We recently welcomed two staff members to our team in Nepal, and we're thrilled to introduce you to the newest members of our Kailash family! Both Novita Rai, our new Academic Coordinator, and Swati Singh, our new Hostel in Charge, bring incredible passion and experience to their roles and are already working wonders with our Kailash Kids. Read on to learn more about Novita and Swati.

Just like that, it’s time to celebrate and say goodbye to our Class of 2024.

It is officially one of my favorite times of the year. This is the season when we welcome a brand new set of children to Kailash Home and our HYF family! While in Nepal last month, I had the opportunity to personally greet our four new students and observed with great joy just how quickly they assimilated to life with the other children.

My name is Jayang Wangdue Gurung. I hail from a tiny, isolated village in the Tibetan border regions of Dolpa, a district in the north Western region of Nepal that lacks broad access to schools, health services, and modern transportation. As a young child, I lived there with my young widowed mother and five siblings. I was told that my father had passed away a few months before my younger brother was born, leaving my mother destitute, and shortly after I was admitted to Kailash Home at age 7, my mother also passed away. Like many other children, Kailash became the only real home I’d ever known.

One of our top priorities in all of our projects is to provide all of our children with the best possible education from primary school up through vocational school or university. 🎓 It is our goal that each and every #KailashKid can go on to achieve whatever their dreams may be and in the process make their communities just a little bit better. 📚

While students here in the United States are enjoying the last of their summer holiday, our Kailash Kids have started a brand new school year. With COVID cases high and vaccination numbers still low across Nepal though, this term is progressing completely virtually with remote learning only. Thanks to our experience over the past year however, we were ready and well equipped for this reality.

While students here in the United States are enjoying the last of their summer holiday, our Kailash Kids have started a brand new school year. With COVID cases high and vaccination numbers still low across Nepal though, this term is progressing completely virtually with remote learning only. Thanks to our experience over the past year however, we were ready and well equipped for this reality.

In December of 2020, Shirley Gurung of the COINS Foundation made a visit to Kailash Home. She shared her experience for the COINS Foundation blog.