Empower Feed Educate Single mother headed families

Dear Friends, Families and well wishers of the Bahini Foundation,
Namaste!

I hope you and your families are healthy and hearty. The COVID-19 pandemic has caught us all unaware.

We all wanted to start afresh this new year with higher motivation and zeal to support our beneficiaries. We had sent three of our young girls that had just completed schooling to undergo "Livelihood Training" to Kathmandu with hopes that they would be prepared for a new life with better skills. Infact 'Life skills' that would enable them to find jobs, get paid well and help their families. This would have been a great beginning so that other girls would get this opportunity, providing a big relief to us and the families. 

The pandemic made our government to ensure a complete lockdown and out of the blue the whole nation came to a standstill. A new thing to happen in ages, people stayed indoors.

Our girls have all returned back to their families just in time before the lockdown. BUT the problem begins now.......

Our #EducareFamilies mostly based in villages would certainly be hit very hard. They were our first and foremost concern. Our TEAM made sure to connect to them in every possible way. Each member of the team has been calling them to check about their well being. On the phones they have been made aware about the Corona Virus, the symptoms and ways to remain uninfected! 

Survival, however was the bigger concern! 

There was much unsurety all around but we wanted to make sure our beneficiaries were safe and sound. We therefore called for a "Virtual Meeting" of the board and decided immediately to apply for a "Vehicular Pass" from the Government and provide food supplies and items of hygiene for all our families. It was decided that we provide them families these supplies sufficient for three months.

The 'vehicular pass' was very complicated and we just could not procure it after trying for a week.

So we decided to move on with out the pass. With the food supplies in the back of our truck, we though we could convinve the police and security personnel .

Accordingly, we distributed all the food supplies to the familes with in a week and luckily, there was no objection whatsoever .

The families were very happy to receive the supplies and we asked them to be extra careful and also to make sure they do not waste food.

Our TEAM is in regular communication with all the families and all of them are thriving. 

Most importantly, by God's grace, not a single of our beneficiaries have been infected by the virus and hopefully it remains so.

Thank you every one of you for your kind donations, it has made a big difference to the families.

BUT it's going to be more difficult in the days to come and we'd definitely need more funds. PLEASE HELP! Donate whatever you can.

THANK you very much.
Raymond, Surendra & TEAM