Empower Nepali Girls, originally established as the Madhav Ghimire Foundation in 2001, was created to help provide educational opportunities for the most neglected children of Nepal, especially young girls from the lowest caste who would otherwise be unable to attend school and how may be at greatest risk to be sold into domestic or sex slavery. The guiding...
Far off the gravel path, down the hill, a half hour’s walk from the village, Geeta's small hut was squeezed into an old wooden house. A space the size of large closet housed a cluttered kitchen, bedroom and living room for Geeta, her two younger brothers, and the father, Tilak Bhadur.
The family has no constant source of income because of Tilak’s poor health and...
Nepal is among the poorest nations in the world. The average person earns about $1 per day. Life expectancy is 57 years compared to 75 for developed countries. Most of the citizens eat two meals a day consisting of dal bat, a scoop of rice with a spoon of lentils on top. Even for tourists and trekkers, the most enduring image of a visit to this country may not be the pristine mountain... 
The Empower Nepali Girls Foundation currently operates in 11 villages throughout the Chitwan, Tanhu, Lamjung Disctricts, as well as the Kathmandu Valley. This covers a territory from the jungle along the Southern border with India to the remote villages of the Himalaya in the North. We are also expanding into the Everest region to support Sherpa children whose fathers died on the...
Empower Nepali Girls carefully selects girls, most from the lower caste who are living in poverty, who have the most potential for academic success and who are facing abject poverty that put them at risk to end up in slavery or forced early marriage. We support girls in many different regions of Nepal, representing different ethnic groups, ages, and background, but all of whom have dreams of higher education...
