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Little Sisters excelled on 2017 School Education Examination

Posted on June 27th, 2017
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[caption id="attachment_52715" align="alignright" width="331"] Click to view larger image[/caption] This year's School Education Examination (formerly the School Leaving Certificate) results are out and we could not be more thrilled to share with you all that the Little Sisters passed with flying colors! Many Little Sisters earned very top marks, all earned at least "Acceptable" grades, and...

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COMO Stories: Girl Power

Posted on June 22nd, 2017
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The COMO Foundation’s annual magazine, COMO Stories, features a great article about Little Sisters Fund’s Community Projects program. We started this program after the 2015 earthquakes to help rebuild many communities in Nepal while also providing the Little Sisters with an opportunity to gain valuable leadership skills by identifying, planning, and implementing small scale development...

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Summer Newsletter: So much great news!

Posted on June 20th, 2017
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It’s hard to believe that we’re almost halfway through 2017! Over the past three months, we kicked off our fundraising campaign to launch our new Menstrual Health Management program, were honored for our commitment to girls’ education and empowerment, and attended the graduation of Kriti and Sapana from Shenandoah University—the first two Little Sisters to graduate...

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Welcome Kelly Beeland to the Board of Directors

Posted on April 13th, 2017
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This month, we welcome Kelly Beeland to Little Sisters Fund’s Board of Directors. Kelly has been a proud supporter of LSF from day one. When Kelly first learned about LSF, she was saving money to buy her first house. But she immediately started putting aside even more money, so that she could also sponsor a...

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Tribisha’s Story

Posted on January 17th, 2017
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Tribisha was born with the deck stacked against her. She was born with spina bifida and must use crutches and leg braces to walk. While it is clear that how her legs work does not affect her mind, in Nepal, any disability, and specifically one of this magnitude, can keep a girl out of school...

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Bindhaya is my hero

Posted on November 28th, 2016
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In 1998—my first trip to Nepal—I trekked to the base-camp of Mt. Everest. Yet, what truly changed my life on that trip was meeting Bindhaya. While in Nepal, I was struck by the overwhelming poverty that kept so many youth from attending school. Thankfully, my aunt's friend, Usha Acharya, had just returned to Nepal and, as...

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Give a girl the gift of education – #GivingTuesday

Posted on November 22nd, 2016
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This Giving Tuesday, we believe the best thing you can give is the gift of education to a girl in Nepal. On November 29, we will be joining nonprofits across the globe in a day of giving. Giving Tuesday is a day when you can make a big impact on supporting our 2000+ Little Sisters! Girls who...

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Sharda’s story

Posted on May 27th, 2016
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LSF graduate Sharda battled to complete her education despite polio, stigma, and friends kidnapped in front of her during civil war.  Today, she works for the international NGO Save the Children and has a family and daughter of her own.  This is her story, in her own words: I was born in a poor family and...

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Akina’s story

Posted on February 26th, 2016
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It’s me Akina R of Bhaktpur. Today I am going to tell you my story in short. Life and death are natural rules, which we cannot eliminate.  This is the reason one unlucky girl was born in a poor family without her consent.  And, that girl is me. I do not know, maybe because of a past...

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