News and Events
2024 Summer Newsletter
This spring and summer have been a busy time for House with Heart (HwH). We are happy to share this update with you.
News from the Children’s Home
The girls have taken their exams, and we’ve seen some really good results. Several girls have put extra effort into improving their grades. They receive regular tutoring sessions from the staff, and they also work with a tutor in math and science. We’re proud of them for studying hard to achieve success.
2023 Annual Report
Thank you for your support of House with Heart programs that provide opportunities for girls and women in Nepal to move out of a life of poverty and into one of purpose and dignity. Through your generous support, your volunteer hours, and your help in connecting us to new supporters, HwH is providing the outside intervention for over 150 girls, women, and individuals in our communityto break out of a circle of generational poverty.
House with Heart is a volunteer-led charityunder the direction of a U.S. board of directors with support from a Nepal board of directors, an international advisory council, and volunteers from around the world. The U.S. board includesChair Adam Thorburn,In-country DirectorandTreasurer Nicola Hayward, andChair Emerita Colleen Boland. We welcomedSecretary Dympna BurkhartandGeorgie Palmerto the board this year.
Annual HwH Party – December 10, 2023
New time!: 4:30 – 7:30 PM
Join us for the Annual Party benefitting HwH, December 10, 2023, at Dixon Place https://dixonplace.org from 4:30 – 7:30 PM.
Enjoy a special night of music, an art auction, and delicious food and cash bar. Start your holiday shopping at a craft sale filled with beautiful items handmade in Nepal. We can't wait to see you in person at this Party in the Bowery neighborhood of NYC!
Donate online or at the door.
https://www.housewithheart.org/donate.html
Thank you!
2022 Annual Report
House with Heart’s 2022 year was marked by a welcome return to full programming after Covid closures and the heartbreaking loss of one of our girls.
Our hearts are full of gratitude for the worldwide network of people who make up the HwH family, including the children, staff, volunteers, donors, and friends. Together we are a resilient group of people who mourn, celebrate, and act together. Together, we move children and families out of a life of poverty in Nepal.
Beloved founder Beverly Bronson set the example for us, creating a large international family. No matter what the challenge, she met it head-on, drew the family around her, and diligently tackled it.
We want to share these special stories from 2022.
Year-End Party Cancellation
We regret to announce that we must cancel the House with Heart Year-end Party scheduled for this Thursday, December 8, 2022.
We are deeply disappointed for not being able to celebrate with you and hope to reschedule the party in the new year.
We are grateful to you, our supporters, who make it possible to provide the programs that improve the lives of so many children and families in Nepal.
Thank you for your generosity.
2022 September eNews
Good things are happening at House with Heart, as we have shifted from an emergency pandemicmode to refocusing on our mission to move children and families out of a life of poverty.
We’re reaching out into the community, providing more families than ever before with help. Meanwhile at the House, our onsite programs are back up and running, and the children in the HwH family are thriving. We look forward to sharing our progress with you in this newsletter.
Thank you to all of our supporters who make the work of House with Heart possible!
Click here to read the September eNews
Justice Rocks Fair Trade Shopping Event
May 14, 2022 | 11 AM – 2 PM
High Mountain Church Gym | North Haledon, NJ
Calling all shoppers!
House with Heart will be participating in this fair trade & ethically sourced products event sponsored by the non-profit Justice Rocks.
Clothing, home décor, accessories, crafts, food court, and more.
www.justice-network.org
info@justice-network.org
2021 Annual Report
House with Heart’s 2021 Story contains drama, heartwarming moments, and even some plot twists.
We began the year with big plans to celebrate our 20th Anniversary. Covid, however, got in the way of that. But it didn’t stop us from doing what we always do at House with Heart in the face of adversity: we meet it head-on and act. The board of directors mobilizes, the staff gives it their all, the kids adapt and carry on, and the donors and supporters respond.
Although triumphing over adversity is daily business at House with Heart, we take special pride in the way our community stepped up to meet the challenges. This is our Story of 2021.
Please join us!
Virtual Year-end Party
Thursday, Dec 9, 2021 / 8 PM EST (US)
Follow this Zoom link to join the party:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85025523482?pwd=WVZ0NkcxUW5lVzJaL0RGL05DY0daZz09
If you don't have the Zoom app downloaded on your device, you will be guided through the setup process after you click on the link.
