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

“I was nearly 50 years old, and I’d lived a life of drudgery,” says Basanti, mother of four, who lives in a village in the hills of Dhading. “The main reason for my struggles was that we had no water source in our village.” Basanti would wake at 4:00 in the morning to walk 45 minutes down a trail to a stream where she collected water for her family. Then, after working all day in the fields, she would make the trek again in the evening, often returning home after dark. Her

Jit Bahadur’s brow glistens with sweat. Sickle in hand, he points at the pile of cut wild grass at his feet. He then gestures toward the nearby cattle shed, and, smiling broadly, makes smacking noises with his mouth. Without words, he has made himself clear. He gathers up an armful of the fodder and trods over to feed the cows and water buffalo. This scene transpires on the rural hillside where The New Life Psychiatric Rehabilitation Center is home for Jit and eight othe