Punya Foundation Inc. donated medicines and medicaments to the Nepal Heart Foundation. Coinciding with his Medical Mission to Nepal, Dr. Lakshmi Prasad Dhakal, the Executive Director of the Punya Foundation donated medicines and medicaments amounting approximately 59,000 Nepalese Rupees to Mr. Surendra Lal Shresth, the Chairman of Nepal Heart Foundation. With the donated medicines and...
The Foundation is pleased to announce a 3-days of Shrimad Bhagawat Prabachan in Adelaide, Australia starting from 3rd July 2015. Program outline: Each day, the program shall start with Arati and Puja During the day, different gurus and celebrated spiritual personalities shall deliver a series of spiritual sermons Each day shall end with Kirtaan, day’s...
Like hundreds of humanitarian aid workers from around the globe, with support of Cordaan, the Netherlands based health care providing institute for elderly, Dr. Lakshmi Prasad Dhakal, the Executive Director of the Punya Foundation Inc, rushed to Nepal in an attempt to offer medical treatment to the earthquake victims. In his medical rescue mission to...
The Bhutanese Australian Association of South Australia (BAASA) organized Bhutanese community annual program on 10th of May 2014 to celebrate the resettlement day in Australia. The Program was participated by majority of the Bhutanese resettled in South Australia. As one of the program activities, BAASA coordinated with the Foundation to organize the quiz program. The...
Background: The Central Bureau of Statistics, Nepal (2011) estimates 57.4% as the female literacy rate; this in contrast to 75.1% among males. The report also highlights that the female literacy rate in rural parts of Nepal is very low as women living below the poverty line is proportionally higher in villages. In an attempt to help...
Each year Punya Foundation coordinates with local Nepali organizations to implement its empowerment program. Similar to past years, this year also the Punya Foundation worked with Jana Kalyan Yuwa Samuha (JKYS), a nonprofit organization in the Jhapa district of eastern Nepal, to implement the scholarship program and Women’s Empowerment Program. Scholarship selection process: As in 2013,...