Chhahari ("shelter" in Nepali) financially supports the health, safety, and educational needs of poor and underserved children of Nepal, with an emphasis on education. Chhahari was founded in 2007 by Christine Casey of Laguna Beach, California. After a 2004 trek to Nepal, she returned home with an intense desire to help the hungry, sick, abandoned children she had seen begging in the streets. Chha
hari (“shelter” in Nepali) was a children’s home in the Kathmandu Valley of Nepal that cared for up to 25 village youngsters whose parents had died, disappeared, or were too poor or ill to feed and educate them. They were fed, clothed, cared for medically, and educated in a loving, family-home environment. The home-hostel environment was dismantled in March 2020 due to government restrictions concerning the COVID-19 lockdown. The children were sent to their home villages to live with relatives; some of the older ones have moved in with siblings or married. We continue to attempt to follow their movements as best we can to ensure they are being adequately cared for and they can complete their educations. If you want to help the children of Nepal right now, we refer you to other NGOs that have in-country personnel such as CDO Nepal and Impact Schools.
