About Us

Himalayan Home (Himalaya Ghar) is a non-governmental, non-political, non-profit, social development organization working with a practical and effective ‘hand to hand’ approach. Development and empowerment under the Nepalese Organization Act of 1977 AD. The organization focuses its activities on the progress of education & health of underprivileged children who have (almost) no access to healthcare, education old age people etc. Himalayan Home facilitates sustainable development by utilizing local resources and the skills of (inter)national volunteers and experts. Our projects focus on integrating education, health and environmental development with a ‘bottom-up’ approach to directly interact and collaborate with communities and foster the quality of life.

The aim of Himalayan Home is to empower people and raise awareness with a “grass root” development strategy, and to help and support local communities in more direct ways through the various aid programs provided by Himalayan Home.

Mission

Our mission is to improve the quality of life of underprivileged people in Nepali society, especially in the remote, rural areas. Our advantage is access to many fields of expertise in health and education through our (inter)national network which enables our ‘caring hands’ to stretch out and built local, multi-disciplinary support systems.  We work with community based organizations to achieve their goals of social justice, equality, prosperity and development. As a voluntary organization we also provide training and workplaces for volunteers and interns from (international) schools and organizations, so that we can build up a platform for exchanging and transferring knowledge and skills.

Objectives

• To develop and carry out health- and educational development programs for underprivileged people, throughout Nepal.
• To facilitate and collaborate with existing community based organizations.
• To foster the awareness of the  impact of societal structure and culture on the development of people in rural areas in Nepal.
• To decrease illiteracy and provide (basic) knowledge and skills on the interacting effects of environment, hygiene and health.
• To foster the open distance education systems in rural areas and making education accessible.
• To create local labor opportunities for local craftsmanship and support promoting markets of traditional craft work and garment in foreign countries.