Namaste Kids

27/01/2025

It's time for some good news! Meet the brothers Shanaya and Samip (first picture) and the sisters Anuj y Aliza (second picture) from the Kapilvastu district. All of them are in good health, have good maintained hygiene (which is something very important to us) and attend school regularly. They take their education seriously and are motivated to do their homework. We love to see when our effort and hard work to help the children bears fruit!

27/01/2025

05/01/2025

A few days late, but better late than never! 😁 We still wanted to use the occasion to share our wishes for our sponsored children. May they receive only the best! ❤️🎇
Do you have any special wishes for them this year? Let us know in the comments!

25/12/2024

The whole Namaste Kids team and all our sponsored children wish you, our dear followers, a very merry Christmas 2024!

Wir von Namaste Kids wünschen unseren Followern frohe und herzliche Weihnachten 2024!

14/11/2024

In our last post, we talked about the Tihar festival which was celebrated in Nepal recently. As a little follow-up, our sponsored children Asmit, A***n, Sumikshya and Sarjina talked about how they enjoyed the celebrations with their caretaker and made some drawings about their experience. They especially enjoyed playing Deusi Bhailo, traditional folk songs sung during Tihar accompanied by dancing from and to neighbouring homes and collecting gifts.

06/11/2024

Tihar is known to be one of Nepal’s biggest festival. Beginning with Kaag Tihar, where crows are fed and honored, followed by Kukur Tihar, which celebrates dogs for their loyalty, continued with G*i Tihar, a day dedicated to cows, revered as sacred animals. Finally, on the fourth day which is marked as the day for ‘Laxmi Puja’—Nepalese people worship Goddess Laxmi for prosperity by decorating their homes with lots of lights and lighting oil lamps (diyo) as well as candles.

All of our children home children eagerly gave their hands to make their home beautiful and decorative. We were in bliss to see them love their culture and follow their tradition. Today marks the end of Tihar for this year and we can proudly say that our children enjoyed every bit of it! 😇🪔

29/10/2024

We love to see our sponsored children have a good time and laugh, so we wanted to share these two super cute videos with you from Sumiksha, A***n and Asmit 🥰. They live in the Chitwan district and belong to the Chepang community, a highly marginalised indigenous group in Nepal.

In the first video you can see A***n and Asmit play together by flipping a bottle - a simple but fun game we all know around the world, don't we? 😁
In the second video, our caretaker Ritu gave them a little riddle to solve, as they had to explain the meaning of the phrase "The elephant went inside but its tail got stuck." Can you guess what it means? 😉
The children couldn't, so Ritu revealed the mystery: It's about a thread going through a needle. 🪡

24/10/2024

As we've told you in our last post, it's been Dashain season, one of the biggest and longest traditional festivities in Nepal. We wanted to share some of our sponsored children's drawings that they prepared for this special occasion with you. You can also see families doing the ritual of putting tika on the forehead of the younger family members! 😊

16/10/2024

Last weekend, the children from our children's home were picked up by their parents or other family members to spend this year's Dashain festive season at home. ✨
Dashain is one of the most important festivities in Nepal. It's to commemorate the victory of the goddess Durga over the demon Mahishasura and takes place over a period of two weeks. Older family members put tika (raw rice mixed with yogurt) on the forehead of younger family members along with jamara (barley seedlings) on the ear. They also give them blessings and money. The celebration is followed with gatherings of families and friends - and lot of delicious food!

These upcoming days, the children will return to our Children Home, some have returned already. We hope they have had a great and pleasant time with their families.
Happy Dashain!! 🥰

12/09/2024

🇬🇧: As you may know from our last post about our child Bishnu, she is finally attending school again after 2.5 years! After going through many obstacles and misinterpretation of her health conditions, she was initially taken out of school. However, now that we have fought together to break that barrier, we’re happy to see Bishnu taking slow steps and thriving at her new school.

We recently visited her at her school and met with her teachers and principal to know about her improvements and inquire about any difficulties she may be facing. Bishnu’s significant progress, both socially and academically makes us even more keen to support her journey forward. We will continue to do what is best for her! 🌸

🇩🇪: Wie Sie vielleicht aus unserem letzten Beitrag über unser Kind Bishnu wissen, geht sie nach 2,5 Jahren endlich wieder zur Schule! Nach vielen Hindernissen und Fehlinterpretationen ihres Gesundheitszustands wurde sie zunächst von der Schule genommen. Nachdem wir gemeinsam dafür gekämpft haben, diese Barriere zu überwinden, freuen wir uns nun, dass Bishnu langsame Schritte macht und sich in ihrer neuen Schule gut entwickelt.

Vor kurzem haben wir sie in ihrer Schule besucht und uns mit ihren Lehrern und dem Schulleiter getroffen, um uns über ihre Fortschritte und eventuelle Schwierigkeiten zu erkundigen. Bishnus beachtliche Fortschritte, sowohl im sozialen als auch im akademischen Bereich, machen es uns noch wichtiger, sie auf ihrem weiteren Weg zu unterstützen. Wir werden weiterhin das Beste für sie tun! 🌸

04/09/2024

🇬🇧: Our sponsored child, Sharmila, from Rupandehi district, has achieved a milestone by placing herself in the third position in Nepal Red Cross Circle Manimukunda sub-branch level Elocution competition. We are immensely proud of her participation in such extra curricular activities outside of her school premises and text book curriculum. This accomplishment reflects her hard work and commitment to personal growth, setting a great example for her peers and inspiring others to pursue their interests wholeheartedly. We congratulate her for this remarkable achievement and wish her the best for her future endeavors.

🇩🇪: Unser Patenkind Sharmila aus dem Distrikt Rupandehi hat einen Meilenstein erreicht, indem sie beim Redewettbewerb des Nepalesischen Roten Kreuzes in der Unterabteilung Manimukunda den dritten Platz belegte. Wir sind sehr stolz auf ihre Teilnahme an solchen außerschulischen Aktivitäten außerhalb des Schulgeländes und des Lehrplans. Diese Leistung spiegelt ihre harte Arbeit und ihr Engagement für die persönliche Entwicklung wider. Sie ist ein großes Vorbild für ihre Mitschüler und inspiriert andere, ihre Interessen mit ganzem Herzen zu verfolgen. Wir gratulieren ihr zu dieser bemerkenswerten Leistung und wünschen ihr alles Gute für ihre zukünftigen Unternehmungen.

01/09/2024

After a summer holiday of about one month, many of our sponsored children have returned to school these days. Our caretakers have been visiting them at their schools to see if they had done their vacation homework and also if they were performing well the first classes after having enjoyed this longer period of free time.
Wish them best of luck and success for this new school year! 🍀🤞🏻