The Arhaus Community School-Solukhumbu

Dear Friends, Partners, and Supporters, Namaste !!!

 This Earth Day, we look toward the high Himalayas with both urgency and hope. Here, climate change is not a distant headline—it is a daily reality, quietly reshaping lives and threatening the future of entire communities.

Glaciers are retreating at an alarming rate. As they melt, they bring floods, landslides, and unpredictable seasons—destroying livelihoods and pushing families to the edge. In Solukhumbu, the “Top of the World” is becoming a place where survival grows more uncertain each year.

A Sanctuary Under Everest: The Arhaus Community School

When livelihoods disappear, it is children who are most at risk. The Arhaus Community School is being built to support those most affected:

For the porters’ children – supporting families who have lost loved ones in the mountains, leaving behind uncertainty and hardship.

For the daughters of the soil – empowering girls whose families have lost their land to climate disasters, placing them at risk of trafficking and child labor.

From a Children’s Home to a Community School

For years, the Arhaus Children’s Home has been a safe haven for over 70 children. Today, we are expanding that same care and quality education to reach an entire region.

Our goal is to serve 300 students by late 2026, and ultimately 500 children every year—offering not just education, but stability, dignity, and opportunity.

This school ensures that children can grow up connected to their land, language, and culture—while building a future beyond poverty.

This Earth Day and throughout this month, your support does more than build classrooms—it protects a child’s right to grow up safe, educated, and empowered in the mountains they call home.

Links:

• Arhaus Community School: Where Classrooms Meet the Mountains