by Bruce Keenan | Jun 12, 2017 | 2017
2-year-old Ram Krishna’s father was killed in the earthquake-triggered landslide while working as a laborer at a hydropower plant in a neighboring district. He was born after the earthquake. As a young, widowed mother in rural Nepal, Ram’s mother’s future prospects...
by Bruce Keenan | Jun 9, 2017 | 2017, News
HCC Graduate Khil is currently HCC’s Program Operations Officer. He previously worked as a Program Coordinator on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights of YUWA. He also serves as Vice President of Girls Empowered by Travel. He wrote the following report of...
by Bruce Keenan | May 24, 2017 | 2017, News
Calling all New Yorkers! If you live in the New York tri-state area, or you will be visiting the New York area this June, join us for community, free yoga, and a chance to speak with Director of Nepal Programs Sadie Green as she visits the US over the summer. Exhale...
by Bruce Keenan | May 21, 2017 | 2017, News
HCC Graduate and current HCC staff member Laxmi returned to her hometown to vote in the first local and municipal elections held in Nepal in 20 years. Laxmi wrote this reflection on her experience returning home to vote. The trip to Sindhupalchok, the place where I...
by Bruce Keenan | Apr 20, 2017 | 2017, News
From after-school tutoring to organizing cleanups of Bal Mandir orphanage, HCC students are no strangers to giving back to their communities. Now HCC students are working to give back to the earth by forging environmentally sustainable solutions in their own backyard...