Our Partners

The Maya Foundation

The Maya Foundation is an International Non-Governmental Organization (INGO) seated in the Netherlands. Maya was founded in 2004 as an attempt to meet the needs of children in rural Nepal in any way, shape or form. Maya was a counter move to the many NGO’s in Nepal that only pay lip service to unconditional help and that in reality have huge hidden agendas. Maya is the manifestation of a single man’s love for the nepali children and his deep desire to enhance their chances towards happiness, knowing well that happiness does not necessarily lie in the realm of the tangible.

The Maya Foundation is the driving force of much that has been established in our school since 2004. Teacher trainings, first aid trainings, educational materials of all sorts, playground items, English language reading books for all ages, the planting of trees as well as the installation of electricity and waterworks are among the successful projects carried out by Maya: to name but a few.


The VFN Program

The Volunteers For Nepal (VFN) program is a separate project in itself initiated by the founder of Maya. VFN aims to anchor an energy of love and care for children within nepali schools and indeed teachers through the example of volunteer teachers from abroad. Volunteer teachers who themselves grew up in a school setting that was child oriented can spontaneously reproduce that environment here in Nepal. It is because we feel that teacher – child relationships are quintessential that the importance of the VFN program should not be underestimated.








The Mountain Fund

The Mountain Fund is an American umbrella organization that links grass roots organizations like ours so we can learn from each other’s projects and benefit from each other’s expertise. The Mountain Fund also does fundraising to help the often small organizations carry out their programs. In our case we received funds to officially register the REDC with the Nepali government and we were able to establish our website and open a bank account.









The Nepali Red Cross Society

The Nepali Red Cross Society (NRCS) is our partner when it comes to First Aid classes and expert information about issues like health and safe drinking water.












The Buddha Dental Care Center

Although commercials on toothpastes abound on national television, we know it is just the small minority in the capital city that actually buys and uses them. Most Nepali people brush their teeth only once a day, in the morning as soon as they get up, even before the morning meal. They use a toothbrush that is probably between 6 and 12 months old. It is not difficult to conceive that many if not most elderly people have but few teeth left and have to swallow their food whole.

As the new generation obviously will not learn proper brushing techniques from their parents, and dentists are unheard of in the remote areas, we think it of enormous benefit to the children to provide them with some sort of dental care instruction. We invite dentists from the city to come and show all children in primary school at least once a year the ins and outs of caring for ones teeth.