Jana Kalyan Yuwa Samuha (JKYS) is a non-profit organization established in 1991. Operating in Jhapa district, eastern Nepal; its office is located at Birtamod. Since its inception, JKYS has been providing small-scale social services at local and community level. As of date, JKYS has been engaging in local activities through the contribution made by its...
Giving continuity to its scholarship program, the Punya Foundation developed a partnership with the Bhutanese Refugee Women Forum (BRWF) and made agreement to implement the Scholarship program in the Bhutanese refugee camps. The BRWF has been working for the welfare of Bhutanese women and vulnerable children living in the refugee camps in Nepal. Working methodology:...
Background: The Kakuma refugee camp was established in 1991. The camp has three major sections. During the early stages of its inception, it was designed to accommodate Sudanese refugees fleeing conflict and violence. From 1990’s the camp started receiving tens and thousands of refugees periodically from across; East and Horn of African, Central Africa Republic,...
Year 2013 in brief In 2013, with a modest budget of nearly $4,000 USD, Punya Foundation programs accomplished wondrous life-affirming changes for vulnerable, often traumatised young children, high school students, women, and families. This annual report describes program activities in the Bhutanese Diaspora and in refugee camps in Nepal and Kenya. Also covered are new...
Giving continuity to its education program, in 2013, the Punya Foundation established a partnership with the Jana Kalyan Yuwa Samuha (JKYS)[1] as its implementing partner in Nepal. JKYS is implementing the Foundation’s scholarship program and one of its empowerment programs as well. Six students, ranging from kinder garden to class six, from Jhapa district have...
Our primary income source continues to be donations mostly from Bhutanese refugees resettled in third countries. Click here for donation list. Major Donors: Mr. Rajendra Timsina, a Bhutanese asylee in Winnipeg, Canada, generously provided scholarships to four students attending secondary school in Jhapa, Nepal. Mr. B. M. Khaling, a resettled Bhutanese refugee in Atlanta, Georgia,...