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Clean water for kids
Nepal
Entry Date:
Feb. 2007
Currently Serving:
72,525
CHILDREN
You will be hard pressed to find a place with more consistently contaminated water than Nepal. The population density in Kathmandu – combined with the aged and broken water infrastructure – make the challenges here truly staggering.
Last Updated: Today at 8:00 am PST. 
1 hospital
3 orphanages
4 rescue homes
46 schools
3 orphanages
4 rescue homes
46 schools
Working with the Baluddhar School
Wishing for clean water in the Kathmandu Valley
I walked the first kilometer with a small entourage in tow. By the time I reached the fifth km, I was walking among an entire village of school children. Dozens of adults looked, wondering what I was doing in this remote area (on the Nepal-India border) with all these kids. They were headed to school, and I was along to bear witness to their daily walk.
With one kilometer remaining, I —»
Partnering with charity: water
Safe water and clean hands for nearly 20,000 students
The distinct paths of charity: water and a child’s right have paralleled each other in many ways over the past five years. While we have been big fans of their messaging and engagement for some time, in 2010 our paths officially aligned. —»
Our Future Plans in Nepal
Striving for clean water throughout Kathmandu
We envision a day when every child in the Kathmandu Valley has clean water to drink – as well as improved hygiene practices – whenever they attend school. —»
Our Alliance with Maiti Nepal
The genesis of our work with rescue homes
Last Thanksgiving, while watching CNN’s HEROES awards, I was struck at how impressive Anuradha Koirala is in virtually any setting. She owned the stage, and deserved the final prize as CNN Hero of the Year, to be sure. —»
ACR and the Shramic Shanti School
From well water to safe water in the span of a day
Imagine yourself standing in front of your old elementary school.
When you attended school, where did you get your drinking water? Were you able to walk up to a water fountain and take a drink whenever you wanted? —»
Surprised by Iron
And why it is so hard to work in Nepal!
Starting in late 2010, at several sites in Kathmandu, a child's right Nepal staff began witnessing extremely high spikes in iron content evident in well water. —»
