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."
Empowerment through education
"Our volunteer administration ensures nearly 95% of funds raised go directly to supporting disadvantaged children in regional Nepal."
A big thank you to St Andrew’s Catholic School’s Year 3s. The school has been a great supporter of FHC in the past and continue to help. The kids raised $520 to help FHC continue to help disadvantaged kids get access to education in Batase village. They raised the money …read more
Jonathan is temporarily handing over recyclable-collecting duties to others while he visits Batase village for a month. He’s not going empty handed. He is taking with him a load donated goods from our supporters that will be useful to our children and any excess will be distributed to the rest …read more
Last December’s edition of the news letter highlighted the generosity of Donna Smith from USA, a hiking enthusiast and now friend of FHC. Donna was introduced to our cause by Anil (FHC President in Nepal) while guiding Donna on a trek to Everest Base Camp for Take on Nepal. She …read more
Tragically FHC has just recently lost a good friend and a tireless supporter of our children in Nepal. Bijay Tamang was just 25 years of age. Bijay has passed away from a suspected heart failure while trekking a mountainous trail between Batase village and Langtang. He was with friends at …read more
A big thank you to Michael and Maree Nasser in Atherton for being great supporters of the FHC cause. Michael and Maree own and run the Barron Valley Hotel in Atherton, which has been in the Nasser family for over 90 years. It’s a family pub and they kindly donate …read more
Great news! FHC is now registered with the Rotary Australia World Community Service (RAWCS). RAWCS is part of Rotary Australia and operates as a bank for entities it considers worthy. We are proud to have been accepted and registered with this service because we can now fund-raise for our big …read more
Tania Verbeeck’s award-winning documentary Women Take on Nepal hit the big screen on Thursday 21 September in Adelaide. Tania has generously made her film available to FHC for fundraising and the support from the Adelaide community has been heart-warming. Over 300 tickets to the viewing were sold. A sell out! …read more
A chance meeting has brought great opportunities to 30 high-school students. Anil Tamang (now FHC President in Nepal) guided Donna Smith from USA on a trek to Everest Base Camp last year and shared with her stories about FHC and the work we are doing. She wanted to help. She …read more
Getting school children involved in supporting charities is a healthy and educational way for young students to learn about lives beyond their own. We are very pleased that St Andrew’s Catholic College chose to help our charity. “The amazing students of St Andrew’s Catholic College raised $370 for FHC. They …read more
Again we asked for your help and you delivered. Thank you. Recently we sent out an email outlining a special project necessary to the advancement of the Batase School. We asked for your help and in no time you donated over $9,000 to the cause. A special thank you to …read more
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