Our Vision

Our dream, in addition to the eradication of the Kamlari system, is to have a main campus in the Kathmandu valley. Currently Nepal Orphans Home leases all of our buildings and grounds. In particular, we would like to purchase 3 to 5 hectares of property (roughly 7 to 12 acres) outside of Kathmandu city, where we would have two homes, one for 100 girls and one for 50 boys, with a large playground.

In the homes would be rooms equipped with bunk beds, desks, and lockers for the children and a large dining room, also to be used as a study hall. The study hall would be equipped with personal computers with Internet connection. One room in the homes would be designated as an infirmary, to treat and reduce the spread of illness among the children. Another room would be a library for reading.  

In addition, on the campus would be a volunteer house to accommodate the continual flow of NOH volunteers. In the volunteer house would be a large training room for workshops and classes, including sewing classes and shop classes, like woodworking. The training room would also be used for adult literacy classes offered to the local community by our older children and volunteers. The homes and volunteer house would be outfitted with solar panels to provide hot water. Nepal Orphans Home has already begun collaborating with the Foundation for Sustainable Technologies (FoST) in Nepal. We plan to incorporate sustainable technologies in our homes. In addition to solar panels, there would be solar ovens, solar refrigerators, and efficient lighting. On the grounds of the campus would be a large vegetable garden, maintained by the children, which would ensure a supply of fresh vegetables. We would also plant fruit trees.

Our children in Dhapasi currently attend the Skylark School, a private, English-speaking school nearby our Papa's Houses. Expanding upon this vision for a campus for our children's homes would be having a school on the grounds. The campus school would run from kindergarten through grade 8. We would hire dedicated teachers for a challenging curriculum with the goal of preparing our children for secondary school (even international baccalaureate) and higher education. The school would have science and math labs and an information technology center equipped with personal computers linked to the Internet. Ideally we would have an endowment to pay for the teachers and a scholarship fund to send our most gifted students to higher education. We aspire to having our children, even those from the most disadvantaged backgrounds like the former Kamlaris, receive a quality education. If Nepal is to develop, all of its children must be given the opportunity to realize their potential.

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