Charity Registration No: 1115273

The Buddha Memorial Children's Home Trust

Give a child a rupee and he eats for a day. Give him an education and he eats for life.

The Buddha Memorial Children’s Home Trust is a charity that aims to give a practical, long-term solution to the plight of destitute, orphaned, abandoned and underprivileged children in Nepal by providing them with loving homes and a sound all-round education - regardless of religion or culture.

This we do principally through our support of two wonderful projects: The Buddha Academy Boarding School in Jorpati near Kathmandu, and the Sherpa School in Bamti Bandhar in Eastern Nepal. Both are very well known to us and are visited regularly, most recently in March 2009 (see News).

We care for over 800 children of whom 75% come from the remote and inaccessible mountainous northern regions. Most, when they arrive, are severely malnourished, and some are ill. The majority are orphans or come from broken or destitute families and, in some cases, suffer symptoms of physical and mental disabilities. We give them a chance to live like normal children, in a secure environment, with the opportunity to build a happy and fulfilling future.

Neither school receives any government or other subsidy from within Nepal but rely entirely upon funding from abroad. Without our help they would be unable to continue.

The steeply spiraling cost of goods and general inflation in Nepal make it a constant struggle to keep our two schools going.

Now just take a few minutes to read about these children’s’ lives, and you will see what terrible odds they have to overcome, and why we are determined to carry on.

You can help us by sponsoring a child, or by sending a one off donation.

SHAM’S STORY - Sham was tied to a post and beaten, sometimes for days on end.
DHURBA’S STORY - Dhurba’s father murdered his mother and was imprisoned.
SUNITA’S STORY - Sunita’s parents are too poor to feed their children.
RAM’S STORY - Ram comes from a poor peasant family and was totally crippled at birth.