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Kevin Rohan Memorial Eco Foundation hosts the second World Challenge group on July 28, 2022. This year KRMEF got an opportunity to host two groups of World Challenge travelling to Nepal from the UK. World Challenge is inspired to make a difference in the world, but it is also modest enough to recognize the kinds of community projects our children should and shouldn't get engaged with. All community projects are carefully chosen to be suitable for young people. World Challenge is passionately committed to safeguarding both people and the environment. To guarantee the most excellent quality of care is being fulfilled or not when travelling. Through sustainable community initiatives, KRMEF has been hosting a World Challenge group each year and assisting them in developing the next generation of leaders. The students have learned about three aspects of sustainability from KRMEF: ecology, economy, and social inclusion. Following the group's arrival at the Foundation, Just like the past group, Krishna Gurung delivered a brief presentation regarding his prior work and the KRMEF activities he had undertaken. At the KRMEF-built community hall, which also features Leela's Eco Cafe, Krishna made the welcome speech. After the introduction session, they were given a tour of the foundation and its work.

Kevin Rohan Memorial Eco Foundation (KRMEF) successfully hosted the World Challenge group from the UK, travelling to Nepal on July 17. KRMEF has been hosting a world challenge group every year and helping them to produce the next leader through sustainable community programs. KRMEF has taught the students about three sustainability spheres: Ecology, Economy and Social inclusion. World Challenge is incredibly passionate about protecting both people and the planet. These initiatives include working alongside many global organizations such as Re-Think Orphanages, World Animal Protection, Travelers Against Plastic, KRMEF and many more to ensure the highest standard of care for both people and the planet is being met or not throughout their travels. After the arrival of the World challenge group here at the Foundation, Krishna Gurung gave a short presentation about his past works and initiatives taken at the KRMEF. Krishna gave the introduction at the community hall built by KRMEF, which also features Leela's Eco Cafe. They had a tour of the foundation after the introduction program. On the first day of the World Challenge group, they got to work on the foundation's handicraft workshop, "Mahila Shakti (women’s power)". They got a chance to work with the local woman from the village in the workshop. The handicraft workshop has been giving employment opportunities to many local women from the village who are in need. The other day after breakfast, the students and teachers from the world challenge group worked at our organic/biodynamic farm. KRMEF is trying to practice organic/biodynamic farming to sustain the farmer's life and food security in Nepal. KRMEF believes that biodynamic farming is not just a way of farming but also a way of living, thus revitalizing the soil. The students and teachers from the world challenge group worked with our in-house farmers. All the farmers working in the foundation's garden are from the village. The foundation's main aim is also to give employment opportunities to many needy people. With the guidance of the KRMEF World Challenge group actively participated in the farm. On the last day of the World Challenge group, Krishna took all of them to the Leprosy colony, which is a 40-minute walk from KRMEF. Leprosy, caused by bacteria called Mycobacterium leprae, is curable and can prevent disability with early treatment. But the disease is poorly understood, and signs are often missed in Nepal. The World Health Organization declared leprosy had been eliminated as a global public health problem in 2000, after a fall in international prevalence rates. Nine years later, Nepal's government reported it had reached targets to eliminate the disease as a public health problem nationally. The foundation provides job opportunities, scholarship programs, medical treatments and other basic needs for leprosy-affected people. We are grateful to the World Challenge group for paying a visit to Leprosy Colony.

Nepal, like countries, needs a lot of food, whereas most foods are imported. Kevin Rohan Memorial Eco Foundation (KRMEF) has been practising organic/biodynamic agriculture since its establishment to sustain the farmer's life and food security. Like organic farming, it uses natural composts as opposed to artificial, synthetic chemicals; however, the biodynamic method strives to create a balanced ecosystem within the soil itself, which enhances the nutrition, quality, and flavour of the food being grown. Several biodynamic practices have been implemented at KRMEF. You can look into our works in our program section and visit to witness them. Thus, biodynamic farming is not just a way of farming but also a way of living a meaningful life, thus revitalising the soil. KRMEF invites many different experts from different countries, and KRMEF has been working, practising, and conducting various seminars on biodynamic/organic agricultures around the year. We are happy to announce that we had friends from the Front Porch, United States, with whom we are partly working on developing a small-scale community learning garden. We hope it can benefit many students and community people from the country. Thanks, Andy and Mae! Several biodynamic farming seminars were conducted at the foundation and attended by over 50 people at a time from both the local area and other parts of the country. The participants were eager to learn different sustainable practices that offer new and dynamic processes they can take back to their home villages and communities. It was a great success in providing connections to organic and sustainable farming communities across Nepal and an opportunity to foster longer-term relationships between the KRMEF and greater Nepal. Krishna Gurung, the founder of KRMEF, was travelling across Nepal teaching biodynamic/organic methods of agriculture before the COVID pandemic and found it very effective. KRMEF hopes to continue the same again. If you would like to know more about our biodynamic approach, please click here! We hope to continue this effort and expand the land as much as possible with the help of many friends. We would like to express our sincere thanks to Mr. Christoph Jacoby and friends from Horus, Switzerland, for their generous support of many agricultural actions. It has already made a more significant impact in the field of Agriculture.

The construction for the new Ankuran Play Space Waldorf Inspired School is going swiftly with progress being made each day!The school is projected to be completed by the end of 2022. Most recently the water and septic tanks were constructed and the floors are currently being completed.The building is proving to be a cornerstone for not only the foundation but also to the community as a whole as it is integrated into the village.It will be a focal point for the work that KRMEF does to provide networks of community collaboration, high quality education for children, work security for impoverished women and meet the goals and mission that KRMEF stands for.The current projected expenses to complete the building is approximately $50,000 USD with additional funds needed for desks, chairs, interior and other items necessary.If you would like to contribute to this fundraising effort please visit our website and donate on our "support us" page.Your financial contribution will directly impact this project and support the families and children of the community! The school has been running smoothly after the last lockdown. The new session of the school has started with the marking of “Saraswati Puja”. “Saraswati Puja” was celebrated with all our students, parents and teachers with the hope of completing new school building as soon as possible. The teachers are working hard ensuring good education along with proper health and safety of our children during the difficult time of the pandemic. Thanks to all the teachers who are working hard and taking care of all children. Thanks to Kabita for leading the school and all our very energetic and dedicated teachers for their commitments. Thanks to Deborah Jakob, Erich Jakob, Katherine Gaffey Lehman, Dr. Laxmi and many other trainers for giving our teacher meaningful trainings. Thank you Nussica, Keith and friends from Play-Space Hongkong for a significant amount of generous support and technical support. That made us move thus far. There are a total of 181 children and 29 teaching and non-teaching staff in our school. The number of children is growing each year. We have also added a new school bus for the service of our ever-growing students. We provide children with scholarships who are in need. Currently, we provide 26 scholarships in “Ankuran” and other scholarships to the higher schools in the area. If you are interested in supporting children in need by funding their scholarships, please click here to find out more. Many parents are unable to pay the due fees because of the economic crisis they are going through as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.