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Grace Home Foundation @ 2023
Grace Home Foundation
Our Purpose:
To support and raise awareness of impoverished children in Nepal to improve their lives, overall health, and well-being.
Dick Echols
Member
Nepal Planning Commission, UNDP, UNICEF report: Hope on the horizon: Poverty reduction in Nepal.
Trip for the Children to Annapurna region
Mike Huebner
Member
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As a young man, Dasharatha Rai moved from a small village in the Himalayan foothills to Kathmandu. There he found work in the trekking industry, first as a porter and cook, then as a trek leader, organizer, and owner and founder of Grace Treks and Expeditions.
Deeply moved by the plight of orphans and indigent children in all parts of Nepal, he founded Grace Home to provide food, shelter and education to these children, first in rented facilities. With the help of organizations such as Grace Home Foundation, a permanent facility on the outskirts of Kathmandu was completed in 2017. D.R., as he is known, donates 10 percent of trek proceeds to Grace Home, and still operates Grace Trekking, providing adventure travel and trekking in many parts of the Himalayas as well as the Terai region in southern Nepal.
LINK HERE to Grace Trekking. D.R. can be reached directly at elinehe@gmail.com.
Earthquake in Tibet felt in Kathmandu. See reports from CNN, BBC, Aljazeera. (Jan. 7, 2025).
Nepal floods affects 900, including trekkers, climbers. See the report by Kathmandu Post (1 Oct. 2024).
Nepal floods affects 900, including trekkers, climbers.See the report by Kathmandu Post (1 Oct. 2024).
Paul Obert
President
Transportation for needy children and families in the Birmingham, Ala., area.
Will Stetler
Member
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Grace Home Foundation is a non-profit organization based in Birmingham, Alabama, founded to provide lodging, food, clothing, protection and education for poor, vulnerable, and orphaned children in Nepal, one of the most impoverished nations on earth.
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Poverty isn’t seasonal. The children of Grace Home need food and clothing year-round. Holiday season giving helps us provide for the children for much of the year but we need constant support to keep our children from going hungry.
GRACE HOME CHILDREN TRAVEL TO ANNAPURNA
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Grace Children's Home, March 2023: Children, staff, Nepal board members.
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Since 2007, Grace Home Foundation has devoted its energy to providing a good, safe home and basic necessities for destitute children in Nepal. The 2015 earthquake severely impacted Grace Children's Home, but donations from Grace Home Foundation and others made recovery possible. But everyday needs are greater than ever. The following video documents a recent trip to Kathmandu by GHF board members.
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In Nepal, goods and services are 73.6 percent lower than the United States (WorldData.com). As a result, your donations will have a profound impact. Daily operations, upgrades and repairs to the facilities, and needed educational improvements, are among top priorities.
Estimated Expenses, 2023-24:
In-house Staff, monthly: $619 (5 staff members)
Living costs, monthly: $1,810 (currently 11 children)
Education expenses, 2023-24: $250 per month, all children. Previously, public schooling transportation required two hours per day standing in a public bus on bumpy roads. Recently, a nearby private school was found, but costs are higher.
Ceiling project: During our visit in March, 2023, an inspection revealed that repairs were needed. Most crucial were open spaces in the ceiling and lack of insulation, which could result in health problems for the children. D.R. has received estimates for materials and labor ranging from $6,136 to $9,780.
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Dasharatha Rai leading a trek near
Mount Kanchenjunga in Sikkim, India.