Economic, social, cultural, and geographic barriers exist in rural Nepal that prevent many girls from successfully reaching higher levels of education. Published by Mountain Research and Development publishes research on topics related to mountains, mountain people and communities, and sustainable development in mountains

Children in Nepal are receiving new home thanks to Small World and The Small World USA. Scheduled to open in May 2020, the home for rural youth of the Solukhumbu region, Nepal will provide shelter, support and education to schoolchildren. Ultimately, the home will support about 100 boys and girls, with 50 children being accommodated in the first year of operation.

Join us in Nepal to travel to our project sites, help with a current initiative on the ground, and take part in a classic Himalayan trek with local staff from The Small World Nepal. A trip to Nepal with us helps us to collectively create positive change in the lives of the communities, girls and students we work with, and such a trip is sure to change you, too! Travel with us and experience transformation for yourself and others.

Thank you very much for your generous donation on Giving Tuesday, December 3, 2019. Because of your generous support, we have raised $33,339 USD. Your support will help us to ensure continuing education for orphaned and vulnerable children; keep girls in school and college who would otherwise be at highest risk of trafficking,

Until the end of 2019, our long term donor, Ruth Lightfoot-Dunn, will be matching 100% of ALL of your donations! Any donation you make will be matched!

Growing up in her remote Nepalese village, located deep within the Solukhumbu (Everest) Region, Ngaki faced many hardships common among girls in Nepal who endeavor to go to school. The rural location of her village combined with the realities of her day-to-day life led Ngaki to wonder and worry about her future. She often doubted that it was possible for a girl in her circumstance to get an education.. More

THANKS TO ELLIE RAYMOND

The Small World is very happy to extend our sincerest thanks and deepest gratitude to Ellie Raymond, a high school student, for her exceptional efforts in supporting continued education for twelve (12) Nepalese children from the remote Himalayan village of Solukhumbu.

It’s our fifth year at the Himalayan Hope Home and with thirty-six girls now living here, there is more joy than ever as they relish life of security, love,and opportunity - free from the dire conditions and threats they once knew.

The Small World is committed to ensure all the children are in classroom and complete the full cycle of education specially girls in remote villages of solukhumbhu. We have made significant progress in delivering safe learning space by completing 20 earthquake safe classrooms and benefiting nearly 1000 students. Your generosity has paved a road to education to every one of those 1000 students.

The girls have formed four clubs, with guidance from Hope Home’s person “in charge”. In order to provide them with opportunities to demonstrate and acquire leadership skills, the girls are provided with autonomy to make decisions on club activities, to learn new skills outside of the classroom, develop their social skills, and learn time management by juggling several things – all skills vital to success.

The Small World organization founded the Himalayan Hope Home in Kathmandu as a child protection center that serves as a preventative strategy for children at risk. Children belonging to underprivileged communities who are in danger of precarious trafficking circumstances are provided a safe shelter, parental care, love, and every opportunity for their holistic development.

There is no doubt that slavery still exists in the world, and that it’s deep rooted and spreading at an alarming rate.

Modern day slavery exists in various forms, which includes slavery based on debt bondage, forced marriage, sale or exploitation of children, human trafficking, and forced labor. The whole world is fighting against this.

It’s out of order! One in three people around the world don’t have somewhere safe to go to the toilet. Indeed, poor sanitation is one of the world’s biggest killers: it hits women, children, and elderly and sick people the hardest. Every minute, three children under the age of five die because of dirty water and lack of proper sanitation. And, right this minute, around half the people in the world have an illness caused by bad sanitation.

In remote Himalayan communities of Nepal, villagers spend hours every day walking to collect water for their families and animals. Most of them are women and children, which also has the effect of keeping children out of school.

The two major earthquakes of 7.9 and 7.3 in Nepal on April 29 and May 12, 2015, destroyed or damaged 1,045 classrooms in The Small World working communities in the lower Solukhumbu District. Right after these earthquakes, The Small World initiated immediate relief work to provide tarpaulins for shelters, drinking water, food, and medical support, and built 20 temporary learning centers in the district while coordinating with the District Education office of Nepal to keep the children in school.

The Small World began building permanent, earthquake resistant schools to replace those destroyed and damaged by the two major earthquakes that hit Nepal on 25th April and 12th May, 2015. They have left an ugly mark by killing over 10,000 people, injuring more than 20,000 people, and damaging almost all schools, houses and infrastructure in many rural districts of Nepal, including the Solukhumbu district in the Everest region.

We are very excited to share this great achievement. At Himalayan Hope Home- Shangita Rai passed School Leaving Certificate Exam in first division with 70 % mark. SLC (School Leaving Certificate) Exam is one of the biggest moment in the life of Nepali students.