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Newsletters and Appeal Letters
Every spring and fall, we publish a newsletter full of pictures and information about our latest activities, new kids, and programs about to begin or expand. We also mail an appeal letter, which highlights one of our programs, twice each year.

If you would like to receive these mailings, please send your postal address to info@NepalYouthFoundation.org.

• Our Spring 2011 appeal letter reports on Laxmi, a severely malnourished child who made a dramatic recovery in just two weeks thanks to our Nutritional Rehabilitation Home in Kathmandu.  Laxmi’s transformation was captured by two filmmakers working on a new NYF documentary.

• Olga Murray’s Fall 2010 Newsletter is about the importance of being thankful—expressing gratitude for what we can give as well as for what we receive.  Olga also reports on the amazing accomplishments of Barsa, the first person from the Dalit “untouchable” caste, to attend medical school.

• In our 2010 Fall Appeal Letter, Olga tells the story of Prem, a boy from a caste of wandering beggars who is about to become the first engineer in his caste. She also invites you to join NYF's Legacy Circle by including us in your will. (2 pages, 2.7mb pdf)

• Olga Murray's 2010 Summer Newsletter is about our new name – the Nepal Youth Foundation – and a nonprofit formed by some very motivated girls we rescued from bonded servitude. Olga also introduces the New Life Center, our new program for children born with HIV/AIDS. (4 pages, 1.1mb pdf)

• In the 2009 Fall Newsletter, Olga Murray reveals a major victory in NYF's work to free girls from virtual slavery. She also tells the story of a boy on the verge of death who, after being rescued and raised by NYF, went to law school and filed a suit to defend the rights of enslaved girls. Olga also describes a malnourished child's amazing transformation at one of NYF's Nutritional Rehabilitation Homes. (4 pages, 3.6mb pdf)

• More of NYF's newsletters and appeal letters are below.

Olga's Email Dispatches
Olga Murray, NYF's founder and president, sends short emails full of local Nepali flavor and news about our projects and the children we help. Some recent dispatches are below. To receive your own dispatches from Olga, email us at info@NepalYouthFoundation.org.

• In her May 2010 email, Olga describes the fun of bringing the younger kids NYF supports on a safari in the jungle! She also writes about how the older kids nurture and look after the younger ones, and a very unique alarm clock.

• Olga's February 2010 email from Nepal is about Manoj, a young boy from a deeply troubled family who just joined J House, and the warm welcome he received from the other children. You can also watch a video in which Olga describes NYF's projects to transform the lives of impoverished Nepali youth.

• More of Olga Murray's email dispatches are below.

More of NYF's Publications and Email Dispatches

The Nepal Youth Foundation's Publications

• In Olga's 2009 Fall Appeal Letter, she describes some of NYF's pioneering vocational training programs. Girls we liberate from virtual slavery who have never attended school have the opportunity to learn skills such as growing henna. Other students can learn to be cooks, lab technicians, and more! Vocational training is particularly beneficial due to Nepal's extremely high unemployment rate. (2 pages, 1.89mb pdf)

• In the 2009 Summer Newsletter, Olga tells the story of Dr. Harish, who received a scholarship from NYF and now runs a hospital that provides health care for the poor. This newsletter also includes the latest information about the Indentured Daughters Program, which rescues girls from virtual slavery, and the Nutritional Rehabilitation Homes, which have saved 5000 children from severe maluntrition. (4 pages, 402kb pdf)

• In NYF's 2009 Spring Appeal Letter, Olga Murray describes her unforgettable experience of being on The Oprah Show, and Oprah's enthusiastic support for NYF's Indentured Daughters Program. Olga also tells of a girl who NYF recently rescued from virtual slavery. You can save a girl from a childhood of bonded servitude for only $100! (2 pages, 554kb pdf)

