By Cathy Clifton | Communications Director, Ama Foundation
First of all, many thanks and happy holidays to our Global Giving donors - we have some good news to share in this update.
Last time we told you about the girls who are seeking health care careers, and today we can tell you some wonderful, though bittersweet, news. It's bittersweet because it means that these young women have to leave their brothers and sisters and aunties and uncles at Ama Ghar and go out into the world, which is sometimes a tough adjustment, but the good news is that they have found placement in degree programs in public health.
Laxmi (shown in the photo above with her brothers and sisters) is now studying at Pokhara University for her Bachelors in Public Health, Kalpana and Pabitra have left for hostels in Kathmandu where they are taking a three year Health Assistant course and a Pharmacy course, respectively. This is very exciting for these girls, who came to us from a remote village and now will have a chance to live on their own as young adults and study hard so that they can support themselves.
Our mission at Ama Ghar is to provide a loving, supportive home for these children when they are young, and then to support them in accomplishing the highest degree of education that their talents will allow, so that they can become self-supporting adults and good Nepali citizens. Thank you for helping us to accomplish that mission - we couldn't do it without you.
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