The Alain Rouveure Nepal Fund
UK Registered Charity No. 1166353
Since 1979, Alain Rouveure has funded health, education and rebuilding in rural Nepal.
Every school in Nepal, including government schools, expects a child to arrive with their own uniform, books, notebooks and pencils. In rural areas where families are already struggling to eat, that puts education last on the list.
Sickness does the same damage from the other direction. There is no national health service, so one illness in the family can mean selling the land and the house to pay the medical bills.
Then the 2015 earthquakes took the houses anyway. Families lost land in the landslides, and unless they can afford a costly reinforced building there is nowhere safe to rebuild. More children than ever are being abandoned, sold or trafficked.
Together we make a difference
Alain Rouveure
where it really matters.
Alain is Health and Education Adviser to Namo Buddha Higher Secondary School in rural Kavre District, two hours from Kathmandu. It has the third best grades of more than 400 schools in the district, and it has hostel places, which is why the children the fund sponsors are there.
Education & Health
Nepal sits on a powerful geological fault. The fund has sponsored an earthquake proof community centre in Etay Village, Kavre District. It is designed to shelter 350 people when the next one comes, and it belongs to the village.
Rebuilding
Registered with one month of fees and abandoned there the same month. He has grown into a strong, dependable young man who wins trophies for his House.
Read Roshan's story
Her mother works as a rickshaw driver and pleaded with the school to keep her safe. She is now bright, studious and worrying good at martial art.
Read Puja's story
His father lost his job for staying home two days with a sick parent. He is now a star student who loves IT studies.
Read Anish's story
" ... I see that my first responsibility is to my donors and friends without whom I could only do limited amount of social work with disadvantaged children in Nepal. There has to be Respect and Trust. "
Nearly all of it. Alain already travels to Nepal twice a year for his UK galleries and pays for those trips himself, so the fund carries almost no administration or travel cost. Donations go directly where they are most needed.
Yes. The Alain Rouveure Nepal Fund is registered in England and Wales, charity number 1166353. You can look the number up on the Charity Commission register.
Alain Rouveure, who first went to Nepal in 1979 and has returned every year since. He is Health and Education Adviser to Namo Buddha Higher Secondary School in Kavre District, and he has known many of these families for decades.
Education, health, and rebuilding after the 2015 earthquakes, mostly in rural Kavre District. Donations are directed to whichever of those needs it most at the time, rather than being ring fenced.
Yes, by standing order to LLOYDS, sort code 30 95 75, account name ARNF, account 222 38 668. £84 a month covers one child’s education as a day student. Full details are at the bottom of this page.
If you pay UK tax, the charity can reclaim 25p from HMRC for every £1 you give, at no extra cost to you. You tick the Gift Aid box when you donate. The declaration is quoted in full at the bottom of this page.
Both. Bank and IBAN details are at the bottom of this page. Cheques go to the Todenham address, also below.
Donations are handled by TotalGiving, an established UK donation platform. Your card details go to them, never to ARNF.
Please give what you can. The fund has minimum administration costs, and all the donations received go directly where it is most needed.
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