Our Students

Grade (2024):  Kindergarten (LKG)

(2023): KG (Nursery)

Sponsor(s): Bini Shrestha

Profile:  Father injured his leg in a work accident working abroad in Malaysia, and since hasn't been able to work, and is undergoing herbal treatment at home. Currently, Biplavi's aunt is helping her, while supporting her own kids. Mother is looking for work to support 2 kids.

Grade (2024): Kindergarten (UKG)

(2023):  KG (LKG)

Sponsor(s):   Anand Rateria

Profile:  Bigesh's father is not present to support the family. Mother works hard in the river collecting sand, pebbles and breaking rocks to keep the  family afloat.  

Grade  (2024): Kindergarten (UKG)
(2023):   KG (LKG)

Sponsor(s): Anand Rateria

Profile: Aaryan's father died in a train accident while working in India to financially support the family.  Mother tries to  support the family working as a caretaker and maid. Aaryan has  2 sisters, of whom one is  already married.

Grade (2024): 1

(2021):  Kindergarten

Sponsor(s):   Chris  &  Jen Binkerd

Profile:  Father passed away and mother abandoned him. A kind woman adopted him, but she already has 2 children of her own and is barely getting by. Adoptive mom owns a small snack stall in the village. Prashant is keen in reading & writing. 

Grade (2024): 3

(2021):   Kindergarten (UKG)

Sponsor(s): Anshu Nepal

Profile: Sunil (Age: 7 ) lives with his mother, father, grandparents and a little brother (Age: 4 ).  Dad goes to work on a bicycle to different construction sites to lay bricks to build homes, when jobs are available. Sunil aims to be a School Teacher. 

Grade (2024): 4

(2021):  1 

Sponsor(s): Merina Kansakar & Abhijit Shakya

Profile:  Lives with mom, dad and a younger sister. Dad is ill, however still works as a day laborer crushing stones from a nearby river. Poor family that cannot afford to own land to build a future off. 

Grade (2024): 4

(2021):  1

Sponsor(s): Yoshina Gautam & Aashish Jha

Profile:  Sushma is  the youngest one of 3 siblings. Her mom works abroad in the middle east in Oman as the only income source, as dad is unable to work due to medical conditions.  Sushma is bright, funny, outgoing, and will surely go far in life given  the right opportunities. Unfortunately, her 2 older brothers who were also sponsored by Yoshina & Aashish left the school.

Grade (2025): 1

Sponsor(s):  Deepika Panta &
Subhang Sharma

Profile:  Lives with parents and 2 older sisters. Dad works on  a meager unstable salary selling farm animals.  His uncle (maternal) is helping school one of his sister's and another sister attends government school.

Fav Subject:  TBD

Grade (2025): 2

Sponsor(s): Abhaya Maskey

Profile: Lives with his father who is sick,  grandmother and uncle. Mother left the family.   His uncle's earning supports everyone in the family. His cousins and relatives help him on a limited basis.

Fav Subject: TBD

Grade (2024): 4

(2021):  1

Sponsor(s): Yoshina Gautam & Aashish Jha

Profile:  Sushma is  the youngest one of 3 siblings. Her mom works abroad in the middle east in Oman as the only income source, as dad is unable to work due to medical conditions.  Sushma is bright, funny, outgoing, and will surely go far in life given  the right opportunities. Unfortunately, her 2 older brothers who were also sponsored by Yoshina & Aashish left the school.

Grade (2024): 5

(2021):  2

Sponsor(s): Lauren & Todd Kennedy

Profile: Lives with parents, grandparents and two brothers (Grade 4 and 3 months). His father works as a day laborer and mother as a house maid. His grandfather has a mental disability. His older brother (Prabin) is an excellent student in Grade 4 in the same school. Enjoys playing football. 

Grade (2024): 5

(2021):  2

Sponsor(s): Anand Rateria

Profile:  Lives with parents and a younger brother (Sakshyam- 10 months old). Dad works as a bicycle mechanic on a meager salary that is hard to survive on. He aims to become a doctor or engineer.

Fav Subject: Nepali

Grade  (2024): 4

(2023):  3

Sponsor(s):  Sanjeev Shakya

Profile: Family has a very poor economic status. Father works in a temple and mother works as agriculture laborer for landlord and barely manages household expenses.  Parents managed to educate elder kid with the help from their landlord. Devendra currently attends government school.

 Grade  (2024): 5

(2021):  2

Sponsor(s): Sabita & Raz Shakya

Profile:  Anjali (Age: 6) Lives with her grandmother, after her mother abandoned the family a year and half ago. Her dad supports her but he only gets to visit weekly due to his job as a tractor driver far away . 

Grade  (2024): 7

(2021):  4

Sponsor(s): Lauren & Todd Kennedy

Profile:  Lives with grandfather, mom, and a sister who is also sponsored by us. Raised by a single mother after his father abandoned the family.  Father went abroad to work for few years, then didn’t return to the family even after coming back. Mother works odd jobs selling goods. 

Grade  (2024): 5

(2023):  4

Sponsor(s): Sofia Shrestha

Profile:  Family belongs to underprivileged group in Nepal that lags in education and financial status. Father works as construction laborer and Mother as seasonal agriculture laborer to support 2 kids while living in a rental place. Father is supportive to educate, while mother still struggles to understand the value of education. Father also needs help for his son (Subash). 

Grade  (2024): 6

(2023):  4

Sponsor(s):  Prayetnaa & Prabir Kansakar

Profile:  Father left to work in Qatar and lost touch with the family. Lives with mother, who stays as a paying  guest in a neighbor's home. Mother works as  vegetable farm laborer. Aayusha is a brilliant student who performs at the top of her class. She loves her Math and Science classes.

