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Going on The Asha Project’s annual Nepal trip was extremely eye opening to me. First and foremost, when stepping off the plane, you quickly realize how different Nepal is from every other country you’ve visited. It’s different from India and China (even though they are neighbors). It’s different from the Middle East (even though manyContinue reading “OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES IN NEPAL”

  With your financial support, during our 2018 USA-Nepal Humanitarian mission, we were able to provide Hope and opportunities to more than 2000 individuals, students and community members.  Thank you for your continued support. Visited rebuild communities in Nepal after the earthquakes. Conducted needs assessment to rebuild, renovate and/or support schools in remote villages. SponsoredContinue reading “Thank you for your support.”

Just when we thought the day was coming to an end, as we looked at each other’s exhausted dust covered faces, King Tulsi would suddenly remind himself that we have another site to visit before dinner. Without much hesitation, the five of us jump into another four-passenger taxi and head for an orphanage. We enteredContinue reading “USA-Nepal Humanitarian Mission – Clay Mason’s story.”

But just before I had time to think, the ASHA Team of five are squeezing into a small four passenger taxi heading to our next mission. It was during these long and treacherous rides that we began to taste the dust of the Kathmandu Valley, and really bond as a team. We then transferred toContinue reading “Clay Mason’s Nepal Experience story.”

In the blink of an eye I was sandwiched between nearly 40% of the world’s population (China and India), as I stepped into another culture to learn about my own. This was no ordinary place or country, it was Nepal. I was walking on holy land where Buddha was born, and the world’s highest mountainContinue reading “My Nepal Story”

A Collaborative Project of Rotary Districts 7510 and 3292 Nepal and other Partnering Organizations. New Jersey Rotary District 7510 and Friends of Nepal-NJ have banded together to help people of Nepal. To rebuild homes, schools, libraries and provide school supplies as well as micro loans. Working in partnership with a number of organizations in Nepal andContinue reading “The Asha Project a collaborative approach.”

A half-century has passed since those first Rotaract clubs began inspiring young leaders to take action to improve their communities. The world has changed, as has the way Rotaract members connect with one another. But the underlying values of the program, and what attracts people to it, remain remarkably the same. To celebrate Rotaract’s 50thContinue reading “Celebrating Rotarat’s 50th year.”

  Annual Report of the Asha Project  

Meet students from the Janasewa School in Huwas, Parbat. The school has been  supported by many expats.  We are trying to establish a new Rotary club here and assist them with a Rotary Global Grant to improve the program quality through technology and professional development for the teachers. There are more than 600 low castContinue reading “Janasewa Sanskrita Higher Secondary School, Huwas, Parbat”

  In my time getting to learn more about the fantastic place I traveled to, someone referred to your country as a place of beauty and peace. It was a description that I quickly agreed with, yet after spending 11 days in Nepal I don’t believe even these words can do your country a justice.Continue reading “My 2017 Youth Exchange Experience in Nepal by Jenna Douglas”

  Members of Stony Brook School’s 4th and 5th grade Leadership Councils participated in an outreach project spanning across the globe. Supporting the Branchburg Rotary’s ASHA Project, an initiative that “provide(s) HOPE in all aspects of life by supporting initiatives that are run by the people of Nepal for the people of Nepal”, the leadershipContinue reading “Stony Brook School’s Student Leadership Team Sends Message of HOPE to their peers in Nepal”