Nepali New Year, also known as ‘Nepal Sambat’ or ‘Nepal Era,’ is celebrated by Nepali communities worldwide. It typically falls around April 14, during the month of Baisakh in the Nepali, or Bikram Sambat, calendar. The Nepali calendar is...
From 1st – 15th October, Nepal celebrates one of the most important Hindu festivals of the year. This festival usually falls in the month of September/October and is celebrated for 15 days. It starts from the bright lunar fortnight (Shukla Paksha) and ends the day of...
Join Clare and Bino, directors of HLF for a 14 day tour to Nepal next year. The itinerary includes a six day trek on the Tamang Heritage trail in the Langtang area to learn more about these amazing indigenous Nepali people. As well as the trek and some downtime in the...
On Saturday 22nd June The Rotary Westhaven Matariki Gala was held at the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron. It was a great night with fine food, an interesting guest speaker, live and silent auctions and at around 8.30pm the band ‘Hands Off’ began playing with...
Recently, Clare McCall, director of the Himalayan Leaky Foundation (HLF), was invited to speak at the Rotary Milford Club and share about the work that the HLF does. This included giving people an update on the Thamdanda Water & Sanitation Project and the Adult...
On Saturday 22nd June 2019 the Rotary Westhaven Matariki Gala was held at the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron in Auckland to raise funds for Auckland City Mission and the Himalayan Leaky Foundation. It was a great night with fine food, an interesting guest speaker...
