Friends of Nepal is pleased to announce the opening of its grant application period. We will be supporting the Let Girls Learn initiative for a second year. Proposals for projects that support girls’ education or economic opportunities are eligible for funding. Submissions are due July 1, 2018. Click here to
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December 2017 FoN newsletter now available!
This year-end newsletter features a wrap-up of the work FoN accomplished in 2017, a first-person account of an RPCVs emotional return to Nepal 48 years after he finished his service, a list of Nepal RPCVs favorite Nepali words and phrases, and selected photos from mid-century Nepal. Check it out here!
Devastating landslide in Rasuwa
A note from the Dolma Foundation: Last week a sudden landslide crushed Laharepauwa village in Rasuwa district. It buried 14 houses, killed 5, and displaced ~200. Not since the earthquake has Dolma run such a campaign. We know many of those affected and the survivors need our help for emergency supplies
There’s still time to apply for a Let Girls Learn grant!
There is still time to support an organization’s project application for our ‘Let Girls Learn’ grant initiative. FoN is accepting proposals for projects supporting girls’ education and all applications must be sponsored by an RPCV or former PC staff member. FoN has revised its grant application criteria to include project
RPCV stories wanted!
Below is a guest post from current Nepal PCV Quan Blunt: Howdy folks, My name is Quan Blunt and I am a current PCV (2016-18) in Nepal. I am also a member of the Diversity and Inclusion Committee here. I’m writing to ask for your stories for a new project
Help preserve biodiversity and local knowledge in Nepal
Nepal RPCV and Friend of Nepal extraordinaire Rajeev Goyal (N-193) is appealing for support from the Friends of Nepal community on behalf of the nonprofit he co-founded, Kanchenjunga Tappu Koshi Biodiversity Education Land Trust (KTK-Belt), where he currently serves as environmental director. KTK-Belt is a platform for farmers, teachers, designers and environmentalists working together
FoN April 2017 newsletter now available
To celebrate the Nepali New Year (Nepal Sambat 2074) which began on April 14, the April Friends of Nepal newsletter includes recipes for the classic Nepali dish momos with jhol, courtesy of chef Anup Bajracharya of Anup Kitchen. Our newsletter also features updates on the earthquake rebuilding efforts from the four
A Peace Corps Nepal romance, still going strong 16 years later
Amy Bleakney and Curtis Hartenstine met at orientation for incoming Peace Corps Nepal volunteers in 2001. They ended up posted far apart – Curtis in Taplejung in the eastern mountains and Amy in Nepalganj in the western Terai – but they kept in touch by letter, in the days when the internet was
Research suggests Kathmandu at risk for another earthquake
From Nevada Today: An earthquake much more powerful and damaging than last year’s 7.8 magnitude quake could rock Kathmandu and the Himalayan Frontal Fault, an international team of seismic experts has concluded. The unsettling news comes after field research and analysis in the year following the 2015 Gorkha earthquake, which