News
Read stories and updates from our work with the children of Nepal. To find our old newsletters from 2003 to 2018, visit the archive! Otherwise, click in the search bar below to locate blogs on a topics you’re interested in.
Did you see our newest video?
Check out our new sustainability and legacy video at: http://mitrata.plannedgiving.org
Thank you to everyone who helped make this video possible! Curious about the filmmaker Amy Benson’s story and the making of this video? Check out last week’s blog all about her journey here: https://www.mitrata.org/blog/check-out-our-new-legacies-video
Filming Mitrata's Legacy
An article from nonfiction documentary filmmaker, Amy Benson, who just just completed making her third video for Mitrata. She describes why her love and passion goes beyond her love for telling stories. Her sponsored children have had a troubled past, and she and her husband, Scott, found a better way of sponsoring and a passionate community with Mitrata. Mitrata, she says, is the family that understands a part of her life that many do not—that is, the connection she has with her sponsored family in Nepal—The Darnals.
Save the Date for Our TWO DAY Holiday Bazaar
Save the Date for our Holiday Bazaar on Saturday, December 7th from 12-5 AND on Sunday, December 8th from 11-4. Come support our fair trade artisans and our children in Nepal. We hope to see you there!
True Confessions of a Child Sponsor
We all sometimes want to do more than we can; we want to be an ideal sponsor to our sponsored child and genuenly want to make their lives better, to mitigate their struggles. But we’re human, too, and sometimes cannot do all that we want to do to help: our finances change, life gets in the way. Sponsor Melissa Alipalo explores this feeling of guilt and her redemption through her trip to Nepal and meeting her sponsored child and her child’s mother. She sees that they are more connected on opposite sides of the world than she realizes and navigates her emotions in this moving piece to find peace with her sponsorship history. We are very thankful to Melissa for the opportunity to publish such a beautiful sentiment about what it means to sponsor a child.
Renowned Musician Javier Mendoza to Perform Concert Benefitting Mitrata
Javier Mendoza, also known as Hobo Cane, is throwing a charity holiday concert for Mitrata this December 13, 14, and 15. We are so excited for the opportunity to work with such an amazing artist and are thankful for David and Tracy Floeh for coordinating this great event!
Newsletter Updates and Future Plans
A brief update about our newsletter, and the announcement that our Strategic Plan page on the website is live!
Saturday Planning Session and Dinner
A summary and overview of the Board’s Strategic Planning meeting as well as our dinner at Himalayan Hut with the advisory board. Thank you to our out-of-state Board members who flew out for this meeting, and to all of our Board members for a productive meeting and wonderful, fun dinner!
Our new website update!
Our board member and web developer, Matt Plank, recently implemented a wonderful update to our website. Check it out at: mitrata.org and check out more of Matt’s work at his website: https://www.catapultmysite.com
Thank you Matt, for all that you do!
A Day on Mount Baker
A narrative about our first Mount Baker climb this year from Mitrata Board Member and Climb Leader Len Kannapell. Read his fascinating account of the sights and sounds of Mt. Baker and be transported the mountain itself. Mitrata is grateful for all of Len’s hard work organizing the Mt. Baker climb this year and also grateful that we can experience his climb for ourselves through his story.
Class of 2019 Graduates!!
Our Contact Center staff and children celebrate our Contact Center graduates and our students who passed the SEE exam. We heard moving speeches from our SEE students and BSF staff and enjoyed a delicious cake and nutritious lunch! Congratulations graduates!