FRIENDS OF HIMALAYAN CHILDREN

Empowerment through education

"Our volunteer administration ensures nearly 95% of funds raised go directly to supporting disadvantaged children in regional Nepal."

scholarship students receiving school books

Annual scholarship distribution

The FHC scholarship children are the children we finance through school while they live at home. Their families are poor and they are at risk of not receiving a full education. Anil (FHC President in Nepal) writes “We are incredibly proud and grateful to support our students through our annual …read more

photo of Chhetan Tamang

Congratulations Bindu, Bisne and Chhetan

Anil (FHC President in Nepal) writes “Congratulations Bindu and Bisne on completing Grade 10! We’re so proud of your hard work and dedication. You’ve grown with FHC Hostel by taking as a second home, your desire for education, and with FHC support has helped you reached this important milestone. We …read more

Sonam in the kitchen

The Hostel kitchen – Umila, Tokmaya and Relimaya

An essential part of the running of the FHC hostel in Batase are the kitchen staff. Tokmaya Tamang, Urmila Tamang (cutting up the spinach) and Relimaya Tamang prepare breakfast for the children before they walk down to the school and dinner around 7pm. Lunches are provided by the school kitchen …read more

Practicalities of running the FHC Hostel

Jonathan is one of FHC’s committee members from Cairns and he is very hands on with the running of the Hostel in Batase Village. He wants to make the hostel as self sufficient as possible. “The less money we spend on the every-day operations, the more we can spend on …read more

photo of Jonathan donating goods to maternity hospital

Donated goods finding new homes – thank you

When Jonathan visits Batase village from Cairns, he brings with him donated goods from you – FHC supporters. On this trip he has two deliveries to make. First stop is a maternity hospital in the beautiful river community of Melamchi. FHC friends have worked hard to knit very useful and …read more

photo of organisers from the charity night

Charity dinner a huge success

On behalf of the Rotary Club of Cairns Sunrise and the Friends of Himalayan Children Association we want to thank you for supporting our Fundraising dinner on Saturday night. We raised $15,700! On 8 February we held a charity dinner to raise funds for FHC. It was a fabulous evening …read more

photo of Paul Hockey

“Never give up…Never, ever give up”

You may remember Paul Hockey from new’s stories years ago. He was the guy with one arm walking the hills around Cairns in preparation for a seemingly impossible dream – climbing the tallest mountain in the world, Mount Everest. Paul was a very special guest on our charity evening. He …read more

photo of Akriti Tamang

Congratulations Akriti Tamang

We are very proud of Akriti. Akriti has just successfully completed her higher education and has chosen to go on to university. She is the first student to come up through the FHC Hostel to go onto university. Akriti came to our hostel many years ago with her two younger …read more

children receiving donated blankets

Winter update

Essential to the successful welfare and upbringing of any child is that they are well fed, educated and comfortable. From that base, anything is possible. For this winter in Batase, where temperatures can easily go below zero, we have new mattresses, blankets and clothes for the Hostel kids. All of …read more

Pre-loved goods making smiles a world away

Anil Tamang (FHC President) writes “We have received donations, clothes and other items from few different donors among them we have kept them for winter which is about to start and we distribute them today to be used in right time and right clothing for these little students. Thanks to …read more

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