All posts tagged: "Nepal"

  1. A Visit to Mata Tirtha Old Age Home, Kathmandu

    Rangjung Yeshe Shenpen,  founded by Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche in the year 2004 with an aim of helping poor, needy and suffering people, visited Mata Tirtha Old Age Home on 17th Dec 2019. Mélanie Létourneau, along with Lopon Urgen Dorje and Bimala Ghising, offered on behalf of generous Malaysian donors rice, lentils (dal)…

  2. Mata Tirtha Old Age Home – a loving shelter for elderly women

    Even though the elderly population is rapidly growing in Nepal and the traditional norms and family value systems are changing, there are few old age homes[1] in Nepal. And yet, some community initiatives, such as Mata Tirtha Old Age Home, are highly admirable. Mata Tirtha Old Age Home was established…

  3. Giving the Gift of Clear Vision by Supporting Eye Camps

    Did you know that 89% of vision-impaired people live in low and middle-income countries such as Nepal, and that over 80% of all vision impairment can be prevented or cured? In Nepal, cataracts are one of the major causes of blindness. A simple surgery can restore the vision of many.…

  4. Cultivating Kindness and Compassion Towards Animals

    Since the inception of the Shenpen Animal Committee, our team has tried to find a way to address the suffering of water buffaloes. Hundreds of water buffalo are transported from the Indian border to Kathmandu every day to supply the market with fresh buffalo meat. While being transported on bumpy…

  5. Shenpen School Meal Programs in Nepal Government Schools

    Education is one of the most effective ways to stop the vicious circle of poverty and make the world we live in better for everyone. For these reasons, Shenpen Education has a deep desire that every child in Nepal has the opportunity for a good education. Every day, we commit our energy to this goal,…

  6. Relief Distribution to Flood Victims at Baruwa Madi

    Before the traumatic experiences of the April 2015 earthquake could be fully processed, we were again subjected to the traumatic experiences of horrendous floods since the second week of August 2017. Due to heavy rainfall the entire villages of Baruwa Madi,  were totally affected by floods, the entire villages have…

  7. Invest in Women, Invest in Society

      Rangjung Yeshe Shenpen, with the support from Chance for Nepal (UK), have been helping with skills development training through the Women’s Cooperative Society (WCS) for the past nine years. There are four days training package designed by WCS  and provide day to day practical knowledge about different topics of…

  8. Friends from Hong Kong!

    Shenpen Health has a long-term program in the Burns Unit of Kanti Children’s Hospital. Twice a month, we try to smooth the suffering of the small patients by distributing goody bags to each of them. With the financial support of Chance for Nepal (UK), we delivered 283 Goody-Bag’ in 2016.…