HIMALAYAN HOPE HOME

A protection center in Kathmandu where girls are provided with shelter, parental care, love, and every educational opportunity.

Flow chart illustrating the progression of poverty and related issues across ages, highlighting vulnerabilities such as trafficking, child labor, illiteracy, and health problems, leading to a cycle of poor outcomes and early death.

OUR SOLUTION & APPROACH

A home environment that every girl deserves

The Small World founded the Himalayan Hope Home in Kathmandu as a child protection center and to serve as a preventative strategy for at risk girls. Girls belonging to underprivileged communities who are vulnerable to precarious trafficking circumstances are provided a safe shelter, parental care, love, and every opportunity for their holistic development. At Hope Home, our goal is to help them realize they cannot only dream but they can also achieve those dreams. Their lives are very precious and so is their childhood.

Once living in abusive and poor conditions or all by themselves in pain and agony, these children now enjoy being part of a true family, sharing love, care, and respect for each other. Everyone goes to a normal school and they are provided with proper health care, a sense of safety, nutrition, and a much needed family environment.

Four young girls in school uniforms sitting and standing around a bunk bed with a puppy on one girl's lap, smiling and interacting in a room with posters on the wall.

Group of children sitting at a long table, eating food from plates, inside a room with large windows.

Group of smiling children with raised hands standing in front of a colorful background decorated with handprints.

Three young girls outdoors near a dirt hillside, one girl in a blue jacket standing and the other two girls in pink and purple jackets, one of whom is jumping rope.

Two girls in school uniforms giving haircuts to two younger girls in school uniforms in a classroom.

Group of people washing clothes together in a small outdoor space, using water from a pipe and a basin.

A group of young students in school uniforms, proudly displaying medals and trophies in a classroom, celebrating their achievements.

A smiling girl in a blue school uniform sitting at a desk in a classroom with textbooks.

A young girl pointing at a map of regions with writing on it. She is smiling and has long dark hair, wearing a white shirt and a striped tie, standing in front of a wall with a map.

Group of young girls in matching blue jackets posing for a photo outside a building with blue details.

Four young girls with hands together in prayer, standing in a row inside a room.

Group of young children and a woman in a classroom with bookshelves in the background.

Group of young girls sitting around a wooden table outside, studying or working on papers and notebooks during the daytime.

Four schoolgirls in navy blue uniforms walking and talking outdoors on a sunny day.

Two women outdoors with mountains in the background, sitting on grass, beside a tall stack of flat stones built on a log.

Group of young girls holding signs advocating for girls' education and empowerment, standing outdoors against a building background.

PROJECT OUTCOMES

30+ Orphan girls have been housed since 2013

Since 2013, 30 orphaned or abandoned girls of rural Solukhumbu have been residing at Hope Home.

At Hope Home, our goal has always been to help them realize they cannot only dream but they can also achieve those dreams. Their lives are very precious and so is their childhood. Here is what one girl said about her past:

“Being an orphan felt like a curse to me, I was helpless and had to work in poor conditions to survive.” – Shangita Rai

Today, we are proud to say that Shangita has found a home and has graduated school in 2014. And…this is her second year in college!

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Before Hope Home

Two young girls sitting on the floor with metal bowls and a cup, appearing to practice a ritual or prayer.

Two young girls standing inside a rustic barn, with a large black buffalo behind them.

After Hope Home

Two children, a girl and a boy, smiling and standing together in front of a colorful wall.

Two young girls with dark hair smiling in front of a colorful wall.

SPONSOR A HOPE HOME CHILD

Because of your generous support, our girls can afford to dream!

To sponsor a girl for support at the Himalayan Hope Home is $1,500 per year, which covers meals, education, clothing, medical, and a recreational program. Thank you for your sponsorship :)