Rose Charities Nepal

Rose Nepal supports  community projects in Kopu, a village situated in a rural valley 18 kilometers from Kathmandu. These include educational initiatives, a sustainable farming project, social housing building support and an eye care program.

Education is focused on disadvantaged girls and women providing funding for higher qualifications at college or university level. The introduction of Open Schools has allowed individuals who missed out on schooling for various reasons to return to studying This has been particularly beneficial for women who married as teenagers and had children at a young age.

There has also been the development of a sustainable farming school initiative including aspects of crop cultivation, animal husbandry, growth of produce and other farm related practices. Donors from Rose Charities have provided equipment to enable a range of skills to be taught such as bee keeping, rotor tilling and the milling of grain.

Trek and Treat Eye Care Program

The provision of eye screening and treatment for rural communities that are often at high altitude and difficult to access. Founded by optometrist Sakar Subedi with his organization Vision Together Nepal, healthcare teams provide screening camps in isolated locations that often involve multi day treks to reach. These camps provide treatment for cataracts, prescription spectacles and medications. More complex cases are taken to larger eye care centres.

(For more information see Trek and Treat under Healthcare projects)

History

Rose Charities’s association with Nepal goes back to Rose’s origin in the 1990’s when Nepalese surgeons and nurses were pivotal in operating early eye and rehabilitative surgical programs in Cambodia.

One of the nurses involved in this was Ms Sarala Adhikari who later organized Rose programs with other groups in Nepal. These included women’s empowerment programs, emergency flood relief and support for the victims of the devastating 2015 earthquake.

With support from Rose Canada and New Zealand, the Rose Nepal group engaged in a house building and school refurbishment program. This was followed by medical equipment during the covid pandemic.

तपाईंको उदार सहयोगका लागि धन्यवाद। तपाईंको करुणाले म आफ्नो पढाइ जारी राख्न र उज्ज्वल भविष्यको सपना देख्न सक्षम भएको छु। म तपाईंप्रति धेरै आभारी छु।

Thank you for your generous support. Your kindness helps me continue my studies and dream of a brighter future. I am truly grateful.