Some of our scholars were not the happiest campers last week! We offered their families the option to have comprehensive medical exams for their children at the Nepal International Clinic. We covered the cost of the exam for 19 children including transport and full blood work. We are committed to following up for a few […]
A little over a month ago we were contacted with a special request to help purchase shoes for children in Mira Rai’s home village of Sano Dumma in a remote part of eastern Nepal. Many of the children there wear plastic sandals, flip flops, or go barefoot. The board weighed the proposal and thanks to your […]
A few more pictures and notes from our site visit to Buddhanilkantha Public School earlier this month. Even though the bathroom has been in use for several months, and we have had our ribbon cutting ceremony, there are still some finishing touches to do. Construction in Kathmandu is always challenging! We sat down with the […]
Quick update – Dorjee reports that the roof for the bathroom at Buddhanilkantha School was finished last week and that the wood supports will be removed in another week. The septic tank is already in the ground. Next up is finishing the plumbing and tiling. We are getting there!
Namaste! This has been an incredibly formative year with great challenges and also great growth. Both continue. It might help to know how we got started, or you may be looking for information about claiming a deduction on your 2015 taxes, but if neither of these two things apply, let’s get right down what we […]
Thank you everyone for your support during the last calendar year. We’ve documented what we were able to accomplish in on the transparency portion of our website. If you are filing tax returns in the US, you should know WOV is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization (EIN #46-4952663). Your contribution is tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law in […]
We are very happy to pass on this progress report from Raju Kati, a practicing optometrist at Dhulikhel Hospital. Wide Open Vistas was able to provide a micro-research grant in 2015 (approx $870) to Raju and his team so that they could purchase much needed tools for screening pediatric patients with vision issues. To date, they have screened 438 […]
Happy New Year everyone! Minutes from our December board meeting are now posted and the annual report should be posted in the next couple weeks. There is a lot of news to share, but we want to welcome Dr. Janet Peterson and Alysha Greig to the board! Janet brings a passion for public health, Nepal, […]
We are still working on the minutes from the October 2nd board meeting but a great thing to come out of it was approval of Dorjee Sherpa’s proposal to use the earthquake funds (up to $15,000 USD) at Budhanilkantha school in northern Kathmandu to help build adequate bathroom facilities for the female students. There is a […]
We are excited to announce that our first micro grant award has been awarded with the goal of improved screening of vision issues for children in Dhulikhel, Nepal. A team led by Raju Kaiti has been awarded ~$870 to purchase age-appropriate vision screening tools. Raju is an optometrist at Dhulikhel Hospital and also studying for […]