Education | Olga's Promise Is that All Children
in Nepal Will Have Access to Education

NYF makes education and self-sufficiency possible for Nepali children who have no other hope. We give scholarships to destitute children in rural Nepal, disabled kids who need to attend special schools, and many other children, from kindergarten through college or vocational training.

• Our students attend day school in remote villages and urban Kathmandu, boarding school, and college.

• NYF's Vocational Education and Career Counseling center enables youth to identify their strengths and find rewarding careers, despite Nepal's unemployment rate of around 50%.

• Many of the children we support are orphans or disabled.

• NYF uplifts entire communities by training teachers and improving schools.

• We also created an innovative program for highly talented and motivated girls of the Dalit or untouchable caste, which has been discriminated against and shut out from education for centuries.

Education is the only way to break the bonds of poverty for destitute, disabled, or orphaned children in Nepal. This is especially true for girls, who are often illiterate, married off before they are teenagers, and spend the rest of their lives bearing children and working endless hours. Most Nepali women are illiterate.

Read why education is essential for disadvantaged children in Nepal, and why NYF's scholarships are so effective

Learn about the wide range of options for sponsoring students