In-Country Partner Organisations
| There is a group of business people in the Thamel area of Kathmandu, loosely headed by Mr. Narayan Shrestha (pictured right). In this photograph, taken on 2nd July 2007, Narayan is giving children in a remote Nepal village a package containing new school clothes. The money for these clothes was raised by Narayan and his business associates. Narayan will be formally registering his NGO in Nepal over the next few months. Mr. Shrestha is the proprietor of Lucky Thanka, a manufacturer and retail outlet of sacred Tibetan art. He employs 180 people directly and another 30 people indirectly, and each of these people further support a family of 3-4 persons. He pays above average wages and has personal oversight of each person in his employ. He is a true leader and compassionate kind soul. Without Narayan’s involvement, Dharmik Foundation would not have been created. Narayan will be coming to Australia to exhibit master quality Tibetan art in late 2007. For more information on Tibetan art visit http://www.luckythanka.com. |  Narayan Shrestha |
Bir is a man of energy and vision. His mother died when he was young and his father has been blind since before he can remember. He was destitute as a child and was cared for by a charitable organisation. He grew up wanting to help children who like him suffered greatly as children. The home environment he has built with his wife and sister in law is a model of happiness and wellbeing for its 15 child residents. They have done so much with so little and we are working with them to build their capacity to help more children in the near future. The NGO (Non-Government Organisation) is called Om Shree Sai Nepal Om Bikash Kendra. All it's documentation is up to date and every time we have visited this home from 6am to 9pm it has been a model of cooperation and community living. |
 Bir Narshingh Rai |
Early in 2006 Mary Malla formed the NGO Community Child Rescue Centre Jhamsikhel Lalitpur near Kathmandu. An enthusiastic group of volunteers runs this home with lots of energy and donated time and materials. They receive some support from a US based adoption agency, but it is not enough, and there is an expectation that children will be available for adoption. Local police have quickly come to trust this home as one of the better places to send orphaned kids yet they struggle each day. We want to assist them financially to meet the basic welfare needs of their children in care, and hopefully to provide education and medicine to give them a good future. Like all our projects, we do not offer money, we offer services and products, and we get involved at the management level in the organisation to achieve best outcomes. |
 Mary Malla |
| Mr Bhuban Dahal grew up in a remote Nepal village. He has always been concerned with the welfare of his village and the despair of village life. He and his family paid the full cost of creating 32km of road to allow access to the village, formally only accessible by foot. He has started a feasibility study of how to pump water to supply the village using solar power (see project 03) and we are working to support this project. Bhuban has successfully built a business which manages cargo between Nepal and other countries. He has won many service awards and has been very successful. His desire to share his success is an inspiration. He has a personal goal to build a home for old men and if someone wants to fund the construction he has offered to donate the land. |  Bhuban Dahal |
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