Santa Maya Bhattarai

About This Project

We heard about Santa Maya Bhattarai at the same time we heard about Farosh Maya Magar through a relative of one of our volunteers. We wanted to find out more about Santa Maya and her family. When our volunteers, Rabin and Arun, visited her they learned about her poor economic condition. A single mother of 4, She struggles on a daily basis to meet her family’s needs because of her poor financial condition.

In order to help Santa Maya Bhattarai, Yang-Ward Foundation launched a project “Lead the Way for Women” in 2017. This project is funded by Paul Kavanaugh and Debbie Kavanaugh. They have been continuous supporters of the Yang-Ward Foundation’s work since its inception.

After being on the road for 12 hours and crossing the river Kamala Mai without a bridge, our volunteers reached her village to launch the project. Our volunteers delivered 6 hybrid goats to Santa Maya who is excited to turn her life around with the help of this project. Santa Maya welcomed our volunteers with excitement and shared her enthusiasm with the great interest. “I am going to take care of these goats and when you visit me next time, I will have baby goats as well. Please do visit me again”, Santa Maya told our volunteers when they were about to leave her house.

Thank you Paul and Debbie for supporting our mission and providing unwavering love, support and encouragement. On behalf of happy Santa Maya Bhattarai and her family, we would like to thank our volunteers for helping us to implement this project successfully.