The Nepal Foundation promotes collaboration between people in the US and Nepal, developing educational, medical and small-scale economic projects in Nepal and organizing social and cultural exchanges between the two countries.

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Preparing to embark on our most ambitious project to date, The Foundation is laying the groundwork for an integrated plan to help a remote community in the Solu-Khumbu region.  As in many villages in Nepal, there is great need of basics such as potable water, health care, education space, materials, and teachers. 

With a focus on listening, setting goals, planning, and the cooperative use of resources, people in the three wards included in The Basa Project can be helped to achieve sustainable improvements. A democratic model can be developed which can be replicated in other communities. 

A young man from this remote region, Yadav, has a Masters Degree from Tribuvan University, and is fluent in English.  He is known and highly respected by the villagers and by outside groups who have assisted with projects in the area.  He has played an invaluable role as liaison for The Foundation, which hopes to be able to hire him on a full-time basis.

Funding is critical to this undertaking.  Contributions and ideas are welcome.  Individuals with the interest, skills, experience or training, and enthusiasm for the Project are joining the Project Team.  They are proceeding carefully but optimistically in planning the next steps toward the Project's goals. 

A trip to Nepal in October 2010 will provide Basa Project team members the opportunity for further meetings with Nepali government people, other NGO representatives, and the people in Basa.  Related preliminary work continues.

Any important developments will be posted here or on the About Us page. If you would like to contribute in some way please let us know.

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David and Salina Rai, whose father died tragically in Texas in early 2009, continue to do well in their respective schools. David has entered his sophomore year of college, in Texas, and Salina is doing well in a secondary school in Darjeeling.

Close friends in the U.S. continue to provide them with guidance and a home in the U.S., which their father worked hard to provide for them.

Donations to Rai Family Fund may be sent to The Nepal Foundation, P.O.Box 654, Naalehu, Hawaii 96772.