Peace Gospel Blog

About two years ago the Lord brought us into a relationship with a small church working to reach out to the rural poor in areas surrounding Kathmandu. After over a year of planning, we are ready to seek funding for an orphanage and a goat farm operation to sustain the work. Thanks to record-setting exchange rates with the Nepalese Rupee, we have an opportunity to fund the project for only $23,000. The more we learn about Nepal, the more we are burdened to begin this work. Poverty is extreme with 1 out of 2 living on less than $1 per day. Furthermore, it is estimated that 9% of children under the age of 14 are orphaned, making for an orphan population of about 970,000. To help you envision the impact your donation can have, we're dividing the start-up costs into 1,000 shares at a value of $23 each, as the total cost of launching the operation will be about $23,000. The orphanage will have a framed inaugural certificate at its entryway, upon which we will list "friends of the orphanage" who donated at least one share toward its start-up costs. [ sponsor a share of the Nepal start-up ]