Grade (2024): 6

 (2021):  4

Sponsor(s): Isha Shrestha, Ashmit Tuladhar & Friends

Profile:  Raised by a single mother, after her father abandoned and left them with an unfinished house to live in.  Mom works as a  day laborer collecting stones from a nearby river working 7 days a week, on a meager salary that is hard to survive on.

Fav Subject: Math

Grade (2025): 6

Sponsor(s):  Anu Agrawal

Profile:  Ristina's family was self sufficient without aid COVID-19 struck hard in Nepal in early 2021 that caused her father's death. Ristina now lives with her mother who is rearing a cow, and is dealing with her father's death that also leaves a hole financially. Maternal uncle and relatives had helped build a house for them.

Grade (2024): 7

(2021):  5

Sponsor(s): Isha Shrestha, Ashmit Tuladhar & Friends

Profile:  Pooja (Age 10)  lives with parents, a younger brother (Age: 3) and 2 older sisters that go to a different school. Family recently moved from  another village couple months ago and dad is transitioning to find work.  Pooja enjoys playing football with her brother. She aims to be a doctor. 

Grade (2025):  7

Sponsor(s): Tripti Uprety & Nripesh Dhungel

Profile:  Lives with grandfather, who takes care of her by working as traditional clothes tailor.  Her mother left her when she was only 3 years old, and her father remarried and hence she is raised by her grandfather. Kanchan is a superb all rounder student academically and extra curricular activities.

Grade  (2024): 7

(2023):  5

Sponsor(s): Anand Rateria

Profile:  Sunil lives with parents and a brother (in Grade 5). His father works as a laborer in a hardware store to load and unload heavy items. Mother suffers from a long term disease that makes it difficult to work outside the house to financially support the family . 

Grade (2024): 8

(2021):   5

Sponsor(s):  Anwesh Rijal & Mili Shrestha

Profile:  Samir lives with his mother and 2 brothers. His mother is a single mother who works at an office as a cleaner. His twin brother (Sabin), and older brother (Sushant) are also being sponsored starting this year to help their mother focus on easing the burden on the family and build their lives.  

Grade (2024): 8

(2021):   5

Sponsor(s):  Anwesh Rijal & Mili Shrestha

Profile:  Sabin lives with his mother and 2 brothers. His mother is a single mother who works at an office as a cleaner. His twin brother (Samir) and older brother (Sushant) are also being sponsored starting this year to help their mother focus on easing the burden on the family and build their lives.   

Grade (2024): 9

(2022):   7

Sponsor(s):  Anand Rateria

Profile:  Jooly's family was self sufficient without aid and was attending this school until COVID-19 struck hard in Nepal in early 2021 that caused her father's death. The family sold most of their assets to pay for hospital bills in hopes to save her father, but unfortunately did not survive. Jolly now lives with her mother, and is dealing with her father's death that also leaves a hole financially.

Grade  (2024): 1

(2021):  Kindergarten (Nursery)

Sponsor(s): Sofia Shrestha

Profile: Parents are victims of drug abuse, so Shreeya was sent to an orphanage, but got rejected due to a living relative present, her grandmother. However, her grandmother cannot support due to health conditions and tries to work by cleaning homes.  She has an aunt who goes to the same school.

Grade (2024): 2

(2022):  Kindergarten (LKG)

Sponsor(s): Ayushi Agrawal

Profile:  Lives with parents.  Parents are victims of social isolation, and not able to find work due to the pandemic. With no income, parents had kept Sabrina home without sending her to school. Dad used to work as a guitar teacher, and wants to voluntarily teach guitar at the school in exchange of financial support to educate his kid. 

Grade (2024): 3

(2021):   Kindergarten (UKG)

Sponsor(s):  Ayushi Agrawal

Profile: Lives with parents and older brother.  Dad cannot work because of paralysis 2 years ago, and Sujata discontinued school for that duration. Mother is  the breadwinner in the family working as a tailor. Her older brother goes to government college on scholarship.  

Grade (2024): 3

(2022):  1

Sponsor(s): Sandhya Shrestha

Profile: Lives with parents and grandmother. Parents used to work as house painters, and lost income source due to the pandemic, and then they fell into depression. With no income, parents had kept Bijeta home without sending her to school. 

Grade (2024): 4

(2023):  2

Sponsor(s): Ritu Shrestha

Profile: Lives with parents. Both parents are speech impaired, and hence have a hard time supporting their kids. Sobiska has a brother in Grade 6, who is also part of this program. 

Grade (2024): 7

(2023):  6

Sponsor(s): Kanti Shrestha

Profile: Lives with parents. Both parents are speech impaired, and hence have a hard time supporting their kids. Sobit has a sister in Grade 2, who is also part of this program. 

Grade (2024): 12

 (2023):  11

Sponsor(s):  Snehi Basnyat and Sachin Maharjan

Profile: Raised by a single mother after his father abandoned the family. Has twin younger brothers (Grade 5, Age: 11) that go to the same school. Mother works in a private office cleaning and packaging supplies.  He aims to be an Engineer.

Fav Subject: Computer Science

Grade (2024): 12

(2023):   11

Sponsor(s): Irina Kansakar & Sabin Shrestha (Founders) 

Profile:  The 1st student we ever sponsored since Grade 2 . Raised by a single mother after father abandoned the family. Has a brother (pictured above- Sakshyam Chapagain).  Mother works odd jobs selling goods.