Himalaya Net

Building a Future on the Rooftop of the World

Nepal is an ancient nation in the highest part of the Himalaya mountains. With India and China on each side Nepal is the home of Everest and the holy Himalaya.

For hundreds of year Nepal was a holy Hindu Kingdom. Nepalese have now made the decision to start building peace and democracy on the rooftop of the world.

This is where we are working. To bridge the digital divide by providing the Internet and Open Learning to remote villagers for the very first time. And it is working. Once connected, communities are empowered at lightning speed with new ideas, information, opportunities and capability.

Nepal is one of the world's most humble and poor nations. This project can resolve this poverty. By bridging the digital divide for young people in the Nepalese Himalaya we change the world.

Unicef studies show that for every dollar spent on children, whole communities benefit seven-fold. Find out about this work, and how you can make it happen.

Become a Village Net Parent

	Shree Janajagrit Secondary School This school with 600 student and a higher secondary school was without telephone, Internet, any modern tools at all. Village Parents connected the Internet and created a world wide web classroom with 4 stations. We are now implementing international volunteer tutors.
	Sarangkot Village Library Initiative Located at 1505 meters altitude, created as a joint venture between Stitching Foundation (Netherlands) and Sarangkot Dalit caste members (an aboriginal caste community). The library functions on community memberships. This is a community development waiting for connection.
	Shree Kalika Secondary School Built from local stone and slate, this village school was founded in 1960. The school itself serves more than 800 students is the Kaski district of the Annapurna region. It is also a resource center for many other schools. It is an educational community waiting for connection.

Nepal's forestry policy is for sustainable harvest carefully made from plantation forests. Nepal's carbon emissions have changed little in hundreds of years and are amongst the world's lowest.