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.

To learn more, click on Our Projects or About Us. To reach us directly click Contact Us.

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Our most ambitious undertaking is The Basa Project.  The Foundation's work is progressing on 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.  Water and sanitation are a high priority for this community.  With a generous contribution from Aqua America, we have been able to complete stages I and II of this important project.

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, which can be replicated in other communities, is being encouraged.

Yadav Rai, a young man from the Basa area, is our invaluable representative in Nepal.  He is well-educated, known and highly respected by the villagers and by outside groups who have assisted with past projects.  With a Masters Degree from Tribuvan University, he is fluent in English.  His goal was to teach and his "classroom" has become much larger than he expected.

Funding is critical to this undertaking.  Your Contributions will help make it a success.  Individuals with the interest, skills, experience or training, and enthusiasm are joining the Project Team.  They are currently engaged in research, fundraising and planning the next steps toward the Project's goals. 

A trip to Nepal in October 2010 provided Basa Project team members extensive opportunities for further meetings with the people in Basa as well as representatives from government and other NGOs.  Related groundwork continues, with another trip planned soon.

For further Developments see About Us or Our Projects. If you would like to contribute ideas, expertise, funds, or participate in some other way, please click Contact Us at the top of this page.

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►We are happy to report that Philadelphia's colorful display of flags along the Benjamin Franklin Parkway includes some newcomers-- as of November 2010 Nepal is represented.  Look for it across from the new Barnes Foundation building site.

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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 is doing well in his sophomore year of college, in Texas, and Salina is enrolled 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.