As a responsible and sustainable tour operator, Ace the Himalaya has launched the Child Education Sponsorship Program in the collaboration of Sambhav Nepal Foundation having the goal of providing  the school level education to talent, poor, disable, orphans, and conflict-affected children in a tender to empower them a better chance to live a happy, secure and healthy life and future through the means of education.

Ace the Himalaya, as one of the primary supporters, has been working in the coordination of Sambhav Nepal Foundation (gov. registered) a non profit social organization. Sambhav Nepal was founded after the joint discussion between them so as to have a good impact of tourism for the underprivileged, marginalized, poor and minority group of people. Making this program effective, Ace the Himalaya seeks financial support from its clients and various donors. With the funds collected from the donors, it passes to its community service project annually by the end of April. This project aims to provide the scholarship of US$ 250 to each child for their schooling education in their own village. The fund received will be directly utilized for the children's school fees, stationeries, outfits and other necessary educational resources. Though the school is located within the village, there is no lodging or accommodation cost which makes this genuinely educational based sponsorship. All your money is going towards their educational needs. In return, you can see and feel the real impact that your support has made as we keep in contact via letters and with regular school reports, photos and updates on each child's progress.

Who are the beneficiaries?
1) Children from poor family who have left their education incomplete
2) They -who are titled as so called lower casts in their society,
3) Talented children who appear above 80% in their school evaluation and seeking for better institutions, and even who are in better status in their class, 
4) The orphans who are cheated by their fortune, neglected by their parents,
5) Conflict-affected children who are physically and mentally disturbed
6) Children who have been displaced forced into child labor and subjected to various atrocities during armed conflict
7) Sympathy even goes for those guides and porters who are making a very hard journey in the Himalayas with you in order to shape the future of their children. If you are directly ready to help their children, please contact in our office desk.   

We oath,  the contribution you make, directly benefit the above mentioned groups as this project is aimed at empowering all those underprivileged children and community as well. We realize, education is only a powerful tool to combat their misfortunes and shape their future. Since children are the hope of the future, empowered children in the long run will undoubtedly empower the whole community and thus, the entire nation.

How can you help?
Investing in children is investing in the future. You have the will power to make a difference in the lives of these poor souls by supporting this project with your donation.  Annually, sponsors will contribute to the scholarship program for these children. The cost to educate one child for an entire year is USD250, which is our ordinary sponsorship program. 84% of the funds collected will go directly to the children for the educational needs and 16% of the amount goes for administrative purpose and local coordinators. Local guardians will be authorized to utilize this fund for children's education.  We have the local monitors who will ensure that the funds are used for the children’s educational needs and who will also evaluate whether the children are really benefited or not. Moreover they will report the children’s progress in school.  We will periodically send you the children's regular progress report in every six months to assure you that the contribution you made has indeed been useful for the purposes for which it was intended.

With our sponsorship project we are aiming for the long term commitment from you as even in the future sponsorship may require for their High School and University Education. If your sponsored child is extremely talented he/she may even get the golden opportunity to study abroad, which can certainly benefit the world. This is what we believe and plead you for your generosity.

How to nominate the children for sponsorship program?
Firstly, we go to the villages and try to find out about the background and family-history of the child. For verification, we check the facts with the other villagers. When we are sure that we have a genuine case, we ask the guardian of the child to fill the application form and submit it with the supporting documents, duly attested by their school, concerned department and District Development Committee. We then make a profile of the children based on the facts then we publish on our website.

What is Special Sponsorship?
Special sponsorship is a bit different from our ordinary program. It facilitates the children with an opportunity to study in city based English private school (i.e. Kathmandu, Pokhara etc). This type of sponsorship is more expensive, the cost is anything from US$ 120 to US$ 150 per child per month includes all meals, accommodation (staying in hostel), school fees, uniform, regular health checkup etc. The children who are extremely extraordinary, smarts can be nominated in this sort of category. The more details regarding the ordinary and special sponsorship would be forwarding you after you select the child for sponsorship.

Payment Policy
We accept cash, cheques, bank transfer and credit/debit card payments.

Contact
G.P.O Box 1280 Thamel
A-One Business Complex Building (2nd Floor) Kathmandu, Nepal
Tel: 00977 1 4423719, 4423720
Fax: 00977 1 4444911
E-mail: community@acethehimalaya.com

The following are the nominated children for the Child Education Sponsorship programme for the year 2011. We assure you that we have nominated them after studying their family history, present condition and their level of income. Please have look below of each child with their short bio. To sponsor them please click "Sponsor Now" button or email us at community@acethehimalaya.com