Mandira is 32 years old and has had heart problems for a long time.  8 years ago a doctor told her that she needed to have a new heart valve. For her full treatment and operation she needed to pay around NRS 400,000 ($4,500).  Her family are very poor and her and her husband work on a construction site as laborers. From their income it was difficult to maintain daily expenses for themselves. They have one little son.  She did not go to hospital because it is out of her and her family’s capacity to pay for the operation.  Day by day she became weaker and weaker.  They gave up on her ever having treatment.  They were not able to send their son, Karan to school, he was already 9 years old and had never received any education.  At that time WF started the non-violent school.  Mandira came to know about the school and brought her son there.  At school the boy could not study, he looked very sad.  After talking with the boy WF found out about his mother’s health and the situation of family. We visited her in her rented room.  A international volunteer   also went to see her in her room with Renu.  When they heard her life story, the volunteer decided to help her by giving some part of her hospital cost.  We were very happy with this. We took Mandira regularly to the hospital.  We also collected some money ourself but it is not enough.  We continued to try to make an operation date for her. Doctors gave time for the operation but it had to be postponed several time because of her very weak heath. 

Finally on Friday July 4th she had an operation which was a big success.  The doctors say she is doing very well.

After the success of the operation her husband expressed his joy and thanks to God.  “When Mandira had been very ill I contemplated suicide as I found it very painful to see Mandira in such pain and with such a depressing outlook.  There was nothing I could do to save her.  Now, after the operation, I have my wife back.”

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22 children from Bipul School have successfully completed their School Leaver Certificates in the First division, four of whom received distinctions. This is fantastic news as in Nepal it is essential for students to pass this level of education if they want to progress with their studies. The fact that the children have done so well will allow them to continue with their education and give them the best foundation for their future careers.

We believe that this shows the benefits of non-violent educational principles as 100% of our students have passed a very hard set of exams. The examination board of the Government of Nepal reported that only 44% of students passed their SLC showing how impressive our results are. By learning in a non-violent happy environment, our children enjoy learning and therefore work hard and achieve success.

Five of the children are from the WFN shelter and we are so proud of them! Many of the children have been with us since they were very young and came from tragic backgrounds. The fact they have progressed through school and done so well shows that the WFN can help change the lives of children.

WFN would like to thank all the kind and generous people who sponsor our children and their success shows that your contribution really does make a difference to the future of the children.

If you would be interested in sponsoring a child please click on the link to see the children that require sponsorship. Sponsorship of school fees is only $25 and you will receive regular updates about our child. http://www.womenepal.org/get-involved/sponsor-a-child-at-the-shelter-home/

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As many of you know, WFN runs two childcare centres in Kathmandu and Jhapa. These childcare centres provide a safe and loving environment for the children of single mothers. Without the childcare centres the women would have to take their children to work or leave them unattended. WFN is in desperate need of funds to support the running of both centres and without your help they may be closed.

Please click on the link above to visit our fundraising page and learn about our fundraising challenge. Alternatively you can use our website donation facility below. Any amount, big or small, would be appreciated and as always we welcome you to come to Nepal and visit the projects you support.

Donate now for “Child care centre that empowers impoverished women and protects children”. The donation is processed by our partner betterplace.org

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This week, three other volunteers left the WFN office. Katharina & Robert from Germany and Carmen from Switzerland worked for WFN for the last two months. Together they updated our websites for both, WFN and Maheela Cooperative. They did a great work in writing, developing and designing our new face to the world outside. We are very thankful that they brought in their experience.

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Today WFN proudly released the new websites for The Women’s Foundation Nepal and for Maheela Cooperative. WFN’s volunteers Carmen Lautenschlager, Katharina and Robert Sternberg worked intensively on this project the last weeks. New texts, new photographs and a complete new design catapult WFN’s websites in to the new century.

Please explore our new Websites – WFN is looking forward to your feedback!

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Today WFN said goodbye to Suzanne from Canada and Felix from Germany.

Suzanne is part of the WFN family since many years and returns every year to work with us for six months. WFN is so thankful for her great ongoing support and happy, to see her again in autumn.

Felix is working for Changemaker, WFNs business partner in Switzerland. Felix visited WFN for business reasons and stayed with WFN for three weeks. Last year, he was our volunteer for five months. We are thankful for his knowledge about design and production techniques he shares with WFN. 

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Today, a seven-day training in Bhaktapur, reached its highlight. 45 women, all of them farmers in rural areas, learned in the past days about efficient organic farming.

This training is part of the Vocational Training for Nepalese Rural Women Program funded by Marie-Schlei-Verein Germany. The training is about how to grow all kinds of vegetables in harmony with nature. The women learned about professional farming and how to make more profit from their farm. 

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On the 7th of May, a special art exhibition was launched at Claudia Stöckle’s physiotherapy practice in Göppingen (Germany). She and her team presented acrylic paintings and photograhps under the title “healing – art – movement”.

Part of the revenue and the collected donations will go to The Women’s Foundation Nepal (WFN) and the children’s oncology department at the Olga Hospital in Stuttgart.

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With the generous support of GLS Treuhand, Germany, and Dr. Karl Brasse, ophthalmologist, the WFN was able to provide eye checkups and treatments for 2957 people at the Eye Camp held at our WFN’s compound, from March 1st through March 7th 2014. Among them, 53 women and 39 men (92 persons in total) needed an eye operation and they all had their surgery within the next few days. They received eye surgery from March 1st to March 14th. We also provided them with free transportation, black glasses and medication.  

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