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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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

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.

Happy Valentine’s Day

“Thank you, and Happy Valentine’s Day!” from the children of Nepal Youth Foundation! We are so grateful for our family of supporters who make this life-changing work possible. From all of us, dhanyabad!

To make a gift, click here.

Making a Difference in Nepal, Celebrating Your Support

Making a Difference in Nepal

People like you are making a difference in Nepal! As 2016 draws to a close, we’re celebrating the accomplishments that you helped make possible.  Because you care:

• • • 80 children moved into their permanent and beautiful new home—Olgapuri Children’s Village.

• • • Your support helped keep more than 800 children whose lives were upended by the 2015 earthquakes with loving family members through our expanded Kinship Care program.

• • • Your caring helped 8,500 children last year in our nutritional programs—through screening, education, and life-saving treatment.

• • • NYF earned its 10th consecutive four-star rating on Charity Navigator, reflecting our focus on transparency to earn your trust and confidence.

Together, we will continue to change lives. Your investment—however large or small—brightens lives and enriches the futures of thousands of needy children.

Thank you and dhanyabad!

Nepal Youth Foundation

P.S. You can beat the charitable giving deadline for the 2016 tax year, and help more children as soon as possible by making your year-end gift now.

Learn more about how Nepal Youth Foundation makes real change possible in Nepal on our Programs page. Read our latest newsletters, and join NYF’s email list here or be the change and donate to NYF today.

URMILA film wins at KIMFF

URMILA: My Memory is my Power won first place at the Kathmandu International Mountain Film festival (KIMFF). The documentary tells the story of Urmila Chaudhary, a former Kamlari rescued by NYF, who is fighting for freedom and justice for young girls in Nepal whose childhoods were spent as indentured servants. German filmmaker Susan Gluth wrote us about the event:

Dearest friends and supporters,

URMILA won the Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival!

We feel very honored and grateful that the film is appreciated this well in Nepal – since we made a film for the western audience. The festival did a very good job to show such a film in this country. It was not easy for them neither since political forces are working constantly against them.

Many Nepali people have never heard about Kamlari slavery, and they were really touched when—right after the film—about 60 ex-Kamlari girls came on stage. They joined me, Urmila’s parents and brother, Olga Murray (founder of NYF), and some of our Nepali team members.

Later we hosted a wonderful reception (co-hosted with NYF) with powerful speeches, colorful Tharu dances, a lot of talking, and great food. Three days later we had the final award ceremony.

-Susan Gluth

Find out more about the film at Urmila.

From near starvation to a healthy, thriving child: Laxmi’s story

Severely malnourished children are restored to health every day at NYF’s Nutritional Rehabilitation Homes. Celebrate one child’s amazing transformation in this brief video.

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