By Karma Sherpa | Executive Director & Co-Founder
Dear Friends, Namaste & Happy Holiday !!!
We would like to thank you all for your great support along our journey of The Small World. With the generous support of amazing donors, supporters, volunteers, Friends, and dedicated staff, we take pride in sharing what we have all accomplished together:
Over 100 of girls from our program are successfully serving in remote communities as Teachers, Nurses, Media persons, Civil Engineers, community mobilizers and more.
Both our children's homes, Arhaus Children and Himalayan Home are running well and serving over 108 socially dislocated, vulnerable children and those from financially poor families. We are proud to mention that both Children’s homes are coordinated by our graduated girls Usha Karki and Pasang Lhamu Sherpa.
Through our Seeds of Hope program, over 1,000 families received seeds as well as agriculture training, and among them, 200 families received Green House Tunnel, so they can grow fresh vegetables all year round. The seeds Of Hope program is also led by our own graduate students . So we take great pride in sharing this news with every single supporter that – since we started the girls education and support program 17 years ago, today many girls are supporting Small World as young leaders and girls are taking lead-roles giving back to the community. This is our ultimate dream come true! Little did we know we could come this far, when we just started educating the girls years ago.
Also, we would like to take this moment to share another wonderful piece of news: this year, The Obama Foundation’s Girls Alliance Opportunity has chosen The Small World as their Nepal Partner. We are probably the first organization to be recognized by The Obama Foundation in Nepal. It’s a great honor for us to work along with Global organizations like The Obama Foundation. The Girls Opportunity alliance is providing us special fundraising platform on www.gofundme.com highlighting our works and we plan to support more girls for their Bachelor’s degree and Master’s degree education. In our workplace, the Himalayan remote communities, finding well-educated girls is quite an exception. According to UNESCO estimates, around the world, 129 million girls are out of school, including 32 million of primary school age, and 97 million of secondary school age. We plan to build a new norm in this region. We embrace our big dream of seeing more numbers of girls in leadership positions across industries, professions, and social setups by helping them acquire universities’ education and empowering them to take decisions for their own future.
The Small World is committed to seeing every girl prosper in her life. Our projects support the education of hundreds of girls and young women across the most remote Himalayan communities of Nepal. Working through interventions in education, agriculture, health, social protection, sanitation, water, and other sectors, we are making an even stronger commitment to support by ensuring that every girl receives the quality education she deserves.
But we can’t do this all alone. So, we need your support in this rewarding adventure, we hope you will join hands with us, for a cause that will change a girl’s life, eventually changing a family, community & world. Donate Now
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By Karma Sherpa | Executive Director
By Karma Sherpa | Executive Director & Co-Founder
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