Nepal

On April 25, 2015, a 7.8M earthquake struck Nepal, killing over 8,000 people and injuring over 20,000 more. The earthquake was just the first of many smaller quakes which continue to shake the country, one of the poorest in the world. Within 24 hours of the devastating quake, HRDC dispatched its first relief teams. In…

  Denisse Pichardo Director, Caminante Proyecto Educativo Areas Served: Dominican Republic First Honored: 2011 Humanitarian Award Caminante Proyecto Educativo provides care to the vulnerable children of Boca Chica, Dominican Republic. Denisse and the organization ensure these children and teenagers have the opportunity to live up to their full potential. This includes rescuing and sheltering youth…

The deadly earthquakes in Nepal last spring put the young survivors at risk for another tragedy – the danger of being sold by human traffickers. Nepal has a long history of child exploitation and officials feared a surge in trafficking after the huge earthquakes took more than 9,000 lives and destroyed a half million homes.…

A version of this story was originally published by Nepal Youth Foundation on their organization’s blog. The Kamalari system and a lost childhood Bimala’s family had no land of their own. She had no choice but become a Kamalari (a traditional system of bonded domestic servitude in Nepal) because her parents were bonded slaves themselves.…

Sanu Bhai’s Story One day, when Sanu Bhai was only 14 months old, his family left him behind when they went to the local market in the remote part of Tanahun district in Nepal. That day, they left Sanu Bhai behind because he was suffering from a severe eye infection, which would eventually cause blindness…

Hasn’t Nepal been through enough? One of our Honorees in India reports a spike in girls from Nepal who have been trafficked following the Nepal earthquakes.

In July, co-founders Harry and Kay, along with celebrity ambassador Stephanie March and photographer Michael Crook, traveled to Nepal to visit two past Honorees, Douglas Maclagan and Dr. Ashok Banskota. There, they met children who are too often overlooked: children rescued from traffickers, suffering from deformities, and living in the slums of Pokhara and Kathmandu

Imagine the perfect postcard: a pristine lake reflects a village surrounded by rolling green hills and the snow-capped peaks of the Himalaya beyond. Welcome to Pokhara, one of Nepal’s most popular tourist destinations for its prime location near three of the highest mountains in the world. Yesterday, our team visiting Nepal said goodbye to Dr.…

Imagine driving up an incredibly narrow, pitted road carved into a hillside and ascending hundreds of feet above the valley floor…. Now imagine that you step out of the car into another world, one that is totally separate from the hustle and bustle of nearby Kathmandu. Welcome to the quiet campus of the Hospital and…

No matter where they live in the world, a disabled child experiences struggles that many of us will never have to face. In Nepal, these difficulties are compounded by the rugged terrain, the remoteness of villages, and poverty. A disabled child in Nepal cannot go to school or help in the fields. There is no…

When they received our Health Award, Douglas Maclagan and Dr. Ashok Banskota joined us in New York City. Now, we are coming to them. It’s a beautiful morning in Kathmandu, Nepal. Taxis idle outside of hotels to wait for tourists to roll out of bed. Rickshaws trundle up crowded streets underneath a myriad of colorful…