Our Mission, Vision, and Goal
The KarmaFlights Foundation was created as a Nepal-based non profit organization, and it strongly believes in each child’s immutable right to a safe and secure learning environment. In a land famous for its towering peaks and raging rivers, the bright young minds of Nepal are its greatest natural resource - and quality education is the key to unlocking that vast potential and ending Nepal’s struggle with poverty.
KarmaFlights’ work today has expanded to include large-scale disaster relief, educational scholarships, library and computer lab construction, electrical infrastructure, safe water and hygiene access, livestock and child nutrition programs, earthquake preparedness training, and mental and medical health camps. These initiatives and projects have saved lives, reduced suffering, and allowed thousands of children to access personal and professional development opportunities. KarmaFlights continues to work to ensure that all students, regardless of their economic status, have the opportunity to receive the quality education they deserve in order to allow them to maximize their potential and achieve their goals.
Our goal is to better the lives of the children of Nepal by improving access to quality education and healthcare, and to empower regular citizens to be leaders in their own communities.
About our Organization
KarmaFlights was founded in 2011 by a small group of adventure athletes together with visionary local school teacher Prem Bahadur Kunwar. We initially came together with the shared objective of providing a safe home and educational support for a group of eight at-risk children. The scope of Karma Flights' activities has since expanded to encompass a range of activities including large-scale emergency disaster relief; long-term kinship and merit scholarships; school, library and computer-lab construction; hydro, solar and road infrastructure support; water, hygiene, livestock, and child-nutrition programs; waste management; earthquake preparedness training; and medical, mental, and dental health camps. These initiatives have saved lives, reduced suffering and extended professional and personal development opportunities to thousands of children.
Despite our growth, we continue to be greatly inspired by where our story first began; with the initial group of scholarship students. These vanguard children seized the opportunities provided to them and have developed into professionals in their respective fields as well as vibrant leaders in their communities. The current young generation of Nepalis are the bedrock upon which the health and stability of the entire future nation is rooted.
KarmaFlights strongly believes in developing long-term, trusted networks within each of the communities we partner with. By committing to long-term relationships, we can ensure that projects are tailored to the current needs of the community. This allows for a checks-and-balances system of fiscal and program oversight which is vital to the success of all humanitarian work. In keeping with this core sense of ethical entrepreneurship, our administrative and overhead costs are kept well below industry average. This is critical to ensuring the maximum impact of every donor dollar. Your contribution goes directly out into the field where it is needed most, and stays there working for the community. Our team prides itself in maintaining a grass-roots, organizationally-lean approach, to keep operational costs in-line with the highest standard for our industry.
KarmaFlights was founded in Nepal, for Nepal. Our in-country team is on the ground every day, working to ensure the long-term success of our projects. We are highly specialized, with the hard-won skill-sets required to meet the complex needs of rural and remote Nepal. These difficult-to-access villages typically receive little or no support from government and non-government entities. We evaluate, target and sustainably support these vulnerable and forgotten communities.
KarmaFlights has a long-term commitment to the children of Nepal. Our goal is to build a minimum of 20 earthquake-resistant schools, 22 libraries, and 2 solar-powered computer labs and offer 300 long-term student scholarships by the end of 2020.
Be a friend for the children of Nepal; become one of our valued donor partners today!