DDHCFN supports Nepali organizations that reach out to their neighbors in need.

In Nepal, if you are poor and have no children to care for you in your old age, you have a big challenge. This was the situation for Ramesh and his wife, Jaya. Their local church in Palpa wanted to help them, and tasked its social outreach team to find a sustainable way to do so. The team wisely consulted the couple, and together they made a plan. In his younger years, Ramesh had raised chickens. Since he had never owned his own land, he had done so on other people’s farm

Anudan is an intelligent and handsome eight-year-old boy with a difficult story, starting even before his birth. His mother, Gita, unmarried and 19 years old at the time, had been in a six-month relationship that ended abruptly. Soon afterward, she fell from a tree while climbing to cut fodder. When she was taken to the hospital the doctor discovered that she was pregnant. Upon hearing this news, her parents forbid her to return home. Completely distraught, Gita tried to

Jenisha was working as a maid in the Middle East when disaster struck. News came that her mother had fallen seriously ill, so she asked permission to return to Nepal. Her employer refused. Alone and distraught, Jenisha tried to take her own life, using a chemical substance she found in the house. After a month in ICU she recovered, but she had lost her voice and her ability to walk properly. She returned home in despair and disgrace. Not only had she spent all her savings