What We Do?

Education

“There’s no greater pillar of stability than a strong, free, and educated woman.” – Anjelina Jolie

If you educate a man you educate an individual but if you educate a woman you educate an entire generation? - African proverbs

Everyone is quick to acknowledge the importance and value of educating girls. Years of preference towards boys as being the “producers” has left girls in many developing nations lagging well behind in terms of education and opportunity investment – a GAP that poses a real barrier to advancement. Jomsom Foundation aims to stand in this GAP, forming a bridge leading to a better, safer and poverty- free future. We know that doing this does SO MUCH MORE than just helping a girl. It helps her family, her community, her world.

The education of girls sits behind much of the work we do in the rural himalaya's of developing nation Nepal. Although education is no guarantee to a poverty-free future, it is still one of the most solid investments that can be made. At Jomsom Foundation, educating girls is more than simply offering a scholarship. Because we accept new projects on a case-by-case basis, our solutions must remain flexible to ensure we achieve program success as well as good value.

“The seeds of success in every nation of the world are best planted by women and their mental support” – Joyce Banda

Poverty

"Every one complains about pains and sorrows until they meet my sister's of Nepal. I want to educate as many sister's I can, and live for them." -Aastha K.C. - Jomsom Foundation CEO

Advancing women’s economic rights, freedom from violence and harassment, granting equal opportunities for recruitment, retention and promotion in employment and transforming the negative and harmful norms that limit women’s access to and condition of work and income generating opportunities, are crucial to the elimination of poverty.

ENDING POVERTY in our generation is within reach. This is amazing news for those of us who devote our lives to chasing this dream. Jim Yong Kim, former World Bank Group President states,“This new forecast of poverty falling into the single digits should give us new momentum and help us focus even more clearly on the most effective strategies to end extreme poverty.” For most of us, trying to comprehend what poverty is like is impossible. Most of us live with pantries full of food – we’ve hardly missed a meal let alone experienced prolonged hunger. Clean water is always a few steps away and never in short supply.

How far we go in education is a question of intent and motivation – not tough choices on who misses out. Yet, these basic life necessities we take for granted represent major hurdles for 900 million people in the world. 98% of them are in developing countries, and two-thirds of this group live in Asia. MOST of them have as much individual capability as you and I. Unfortunately for them, they were born into a life that creates few options. There’s them......and then there’s us. So, what now? Let’s work together to help END THEIR POVERTY.

Human Trafficking

“Defeating human trafficking is a great moral calling of our time.” -Milan Tamang - Jomsom's Founder

This year, it’s estimated* that in Nepal – 20,000 women and girls will be trafficked and exploited. Girls will be tricked into migrating out of Nepal chasing the promise of a better life. Girls will be exploited into the sickening. Their reward will be enslavement, gang rape, prostitution, or being killed to support the ruthless body part industry.