Nepal Orphans Home Inc.
Mission Statement
- Nepal Orphans Home (NOH) attends to the welfare of children in Nepal who are orphaned, abandoned, or not supported by their parents. NOH provides for the children's basic needs of food, shelter, and clothing, as well as schooling and health care, and administers to their emotional needs with love and compassion, allowing them to grow up in a nurturing environment. Our mission is not just to rescue children from abject poverty, but to enable the children to develop and realize their potentials.
Focus Areas:
- Children, Education, Health, Poverty, Gender & Equality
Countries Served:
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Nepal
Background:
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Date Founded: 2005Number of Staff: 42Description of Services:
- Nepal Orphans Home (NOH) provides shelter, food, clothing, education and health care for over 100 children and young adults in our three Papa's Houses and college transition house in Dhapasi, near Kathmandu. Nearly half of the children are former Kamlaris, rescued from indentured servitude. Through grade 10 the children attend a nearby English-medium school. Older children who have achieved their School Leaving Certificates attend college. Volunteer Nepal, an NOH affiliate, draws compassionate people from around the world and identifies placements throughout Nepal that will benefit from the volunteers' services. NOH's Chelsea Education and Community Center provides vocational training to our children and adult education to local women.
History:- Nepal Orphans Home (NOH) was founded in 2005 by Michael Hess. As a volunteer in Nepal in 2004, Michael was moved by the plight of the children he witnessed living in poverty. He vowed to help. Selling his home in Florida and investing his savings, Michael returned to Nepal and established a children's home, Papa's House, in Dhapasi. Each year the mission has expanded to help more children. NOH currently operates three children's homes and a college transition house in Dhapasi, all within a short walking distance of each other. Even with all the growth of NOH, one constant has been the exceptional care our children receive. Papa's House children are secure, happy members of a loving family.
Accomplishments & Progress:- In 2017 there were seventy-two Papa's House children studying at the English medium Skylark School through grades 1-10. In addition, there were over thirty young adults studying in college preparatory programs (grades 11 and 12) and university. Moreover, a number of our Papa's House children, becoming young adults, have joined the staff at Nepal Orphans Home. At the end of 2017, there were a total of twenty two Papa's House young adults on the staff, half of whom were also continuing their schooling. In addition to the dozen working as instructors at the Chelsea Center were young adults on the staffs of Volunteer Nepal, NOH Outreach, and Papa's Houses.
Additional Background Information:
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Nepal Orphans Home is a 501(c)3 public charity incorporated in North Carolina. The founder, Michael (Papa) Hess, lived at Papa's House in Dhapasi, Nepal from the outset, directing the daily operations of Nepal Orphans Home (NOH), until 2017, when local management was hired. NOH opened the Chelsea Education and Community Center (CECC) with a Sustainable Livelihoods Program in the spring of 2013 to provide vocational and life skills training. The CECC's primary purpose was to support the transition of our children to young adulthood and productive, fulfilling lives. Over time the Chelsea Center has expanded its programs and beginning in the summer of 2015 offered free literacy classes and life skills workshops to women in the Dhapasi community.
NOH has made a significant difference in Nepal...one child at a time, each one special.
Quality Check:
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Financial Information Verified Year 2014 2013 2012 Total Revenue: $378,960 $369,657 $316,806 Expenses: Program Services Expenses: $290,175 (100% of total)$307,111 (100% of total)$263,293 (100% of total)Management & General Expenses: $0 (0% of total)$0 (0% of total)$77 (0% of total)Fundraising Expenses: $1,054 (0% of total)$100 (0% of total)$532 (0% of total)Total Expenses: $291,229 $307,211 $263,902
Officers and Board:
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Board of Directors and Board of Advisors:
- BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Carola Drosdeck (Vice President), Michael Hess (Founder and Director of Operations Emeritus), Peter Hess (President), George McNeil, Tamara Chant, Rajesh Trivedi (Treasurer), and Antonia Thomson; BOARD OF ADVISORS: Suresh Acharya, Elizabeth Early, Marie-Cecile Caillet, Tyler Drosdeck, Anne McCadden, Ted Seymour, and Michael Triozzi.
Contact:
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Address: P.O. Box 1254
Davidson , North Carolina 28036
United States
Phone: 704-892-9647 Fax: Web: http://www.nepalorphanshome.org
Photos:
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Enjoying the Day View Full Size Homework View Full Size Volunteer Teaching Science at Dolpa View Full Size Papa's House Study Hall View Full Size Peace from Papa's House View Full Size CECC Computer Class View Full Size Papa's House Book Club View Full Size Volunteer Nepal Teaching a Class View Full Size Papa's House Heart View Full Size
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