Thanks for volunteering Amy!

Amy Valender has recently completed a 3 month program working as a volunteer for us in Kathmandu. Amy is a nutritionist from the UK and came to know about Mitrataa through Bec when they both worked for Cadbury. Volunteering was something Amy had always wanted to do and nutrition is an area that needs a lot of support in Nepal so it was a perfect match!


We kept Amy extremely busy for the 3 months covering a variety of projects including:

• teaching English, Health and Science at our Model School;
• working with the staff in the Model School's hostel to ensure the boarding students are being fed healthy, nutritious food every meal of the day;
• running an English speaking program for some of our Dream Catchers Scholarship girls who had been struggling with their English studies;
• tutoring the girls attending our Dream Centres in English, Health, Science and also leading them in some art and craft activities and life skills programs;
• running some activities with the girls from the Project Snow Leopard program;
• working with girls at the children's home at Bal Mandir to establish a Child Club; and
• observing and advising management and staff of the children's home at Bal Mandir on healthy, nutritious and affordable dietary options for feeding the 210 children living there.

The feedback we have received from our partners, staff and of course the girls in Nepal has been overwhelming and Amy obviously made a huge impact on many people's lives. For this we are very thankful and do hope Amy might decide to return one day soon...


For anyone interested in sharing some of your skills and experience with the women and girls in Nepal and in return experiencing a piece of life that will change your outlook forever, email us.

Thank you so much Amy!