsed
and some are flooded. We could not save any food and clothes.
Many of us are living in groups in the school building
which survived the flood. There is no food and people are hungry.
Water is polluted. Many people have begun to get sick.
I am also suffering from fever and nausea.”
Dilkumari C., active Freed Kamlari leader on the 3rd day of the flood
Donate now for flood support.
Large scale flooding triggered by torrential rain since August 11 has killed over 100 people in southern Nepal and left thousands homeless, and the toll is rising. Almost all of the southern belt has been flooded, affecting 6 million people.
NYF works in five of the flood-hit areas — Banke, Bardiya, Kailali , Kanchanpur and Dang — where our NRHs serve children already on the brink of malnutrition, and our Empowering Freed Kamlari program helps formerly enslaved girls build new lives.
Dilkumari C., Freed Kamlari leader, surveying the debris from her collapsed house.
We estimate that at least 150 girls have lost their homes, while 250 are badly affected. Many of them have lost businesses including food carts, tea and snacks cafes, grocery shops, tailoring, goat farming and pig farming with training from NYF and business loans. Since electricity and communication channels have been badly disrupted, and transportation is almost impossible due to flooded and broken roads, NYF staff is working to assess the damage.
Shanta C., a freed Kamlari from Bardiya, in her small business swept away by the flood.
Asha C., freed Kamlari and NYF vocational training graduate, with her child and husband in the remains of her teashop in Dang district.
The eleven Nutritional Rehabilitation Homes (NRHs) in the flooded southern belt were already saving the lives of children suffering from severe malnutrition.
Thousands of people, including children, have fallen sick due to polluted water, and food supplies are extremely limited. Children are particularly vulnerable to malnutrition during natural disasters. As rescue and relief efforts mount, we stand ready to help save the children who will be referred to our NRH programs.
How You Can Help
After already surviving so much hardship, these women and children are suffering again – and face the threat of losing everything. Your support can reach them quickly through NYF’s team in Nepal.
Please help by giving as much as you can. Donate now.
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As we learn more, we will share updates via our website and our Facebook and Twitter accounts.
Founder’s Day 2018
Celebrating the Difference We Make…Together!
On Thursday, June 7th, friends gathered for NYF’s annual Founder’s Day event. With Olga’s 93rd Birthday and another year of bringing life-changing programs to impoverished Nepali children and families – there was much to celebrate!
Many thanks to our inaugural Host Committee members and silent auction donors for their special support. The new silent auction added some fun bidding wars to the evening, and raised essential funds for our work.
Additional highlights included having NYF President Som Paneru and NYF-Nepal Executive Director Raju Dhamala in from Nepal to share the latest updates on our programs, and special guest Dr. Arzu Rana Deuba.
Dr Rana Deuba – a former Member of Parliament of Nepal and celebrated gender activist and social worker – and her husband, former Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, are good friends of NYF. As such, Dr. Rana Deuba had many accolades to share about the birthday girl and guest of honor, Ms. Olga Murray!
Please enjoy these photos from the event.
Visit Nepal, A Life Changing Opportunity with Nepal Youth Foundation
Want to visit Nepal and support Nepal Youth Foundation? There is still space to join a small group led by author, world traveler and NYF supporter Erika Fernbach on a two-week visit to Nepal this fall to tour the sites and visit some of NYF’s programs.
The itinerary includes a tour of the religious temples of Kathmandu, a trip to Pokhara nestled in the shadow of the Himalayas, and a chance to observe wildlife in the jungles of Chitwan. You will visit Nepal and also get to visit meet some of NYF’s amazing Nepali staff and see our programs at work.
A portion of the trip will go to support our work in Nepal. For details and a complete itinerary of the October 6-19, 2017 adventure, contact erikafernbach@hotmail.com or karen.gs@travelstore.com.
Founder’s Day 2017
On Thursday, June 8th, NYF friends and supporters gathered for Founder’s Day – celebrating Olga Murray’s 92nd Birthday and her inspirational work saving thousands of Nepali children through programs ensuring freedom, health, shelter, and education.
Birthdays at Olgapuri Villiage, Celebrating 75 Children with Homes in Nepal
OLGAPURI Village is home to 75 children with 75 different birthdays to recognize. That’s a lot of cake!
The solution? The NYF family in Kathmandu threw one BIG party and celebrated with acrobats and dancers from Circus Kathmandu, balloons, party favors, gifts, and of course – cake.
Join us in wishing a very Happy Birthday to all of our wonderful children at OLGAPURI. They make us proud.
