Projects
Nine years of work at Shree Harisiddhi Secondary School and beyond, from shoes and school supplies to clean water, a bathroom, and blood drives across Virginia. For what is underway right now, see the project tracker.
Fifteen minutes
Small acts, massive impact.
Responding to the demonstrations in Nepal
The founder was on the ground, witnessing urgent humanitarian needs.
The first blood drive
Bringing the Nepalese community together around something simple: donating blood, and saving lives.
Nepali World Language Bags
Nepali on the library shelf, for adults to read to and with children.
World Culture Festival
Waving the Nepal flag on the National Mall, and supplying all 160+ flags carried that day.
Nepal Day
The annual celebration of Nepal Day at the Embassy of Nepal.
Representing Nepal
Nepali history, culture and heritage, carried into an Asian community celebration by the foundation's youth volunteers.
Passport DC
A tourism booth, arts and crafts, dancers, and youth volunteers serving Nepali food to everyone who walked past.
COVID-19 vaccine rollout
Reaching a community that the rollout was not otherwise reaching.
Hand sanitizer distribution
Hand sanitizer, distributed to the school through the pandemic.
Blankets at Manavsewa Ashram
Blankets designed to treat shock and hypothermia, warm to 100°F in ten minutes, and holding it for eight hours.
Mudita Home
A real home for people who had once been homeless, and somewhere to bring warmth.
A bathroom for the girls
Eight hundred children were sharing one bathroom. So a second one was built.
The water fountain
A filter system, storage tanks, taps and a place to drink, completed and handed to the school.
Raincoats for the monsoon
Prizes and raincoats handed out at the Bhanu Jayanti ceremony, before the rains arrived.
Hygiene and school supplies
Toothpaste, toothbrushes, hand soap and lotion, plus markers, boards, staple removers and bandages.
Socks and shoes
Grades one through five, fitted with shoes so that going to school stopped being a question.