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, Poverty, Gender & Equality, Food & Agriculture
Countries Served:
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Nepal
Background:
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Date Founded: 2005Number of Staff: 20Description of Services:
- Nepal Orphans Home (NOH) provides shelter, food, clothing, education and health care for over 120 children, ranging in ages from 3 to 21, in our four Papa's Houses in Dhapasi, in the Kathmandu Valley. Nearly half of the children are former Kamlaris, rescued from indentured servitude. Through grade ten the children attend a nearby English-medium school. Older children who have achieved their School Leaving Certificates attend college. The NOH affiliate Volunteer Nepal, 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 four homes in Dhapasi, all within a short walking distance from the main campus where Papa's Samanjasya (Harmony) House is located. Even with all the growth in the mission 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:- The next generation of leaders for Nepal Orphans Home may well be our older children. For example, two sisters, who came to Papa's House in 2006 as young refugees during the civil war, now help manage Papa's Gumba (Sanctuary) House, in addition to attending college. The Chelsea Education and Community Center, now in its third year of operation, complements the formal schooling of our children, providing vocational training and life skills instruction for developing the aptitudes and instilling the self confidence for productive and fulfilling lives that contribute to the development of Nepal. In 2015 the Chelsea Center began offering free literacy training to over a hundred women from the local community.
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, has lived at Papa's House in Dhapasi, Nepal from the outset, directing the daily operations of Nepal Orphans Home (NOH). In the beginning Michael funded NOH largely with his own resources. Over the years, many others have learned about his work, directly through friends and volunteers or indirectly through the Nepal Orphans Home web site. An increasing number have been inspired to join him, volunteering through NOH's Volunteer Nepal or with donations to support our mission. Nepal Orphans Home is making a significant difference in Nepal...one child at a time, each one special. Nepal Orphans Home welcomes support of all kinds to make possible its vision of a better future for children in Nepal. Please visit our website at www.nepalorphanshome.org to learn more and to sign up for the NOH newsletter.
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), Glenn Detrick, Barbara Hess (Secretary-Treasurer), Michael Hess (Founder and Director of Operations), Peter Hess (President), John Hogan, George McNeil, Tamara Saltzman, and Antonia Thomson; BOARD OF ADVISORS: Elizabeth Early, Laurie Levine, Bob Linscott, 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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