Basa Village Foundation

05/05/2026

Soul Fire Ascension podcast about the founding of the Basa Village Foundation on May 8th at 8PM ET.
For a preview of the show: https://drive.google.com/file/d/165fktpu8lA2KstfR8NzI6-IYV3ldrRTL/view

04/18/2026

This is who the Basa Village Foundation is offering a helping hand to in Nepal

03/27/2026

The film "Basa Rising" by NZ filmmaker Ben Wallbank shows the unique culture, resilience, and hopes for the future of the children in Basa Village Nepal. Villagers also describe the 3-way partnership that has developed with the US and Nepal Basa Village Foundations and the local people.

03/12/2026

The spreading war involving Israel, the US, Iran, etc. is affecting travel to Nepal from the US. An unfortunate consequence is that our Board member Renee Glenn had to postpone her planned March visit to Nepal, because her flight is through the Mideast. We hope she will be able to visit Basa and bring back a report in October.

02/24/2026

📷 Lead Well!📷Podcast about fleeing the law to find joy, resilience, and a new direction in life in the Nepal Himalayas

In Episode 110 of Lead Well!, I speak with adventurer, mountaineer, author, and former lawyer Jeff Rasley.After a successful legal and business career, Jeff ...

02/19/2026

In the Over Coffee Podcast https://twomaverix.com/?p=34047
we talk about the stories behind the Basa Village Foundation and the Scientech Foundation of Indiana. "While climbing the Himalayan mountains Jeff fell in love with the people in Basa, Nepal, where life remained unchanged for hundreds of years. He and his 2 exhausted companions were welcomed with flowers.
When his friends, Nir Kumar Rai and Ganesh Rai requested help to improve the village school, Jeff wondered how could he fulfill the request without damaging a culture that had existed for centuries? The answer was the catalyst for the creation of nonprofit Basa Village Foundation and the book Bringing Progress to Paradise." https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C1J7KTHK

01/22/2026

Some photos inspire memories that always bring me joy; like this one taken by Rick Kischuk, who, along with Karen Seymour, was with me the first time I trekked to Basa Village. (The publisher used it for the cover of my first book, Bringing Progress to Paradise.) Share your joyful images, if you'd like to.

01/15/2026

Images of the beautiful relationship of the Basa Village Foundation and the people of Basa, Nepal. 1. Foundation Chairman Mike Miller tests the first lights in the village, 2. Goats arrive for the village's animal husbandry enterprise, 3. Village school students in their new uniforms in front of the rebuilt school building, 4. Learning how to operate the first computers in the school, 5. Just a pretty view from the village, and 6. Handing the check to Niru Rai, Chairman of the BVF-Nepal NGO, for the first school project the first time I visited Basa in 2008.

01/06/2026

The Himalayan Mountains of Nepal are majestically beautiful, and I took many photos of them. But I also liked to capture the winsome sweetness of children in the high villages. The last one is of a family receiving an LED light from the Basa Village Foundation.

01/02/2026

These photos popped up today in my "memories". They are memorable. 1.The village school students loved the cool uniforms the foundation helped to purchase. The kids are showing their appreciation to Hal, the oldest member of our trekking group and Basa Village Foundation supporter. 2. A villager proudly shows off the shoes our group delivered from Changing Footprints, arranged by Carol Clark Donahue. 3 & 4. Two scenes on the way to Basa.

12/31/2025

To all the supporters of the Basa Village Foundation,
This is a day to reflect on the good things we have accomplished this year and to look forward with anticipation to do even more for the village, students, and teachers in 2026.
My Thanks and Cheers to All of You!