News
Read stories and updates from our work with the children of Nepal. To find our old newsletters from 2003 to 2018, visit the archive! Otherwise, click in the search bar below to locate blogs on a topics you’re interested in.
How We Make a Difference One Child at a Time
Executive Director, Christine, shares what making a difference one child at a time means for her, from Mitrata’s start with just 1 child to our 125 children thriving and moving into higher education and graduate and our new Contact Center kids who enter into our programs every year.
Happy holidays and a wonderful New Year from everyone at Mitrata. Thank you for all that you do; it really does make a difference!
We Are Family
Numerous organizations provide financial support to those in need, but what is unique about Mitrata Nepal Foundation for Children is that it also promotes relationship. The importance of these relationships was evident at the recent new sponsor dinner held at the Himalayan Hut restaurant last Sunday night in St. Louis where we enjoyed samosas, momos, good conversation, and laughter.
Filming Mitrata's Legacy
An article from nonfiction documentary filmmaker, Amy Benson, who just just completed making her third video for Mitrata. She describes why her love and passion goes beyond her love for telling stories. Her sponsored children have had a troubled past, and she and her husband, Scott, found a better way of sponsoring and a passionate community with Mitrata. Mitrata, she says, is the family that understands a part of her life that many do not—that is, the connection she has with her sponsored family in Nepal—The Darnals.
True Confessions of a Child Sponsor
We all sometimes want to do more than we can; we want to be an ideal sponsor to our sponsored child and genuenly want to make their lives better, to mitigate their struggles. But we’re human, too, and sometimes cannot do all that we want to do to help: our finances change, life gets in the way. Sponsor Melissa Alipalo explores this feeling of guilt and her redemption through her trip to Nepal and meeting her sponsored child and her child’s mother. She sees that they are more connected on opposite sides of the world than she realizes and navigates her emotions in this moving piece to find peace with her sponsorship history. We are very thankful to Melissa for the opportunity to publish such a beautiful sentiment about what it means to sponsor a child.
Our 10th Graders Rocked the SEE Exam!!!!
Hearty congratulations to all of our Secondary Education Exam (SEE) graduates for their remarkable success! After graduating from 10th grade and passing the SEE exam, a child enters a specialized program that focuses on a desired area of study (i.e., business, science, agriculture, tourism, etc.). known as "college" in 11th and 12th grade. These children live in a boarding school or with a parent or guardian depending on their individual housing needs. We also provide healthcare and support services such as career counseling, tutoring, and internships.
A response to NYTimes.com: "I Am Not Untouchable. I Just Have My Period."
Long-time sponsor Pam Hughes responds to the New York Times article about menstrual shaming in Nepal. The Mitrata program gives our girls the opportunity to go to school and grow up feeling supported, loved, and free to express themselves.