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Community Projects

Projects outside of youth scholars/GIA that aim to improve surrounding community: rebuilding efforts, girls bathroom, micro-research grants, shoe donations, etc.

Girls paint their bathroom donated by WOV

Girls from Shree Budhanilkantha H.S.S.  painted their bathroom donated by WOV. They had lots of fun while painting it. They said that they are very happy and thankful to have […]

Posted on January 9, 2017June 16, 2017 by Sonam Shah
Posted in Community ProjectsTagged Bathrooms for Girls, Nepal, Shree Budhanilkantha Higher Secondary School, TeamWOV

Site Visit to Buddhanilkantha Secondary School

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 […]

Posted on October 17, 2016June 16, 2017 by swolpin
Posted in Community ProjectsTagged Bathrooms for Girls, Earthquake Relief

Girls Bathroom Construction Update

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 […]

Posted on January 30, 2016June 16, 2017 by swolpin
Posted in Community ProjectsTagged Bathrooms for Girls

Helping children see – Micro Research Grant for Vision, Update #1

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 […]

Posted on January 13, 2016June 16, 2017 by swolpin
Posted in Community ProjectsTagged Dhulikhel, micro research grant, Vision

Construction Update! Girls bathroom

This is the latest picture on the progress of the girl’s bathroom which wide open vistas are constructing in Shree Budhanilkantha Higher Secondary School. For more information on construction of […]

Posted on December 2, 2015June 16, 2017 by Sonam Shah
Posted in Community ProjectsTagged Bathrooms for Girls, Shree Budhanilkantha Higher Secondary School

Preliminary Designs for New Girls Bathrooms at Budhanilkantha Govt. School

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 […]

Posted on October 7, 2015June 16, 2017 by swolpin
Posted in Community ProjectsTagged Bathrooms for Girls, Nepal, rebuilding

First micro-research grant award – Pediatric Vision Screening

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 […]

Posted on August 18, 2015June 16, 2017 by swolpin
Posted in Community ProjectsTagged mentored research, screening vision problems for children

Bamboo Houses

We can’t just sit still! We are partnering in a new project with two other organizations to build strong bamboo housing with metal roofing for residents in Nuwakot, Ranipauwa, Kakani-2, […]

Posted on June 24, 2015June 16, 2017 by swolpin
Posted in Community ProjectsTagged earthquake, housing, Nepal

Visit to Dhulikhel about Micro-grants and School Rebuilding Status

Quick update: Seth went to Dhulikhel Hospital (about 30k east of Kathmandu) yesterday and met with Dr. Rajeev Shrestha who is helping administer our micro-research grant program. The two also […]

Posted on May 25, 2015June 16, 2017 by swolpin
Posted in Community ProjectsTagged Dhulikhel Hospital, mentored research

Putting Plans into Action: Delivering Tarps and Community Assessments

The May 12th earthquake which measured 7.3 only added insult to injury in Nepal. We had three objectives: a) Deliver tarps to the village of Heywa with donations made to […]

Posted on May 22, 2015June 16, 2017 by swolpin
Posted in Community ProjectsTagged Earthquake Relief, helping, Nepal earthquake, Tarp Delivery

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We are a registered nonprofit in Kathmandu, Nepal. We are also registered as a nonprofit in Washington State, USA and a 501(c)3 organization. Our EIN number is 46-4952663