Doing what works to give a hand up, not a handout.
From Our Director | 10 May 2012
The Mankhu Village Farm for Women is open and occupied. We've moved two families, both from the "untouchable caste" into the one house we currently have at the farm. There are a total of six children living there. We have provided them with land to farm on, seed to plant so they can grow their own food and a small wage for work they are doing to repair and improve the farm, enough to sustain them until the crops come in. We have also provide the children with clothing and school supplies.
Before moving to the farm these familes had no land and were basically sqautting on nearby government land and living on the fringe of the village. Now they have a roof over their heads, land to farm and enough basic things to survive.
Our challenge now is to build more housing for more women and children. We have enough land for farming to support as many as 30, but not enough housing. We have women and children waiting to live on our land and farm it to sustain themselves and we will move more in as soon as we can provide a roof over there head. If you can help us to build more housing please make a donation...
From Our Volunteers | 4 April 2012
A high school group from Canada joined us this month for a work project on the women's cooperative farm project. This hard working group of kids first spent months fundraising at home in order to make a significant financial contribution that enabled us to purchase the land to start this farming project. Next, they traveled from Canada to Nepal and spent a week doing hard labor out at the farm site to help repair the existing house, add a room on to the house and prepare some of the land for crops. What an inspiration to young volunteers everywhere.
From Our Volunteers | 10 March 2012
Short video is now out.
Video highlights of medical camps is now posted on this site. In an earlier news article we told you about the three medical camps organized by Mountain Fund and conducted by a team of volunteers from Rocky Vista Medical College in Colorado. Now you can watch a video of the group in action. See the video section of this web site or watch on you tube here http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=AUV-Z7_7PzA
Mountain Fund is the premier hosting organization for trips like this to Nepal.
From Our Director | 28 February 2012
I get asked often, why Nepal? Why is The Mountain Fund working so hard in Nepal? The article below I didn't write and I don't know the author personally. It appeared in the newspaper in Kathmandu, I've checked the facts, they are correct. I think this will answer the question, why Nepal?
Slide into Africa SUKHDEV SHAH
For all intents and purposes and according to the GPS Nepal continues to be in Asia but, looking at the economic map of the world, it is becoming increasing clear that the country is rapidly moving towards joining our ancient ancestors in Africa—in Sub-Saharan Africa to be more specific.
This view of Nepal is based on the latest World Development Report (WDR), 2012, which is the world’s economic who’s who. It is a fascinating document for a quick overview of the countries’ economic status, individually and in groups. The WDR, published by World Bank annually since 1979, lists all countries and territories in the world and provides useful social and economic data for a quick glance as well as for in-depth analysis of special issues of interest.
This year’s WDR is devoted to the issue of Gender Equality and Development. In a foreword to the Report, World Bank President Robert B. Zoellick writes, “Gender equality is at the heart of development. It’s...