• The 2008 Fall Newsletter tells the story of a girl who sold herself into slavery just to get an education. Now she's free, and NYF is supporting her education. Olga also describes meeting the new tiny tots at J & K House, and she tells the story of Santosh, who says that losing one arm is the best thing that ever happened to him - because it led him to NYF. (4 pages, 10.4mb pdf)

• NYF's 2008 Spring Newsletter shares a moving account of a girl's rescue from indentured servitude, as well as the dramatic success and expansion of the NYF's Nutritional Rehabilitation Homes, and the story of how a new girl arrived and settled in at K House. (4 pages, 9.5mb pdf)

• In the 2008 Spring Appeal Letter, Olga Murray describes the truimph of the virtual eradication of indentured servitude in Dang district, as well as NYF's ambitious plans to eliminate this abhorrent tradition from all of Nepal. (3 pages, 4.4mb pdf)

• The 2007 Fall Newsletter highlights NYF's Nutritional Rehabilitation Homes, J and K House (NYF's excellent homes for children), and the new Empowering Dalit Daughters program, which provides college educations to some of the brightest girls of the untouchable caste. (4 pages, 3.3b pdf)

• Fall Newsletter 2006 (405kb pdf)
• Fall Appeal 2006 (235kb pdf)
• Spring Newsletter 2006 (1610kb pdf)
• Spring Appeal 2006 (684kb pdf)
• Fall Newsletter 2005 (1522kb pdf)
• Fall Appeal 2005 (426kb pdf)
• Summer Newsletter 2005 (876kb pdf)
• Spring Appeal 2005 (689kb pdf)
• Spring Newsletter 2004 (568kb pdf)
• Fall Newsletter 2004 (667kb pdf)
• Fall Appeal 2004 (1042kb pdf)
• Spring Appeal 2004 (283kb pdf)
• Fall Newsletter 2003 (763kb pdf)
• Spring Newsletter 2003 (284kb pdf)
• Winter Newsletter 2002 (384kb pdf)
• Spring Newsletter 2002 (369kb pdf)
• Annual Newsletter 2001 (665kb pdf)
• Annual Newsletter 2000 (645kb pdf)

Olga's Email Dispatches

• In her December 2009 dispatch from Kathmandu, Olga Murray describes an adventure getting home from the airport, her life in Nepal, and celebrating Christmas in Kathmandu. She also shares the new plan to eliminate the tradition of selling little girls into virtual slavery.

• Olga's September 2009 email features a new video about a student whose life was transformed by NYF. You can also learn how to connect with NYF through Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube!

• In the May 2009 email, you can read the story of Laxmi, a disabled girl whose heartbreaking story has a happy ending. Olga Murray also asks for donations of laptops, because of the prolonged power outages in Kathmandu, and cameras for the field workers from our Nutritional Rehabilitation Homes.

• In Olga Murray's February 2009 email, she writes about NYF being featured on the front page of the San Francisco Chronicle. You can read the article and watch a video made by the Chronicle staff.

• Olga's January 2009 email discusses the tremendous impact that NYF's Indentured Daughters Program has made on the Dang District in rural Nepal, as well as the urgent need for the program to be expanded to other districts.

• In her December 2008 email, Olga describes Christmas in Kathmandu, as well as how she kept Nepali children entertained while a PBS crew filmed a documentary about NYF's successful efforts to rescue girls from virtual slavery.

• Olga's February 2008 email is about her inspiring experiences with girls from rural Nepal who have been rescued by NYF's Indentured Daughters Program. (1 page, 27kb doc)

• In her April 2007 email, Olga shares a heartwarming story about how a Nutritional Rehabilitation Home saved a boy's life. (2 pages, 27kb doc)

• Winter 2006_Dispatch (27kb doc)
• Winter 2005 Dispatch (27kb doc)
• Winter 2004 Dispatch (25kb doc)
• December 2003 Dispatch
• Christmas Card, 2003
• February 2003 Dispatch
• Christmas Card, 2002
• Christmas Message, 2002
• March 2002 Dispatch
• February 2002 Dispatch