Child labour in Nepal
In Nepal, there are over 1 million children engaged in child labour. A UNICEF report carried out in 2021, estimates 17,000 of Nepal’s child labourers are working in brick factories. 1 in 10 of the workers in brick factories are children. Some are as young as 5 years...
Happy Paddy Day
Another month has passed by while we’ve kept ourselves busy. Our collaboration with Pipal Tree is becoming stronger and stronger: we have just managed to raise together another 42k which will allow us to carry on our mission to bring food to more and more families in...
Covid Relief Campaign: action!
About a month ago we were launching our Covid Relief Campaign to raise emergency funds to support the country during this second covid wave. The aim was to raise 16: we collected £14,410 via the Big Give matched campaign and together with a few offline donations and...
Saraswati Puja Festival and the importance of education
A couple of weeks ago our boys celebrated Saraswati Pooja, which is another important festival in Nepal. Saraswati is for me the most fascinating of the Hindu goddesses. She is known as the goddess of knowledge, but she is also goddess of music, art, speech, wisdom...
