Doing what works to give a hand up, not a handout.
The Q'eros people of the Peruvian mountain hamlet of Ch'allmachimpana want to build the first school ever for their children. Child mortality is close to 50% and this pre-literate community is vulnerable. They have identified primary education as their first step toward providing a sustainable future for their children and culture.
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...
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...
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....
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,...
Healthcare | 25 February 2012
Rocky Vista Medical College, from Parker, Colorado paid a visit to Orchid Garden Nepal this month. A group of nine, third and foruth year students and their professors gave complete physical exams to all 140 children over the course of two days. With one or two exceptions,...
