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."
Tania Verbeeck’s film Women Take on Nepal won the best documentary at the Sony Film Festival in 2021. Tania hiked to Everest Base Camp in October 2019 with a unique allwomen’s support crew…and her film camera. Tania was part of a group of women hikers doing the trek with Take …read more
The Paul Harris Fellowship award recognises Som’s tremendous contribution to humanity in his part of the world through the charity he started – Friends of Himalayan Children. It’s awarded by The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International at a gala event. Congratulations Som. “Tonight it was an honour to be awarded …read more
When westerners first travel to Nepal they can find the level of rubbish confronting. It’s not just in Nepal. From my travelling experiences, I’ve noticed a disregard for managing litter a common problem throughout the developing countries of Southeast Asia. Resilient plastic everywhere. Why these societal attitudes exist in these …read more
Generosity abounds with the Ubuntu Life Foundation and Innocents Relief – a AUD$25,000 donation. We are very pleased to share with you the news that Batase School has completed their Building Upgrade Project. The project grew as a result of a ‘limited’ gift from the Nepalese Government. In 2019 Sujan …read more
Sixty students and six teachers from the Batase School had an inspirational and privileged opportunity to go on a cultural-exchange adventure around central Nepal. Batase is a small village in regional Nepal, located high in the Himalayan Ranges. An opportunity for school children to go on a school excursion is …read more
Congratulations to our Hostel Year-10 students who have successfully completed their Secondary Education Examination (SEE). Special congratulations to Gyanmaya Tamang for the highest achievement. She scored 87.5%, which equates to a GPA* of 3.5 and an ‘A’ rating. Gyanmaya came to the FHC Hostel four years ago after she lost …read more
Construction is well underway on the new school classrooms and facilities for the Batase School. These facilities are being built on the school grounds. The Nepalese government is using relief funds from the 2015 Earthquake donations for the build. Labour is provided by local villagers. One of the rooms will …read more
Som Tamang, founder of Friends of Himalayan Children, is just 38 years old and has already lived an extraordinary life. In fact, he’s lived a life so remarkable that it could easily fill a book. Kirsty Nancarrow thinks so too. She has just finalised a manuscript of Som’s life, ‘Himalayan …read more
Congratulations Gyanmaya. Gyanmaya’s amazing effort with her studies has won the school in Batase a AUD$2,000 grant. She topped the Basic Level Exam (BLE) with 96.5% when she went from Grade 8 to Grade 9. The local government (Melamchi Municipality) reward schools with high-achieving students with a sizable prize and this time …read more
Tania Verbeeck’s documentary Women Take on Nepal has just won the best documentary at the Sony Film Festival for 2021. In October 2019 Tania Verbeeck hiked to Everest Base Camp with an all-women’s support crew … and her camera. Tania is a good friend of FHC. She, and a …read more
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