On 26 August 2026, a catastrophic landslide and flood and disaster struck the Bhote Koshi river system in northern Nepal, with Rasuwa district among the worst-affected areas. An initial assessment prepared by the National Campaign for Education Nepal (NCE Nepal), forwarded by Bhim Bogati CEO, Rural Education and Environment Centre (REED) Nepal, described a massive [...]
On 26 August 2026, a catastrophic landslide and flash flood struck the Himalayan border region of Nepal and Tibet, causing widespread loss of life and destruction of community infrastructure. NAFA quickly opened dedicated fundraising channels and, with thanks to NAFA’s network of supporters, donations to date total over $37,000. Our sincere thanks to everyone who [...]
On 26 August 2026, a catastrophic landslide and flash flood struck the Himalayan border region of Nepal and Tibet causing widespread loss of life and destroying communities, roads, bridges and other critical infrastructure. The disaster began when a large section of glacier collapsed, sending enormous quantities of ice, rock and debris into the Lhende Khola [...]
With continued support from our network of loyal donors, NAFA had another impactful year in 2025, supporting twelve ongoing programs and several one-off projects covering the important development sectors of education, childcare, health, disability, water infrastructure and agricultural development. Collectively, NAFA’s funded program and project portfolio continue to make a real difference to disadvantaged individuals, [...]
With continued support from our network of loyal donors, NAFA had another impactful year in 2024, supporting core, annually funded education, health and disability programs and one-off projects that make a real difference to disadvantaged individuals, families and communities in Nepal. Donations totalling over $170,000 were received from three like-minded philanthropists and a network of loyal NAFA [...]
While NAFA is no longer being directly affected by COVID, our new normal is not the same as it used to be - again, no annual fundraising dinner and few market stalls. At least I was able to visit our projects in March. As was the case in the COVID years, NAFA continued to [...]
The third and likely final year affected by COVID – though our new normal is not the same as it used to be: again, no annual fundraising dinner and few market stalls but at least Deb and I had visits to Nepal during the year, though in the second visit in late 2022, we [...]
Another COVID year, but again, thanks to wonderful support from NAFA’s donor network and generous donations from loyal philanthropists NAFA continued to support its ongoing health, disability, education and childcare commitments, as well as fund important one-off projects. In March 2022 senior executive officers were able to visit most of NAFA’s funded projects in [...]
A second year affected by Covid we had hoped for a return to normality but again no annual fundraising dinner, only a couple of market stalls and no visits to Nepal by NAFA executive officers. However, like 2020, we were still able to continue to support our Nepali funded partners through Covid, fund our core [...]
Govinda Raj Pahari is Director of the Butterfly Foundation (BNF) in Pokhara. In this post Govinda provides an update on the distribution of aid packages to people with a disability. Govinda is a deeply passionate man with a long history of helping the disadvantaged in his community, including the establishment of two childcare centres [...]