Please join us for House with Heart's Virtual Year-end Party. The children are very excited to attend the party and are busy preparing several dances for the celebration. There will be special music by Diwas Gurung with Shikhar Bajracharya, Tom Burchinal, and Maddy Walsh, as well as Margot Sergent and So French Cabaret. A live shopping bazaar follows the party.
The party caps off our 20th Anniversary and is being held in honor of our beloved founder Beverly Bronson. Don't miss this very special event! Admission is free. Donations are encouraged.
2021 November eNews
We are excited to report that life at House with Heart (HwH) is slowly starting to get back to normal. Our children have returned to their regular school, fully masked. Our staff is vaccinated and back at work. And our older girls, aged 18 and above, have been fully vaccinated. When the family gathered together this year for the important holiday of Dashain, we certainly had many blessings to celebrate.
Click here to read the November eNews
20th Anniversary eNews
There is no better day than Mother’s Day to announce that this year is House with Heart’s 20th Anniversary! Our founder Beverly Bronson was beloved “mummy” to two generations of children in the HwH family, as well as a strong role model for the many mothers served by our programs. We dedicate this year to her memory.
Click here to read the eNews
2020 Annual Report - The Year in Review
There is real power in gratitude. It can bring joy to the darkest of times, even a year like 2020 that was dominated by a global pandemic.
We have much to be grateful for at House with Heart.
Our first-ever Zoom Virtual
Year-end Party
Thank you to the more than 100 people who joined us for the Virtual Year-end Party last week.
What a special evening!
We have many people to thank: our lovely supporters, the board of directors for coordinating the event, Daniel Thorburn for Zoom production, the HwH girls and staff who helped with the video, all of the talented musicians who provided amazing music, and our hardworking craft sales people.
You can watch a taped version of the Party (minus the crafts sale) here:
Podcast Features Daughter Manu & Board Chair Colleen
Journalist and adventurer, Tony Fletcher has profiled House with Heart in his popular podcast, One Step Beyond. We invite you to sit back and listen to this compelling episode, which includes stories of our origin and the many challenges we’ve faced over the years.
Best of all, it features the voice of one of House with Heart‘s daughters, Manu Shrestha, 22, who took her own “One Step Beyond” to pursue a nursing degree in the U.S. three years ago. Board Chair Colleen Boland joins the conversation to share the story of our history.
Simple Embroidery: Decorate a face mask with Frankie Mirenda
You are invited to our first virtual ZOOM fundraising class, Simple Embroidery: Decorate a face mask, Tuesday, July 28 from 7:30-9:30 PM EST. Cost is $40, includes mask and materials.
Beginners welcome!
2020 November eNews
Our children continue to be at home on lockdown as Covid numbers rise in Nepal. Manager Hem Bahadur Rai has been stocking up on food, general supplies, and gas in preparation for an extended pandemic. The kids are taking their classes online. Thanks to Dammar Bista, the Shangri La School Vice Principal and our longtime partner, who personally administered exams in our garden. We’re looking forward to good results.
Click here to read the latest November eNews
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SEP
American Composer Philip Glass Named Honorary Chair of House with Heart
House with Heart (HwH), a family home for abandoned children in Kathmandu, Nepal is delighted to announce that American composer Philip Glass will serve as the Honorary Chair of the organization.
Mr. Glass has been involved with the U.S.-based charity House with Heart since its inception. His friendship with the organization’s founder, Beverly Bronson, allowed him to witness her tenacity and commitment to this difficult mission first-hand.
“I have the greatest admiration for what my friend Beverly achieved,” Mr. Glass said. “Firstly, by her humanity and her drive to help the less fortunate and, subsequently, for the way she inspired so many other people to do the same.
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JUN
Grand Opening of the BBC
We opened the doors to the Beverly Bronson Center (BBC) on June 1 . Thank you to our amazing donors!
Beverly Bronson Memorial
The memorial for our beloved founder Beverly Bronson was a celebration of her extraordinary life.
House with Heart
Jorpati, Kathmandu
Nepal
Mailing Address
151 First Ave, #74 New York,
NY 10003
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