Meet our Children

Our children come from ethnic minorities and “untouchable” castes. They have lost one or both parents and are from poor families where no one else has the means to take care of them. They were not receiving an education nor sufficient food. The difference now in their lives and smiles is profound!

There are four recently added children in the home, two of our added staff and 2 handed by Police.

Sushil Karki (5) – Sushil is studying in Nursery. He was handed by the police in cooperation of District Child Welfare Board, Sindhupalchock Sushil Karki and Sarij Karki are the brothers.

Sarij Karki (8) – is also a nursery student, since his parents were drunk and never sent them school, they have recently joined in the school.

Son and Daughter of Kabita (our new staff):

Rubi Bhandari (age 6) : was abandoned by her parents. She was sent to school about two year ago, but her parents never came back to claim her and have been missing/out of contact ever since. The school put her out on the street when her fees weren’t paid. Her grandmother heard about it and came to find her, but is too old and poor to care for her–so Rubi came to stay with us.

Sancha Maya Tamang (age 7) : After her father died, Sancha Maya’s mother abandoned her to marry another man, leaving her with an old  grandmother. Sancha Maya has been learning to speak Nepali (instead of only her native Tamang) and has a mischievous grin! She loves to help cook and clean up.

Sanjay Giri (age 7) : Sanjay’s father went missing and is believed to be dead. Sanjay’s mother left him to marry other men. His current stepfather drinks and beat him regularly. Sanjay would run away and go walking throughout his village area to find food and a place to sleep. Villagers liked him, so they suggested that we give him a permanent home. When he first came, he was fighting with other children all the time and using bad language. After only 6 months, he calmed down and likes to snuggle. When his stepfather came to take him home for a visit recently, Sanjay refused to go. He’s happy staying with his new family of 17!

Gunga and Jamuna Gharti (age are twins, named after sacred rivers. Their mother died 11 days after giving birth, and their father left. While children are generally the responsibility of the father and father’s family, they were abandoned. Their maternal grandmother took them in when they were little. Old and poor, she could no longer care properly for the children, nor send them to school—which is how they came to us.

Pasang Dorje Lama (age 10) has a father living in Malaysia who sends no support. His mother disappeared, and his brother faked documents to go to Malaysia and work at age 15. An aunt too poor to take him in placed him in a orphanage. Both he and Krishna were found in an orphanage that was not taking care of the children. The orphanage has since been closed.

Krishna Tamang (age was found walking alone on a road when he was young. The police returned him to his village and found that his mother was dead and his father had disappeared, so they put him in an orphanage in Kathmandu which has now been closed.

Sanju Bishwakarma (age 12) was living with her mother after her father died, but her mother could not support all 4 children. Her 15-year-old sister left to work in Kathmandu, another sister has disappeared, and one sister remains with their mother.

Suresh Tamang (age 13) was living with his father after his mother left with another man who was not so poor.