by Bruce Keenan | May 21, 2017 | 2017, News
HCC Graduate and current HCC staff member Laxmi returned to her hometown to vote in the first local and municipal elections held in Nepal in 20 years. Laxmi wrote this reflection on her experience returning home to vote. The trip to Sindhupalchok, the place where I...
by Bruce Keenan | May 19, 2017 | 2017, News
Not since the elections of 1997 has Nepal seen elections on a local, municipal level. For HCC students, some born during the height of Nepal’s 10-year civil war (1996-2006), the elections in Nepal are their first exposure to a fair and free democratic process...
by Bruce Keenan | Apr 27, 2017 | 2017, News
HCC’s Youth Ambassador Rehna Sheth traveled to Nepal for the first time this spring, documenting her experience in her journal entries below. My name is Rehna Sheth and I am 17 years old. I started working with Himalayan Children’s Charities when I was 14,...
by Bruce Keenan | Apr 20, 2017 | 2017, News
From after-school tutoring to organizing cleanups of Bal Mandir orphanage, HCC students are no strangers to giving back to their communities. Now HCC students are working to give back to the earth by forging environmentally sustainable solutions in their own backyard...
by Bruce Keenan | Apr 13, 2017 | 2017, News
After buckling down and studying for weeks for their final exams, HCC students are currently basking in a well-earned spring break of almost one month. During break periods, HCC sets up a variety of activities for students to participate in to keep them engaged...