The Punya Foundation U.S.A., a nonprofit that has recently obtained its 501 (C)3 tax exemption status, has kicked off a crowdfunding campaign  with an aim of garnering US $10,000 to fund Bhutanese refugee secondary education, stated the foundation’s president, Sudip Adhikari, Wednesday. According to Adhikari, the foundation has felt a dire need to support around 200 ninth graders, who...

Punya Foundation is now registered in the state of Texas as non-profit entity in February 2016. It has obtained its  501 (C) (3) tax exemption status. The US team consists of:

Joe Nahas is a refugee from Sierra Leone. He graduated with a Master’s degree in Economics from the University of Sierra Leone. Joe arrived joined his family in Utah in December 2005. His family made way to the USA in August 2004 en-route Ghana under refugee resettlement program. After arriving in Salt Lake City, Joe...

Background: Gindabarat district is one of the 18 districts of West Shewa Zone. Mukadima is one of the 33 villages in Gindabarat district from where four vulnerable students are selected for scholarship. Problem statement: About 85% of the population in Gindabarat district lives in rural areas and they are economically dependent on subsistence farming. Many families don’t...

Sydney based ABA-Youths is an organisation of progressive youths. It organises various programs, among other fund raising programs, for education of children who lost at least one of their parents during earthquakes of April and May 2015 in Nepal. In 2015, ABA-Youths successfully organised a fund raising program and sponsored education of 10 children. The...

Giving continuity to last year’s Bhagawat Puran, the Punya Foundation organized a 3-day Puran, Prabachan and Cultural Program in Adelaide, South Australia. The program is aimed to generate fund for education of orphans, poor and vulnerable children in Asia and Africa. Currently, the Punya Foundation is providing scholarships to 63 orphan students in Nepal and...