HOW IT BEGAN
Every story has a beginning, and this one starts with an 8-year-old orphan living in a remote village in Nepal. He was taken to an orphanage, sharing cramped conditions with many other children, destined to become just another statistic.
But something extraordinary happened that changed his life forever. At the age of 8, this orphan was fortunate enough to be selected by Asian Aid as one of their first children from Nepal to receive an education in India. In 2004, after completing his education, he returned to Nepal with a mission to contribute to Nepali society.
From a young age, he was sponsored by an Australian university student, Peter Sandy, through Asian Aid. They still keep in touch regularly.
3 ANGELS NEPAL IS BORN
The orphan boy, Dr. Rajendra Gautam, never forgot the hope Asian Aid gave him, nor the feeling of being a lost, abandoned child facing a terrifying future of poverty.
3 ANGELS NEPAL: FIRST WORK
The story of 3 Angels Nepal begins with a blind girl, Meena Gurung, whose grand father could no longer care for her. Found on the streets of Pokhara, Meena inspired Rajendra and Sarah, who had not planned to start an orphanage.
Within five months, they had rescued five girls, housing them in their small two-bedroom rented home. Sarah, a nurse who had witnessed the effects of human trafficking while working in a Kathmandu hospital, was a passionate advocate for women’s and children’s rights from a young age. Having lived in an orphanage himself, Rajendra envisioned a home-family model rather than a traditional orphanage. This vision of loving, family-like care is what Rajendra and Sarah wanted to provide for Nepal’s orphaned children.
Today, 3 Angels Nepal supports over 150 children across 15 children’s homes.
