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School isn’t just about getting to class. It’s about having what you need to show up with confidence. For students supported by HCC Nepal, that can mean the everyday essentials many of us rarely think twice about: a uniform, shoes, a school bag, books, stationery, transportation, and a safe place to live. Small things on their own. Life-changing when they come together. Your support helps remove the barriers between a child and their education. Give a student the essentials to keep learning, growing, and moving forward. Donate: https://www.hccnepal.org/donate/

As the emergency response gives way to recovery, children need more than a safe place to stay. They need a way back to learning, familiar routines, and the people who help them grow. Help HCC support the journey back to school. First comes the urgent work: getting people to safety, finding shelter, making sure families have food. Then comes a quieter question for every child whose life has been disrupted: When can I go back to school? For some children affected by the floods, the answer is not simple. A school may be damaged. Books and clothes may be gone. A family may be living somewhere unfamiliar. Returning to class can take practical help, time, and steady encouragement. That is why education becomes a priority in recovery. HCC’s longer-term work includes helping children replace school essentials, access the support they need, and continue learning while staying connected to family and community wherever possible. It is the kind of commitment that lasts beyond the emergency. Please donate to HCC’s flood response. Help make a return to school possible.

Your donation can do more than help today, it can change what happens next. For every new Rise Program student, 30% supports immediate relief — food, safe shelter, healthcare, and urgent essentials — while 70% fuels long-term support through education, mentorship, life skills, and future growth. That means your gift doesn’t just help a child survive today. It helps them build a future tomorrow. If you’ve been thinking about giving, this is your sign to act now. Donate today and help us welcome more students into the Rise Program. 🔗 Give now: https://www.hccnepal.org/donate/ Every donation makes a direct difference.

A bag of rice cannot replace a home. But it can help a family get through this week. HCC is providing rice, lentils cooking oil and other essential food items to flood displaced families sheltering in Kathmandu. For people living with loss and uncertainty, having food to prepare is one immediate worry lifted. This is one part of HCC’s response. We are supporting families with practical essentials now, while staying alongside children and communities as they work toward stability and a return to learning. Help us keep showing up for the days ahead. Donate to HCC’s flood response https://www.hccnepal.org/donate/

What if one donation could change the next 20 years of a child’s life? At Himalayan Children's Charities Nepal, we invest for the long term: food, safe shelter, healthcare, education, mentorship, life skills, and the support young people need to grow into confident adults and community leaders. Don’t just give for a moment. Help build a future. Your support can become the stability, education, and opportunity a child carries for life. Donate today: https://www.hccnepal.org/donate/ Every contribution matters. Every long-term partner helps us reach one more child. #Hcc #Charity #Nepal

They were getting ready for an ordinary school day. Some were still eating breakfast when someone shouted that the flood was coming. At Uttargaya Public English Secondary School in Nuwakot, teachers moved children toward higher ground, carrying younger students through the mud. It was an extraordinary act of care in a terrifying moment. Five HCC-supported students were among those safely evacuated. They are now staying with family members or with HCC teams in Nepal. We are deeply grateful they are safe, and for the people who helped the children get out. HCC’s role is in the long road after the emergency: helping flood-affected children regain stability and continue their education, alongside the communities who know them best. Your support to HCC’s flood response will help these children and many more to have a chance at a bright future.

They left home to earn a living for their families. The flood made sure they never came back. On the night of August 26, the Bhotekoshi River swept through Rasuwa and Nuwakot, taking with it a soldier, a driver, two hydropower workers, and a young mother, five people from Dang who had travelled far to provide for the ones they loved. Their children are still waiting. Their wages, the whole of a household's income, are gone. HCC has already reached these five families in Rajpur and Gadhawa with urgent support. But grief does not end when the emergency does, and neither will we. HCC is a long-term builder and partner. Our commitment is to stay with these families through the months ahead, helping children continue their education and households find their footing again. Your donation helps get these families back on track. Donate through HCC. https://www.hccnepal.org/donate/ #Hcc #Nepal

Some children lost their footing before they ever got to run. On August 26, a glacier collapse triggered flash floods that tore through Nepal's Rasuwa, Nuwakot, and Dhading districts. More than 32,000 children were affected. Over 1,300 people have died, and more than 5,000 remain missing. Nearly 540 children have been separated from their parents, and at least 19 schools have been damaged or destroyed, according to UNICEF. Numbers like these are hard to hold. But behind each one is a child who was mid-sentence in their own story, learning, playing, dreaming, before the ground shifted beneath them. For some, this is not the first time. Many of these same communities were still healing from the 2015 earthquakes when the floods hit again. A disaster can take a home in a day. It takes years to rebuild a future. Help us stand with families in Nepal Donate today. Link in Bio #HCC #Nepal #Children

More than 20,000 children are estimated to have been affected by the floods and landslides across Rasuwa, Nuwakot, and Dhading. That number is difficult to grasp. But every child affected has a name, a family, a school, and a future that matters. For some children, this disaster reopens wounds that never fully disappeared. They were already displaced or had lost parents during the 2015 earthquakes. Now, once again, they face uncertainty, disruption, and the difficult question of what comes next. HCC has worked in these communities for more than 10 years. We know the local schools. We know the challenges families face. And after the 2015 earthquakes, we helped vulnerable children return to education and find a path forward through the RISE Program. As communities begin the long work of recovery, HCC is preparing to support children with the care, education, stability, and encouragement they need to rebuild their futures. 100% of donations to HCC’s Flood Relief Fund will support students in the worst-affected areas of Nepal. Please help us stand with children when they need steady support most. Donate through HCC: hccnepal.org (Link in our bio) Please visit our website for developing updates. #HCCNepal #NepalFloodRelief

A news clip can capture one moment. But for children and families affected by Nepal’s floods, the impact continues long after the cameras move on. Across Nepal, families are facing profound loss, uncertainty, and the difficult work of rebuilding. For children, recovery can mean finding safety, returning to school, and having the care and encouragement to begin again. HCC has worked alongside these communities for more than a decade. When access is safe and permitted, we will focus on helping children regain stability through education, care, and longer-term support. Your gifts to HCC’s Flood Relief Fund will support students in the worst-affected areas. News covers a fraction of the story, your giving covers the rest. #Nepal #HCC

A disaster can destroy a school building in hours. But for a child, the impact can last far longer. In August 2026, floods and landslides devastated communities across Rasuwa, Nuwakot, and Dhading. Among those affected are HCC students who were first supported after the 2015 earthquakes. The boarding school they called home has now been destroyed, and they have been displaced once again. As emergency operations continue and access improves, HCC will work alongside local communities to help children find stability, return to school, and keep moving toward their futures. Your donations to HCC’s Flood Relief Fund will support students in the worst-affected areas. Help HCC be there when rebuilding begins. hccnepal.org | Link in bio #HCCNepal #NepalFloodRelief

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