Show your support of Nepali flood victims and help rebuild Nepal: for every NepalAid Notecards set ordered for $21, you will receive 10 Nepal-specific notecards—and the RPCVs of Wisconsin-Madison will donate $20 to the nonprofit Nepali American Friendship Association (NAFA).
NAFA will send 100% of the monies donated to well-defined in-country projects focused on rebuilding Nepal's infrastructure.
The Nepali American Friendship Association (NAFA), established in 2005, is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit community organization based in Madison, Wisconsin.
RPCVs of Wisconsin-Madison is also a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
The NepalAid Notecards set includes 10 notecards featuring photos of Nepal from the International Calendar Project: two each of five different images.
• Three notecards are completely blank inside and two feature the word "Peace" in Nepali and other languages.
• The landscape card is 6.25 x 2.5"; all others are 4.25 x 5.5"
• Envelopes included.
Want to increase your donation to Nepal but don't need more cards? Just click on Nepal Aid Donation at the bottom of this screen to select an additional $25 donation (or more) to NAFA. The RPCVs of WI-Madison will forward your additional donation to the Nepali American Friendship Association, with a dollar-for-dollar match of up to $2000.
Descriptions of the five Nepali cards in this notecard set:
Nepal Landscape Notecard: Lo-Manthang, Mustang district of northern Nepal: At 15,000 feet in the Himalayas lies the Tibetan kingdom of Lo-Manthang, in the Mustang district of northern Nepal. The current king, King Jigme, is the 25th monarch in a line that dates back to the 14th century. In the 15th and 16th centuries, the salt trade made Mustang a highly prosperous kingdom. Today, just outside the city gate are fields of barley, mustard, wheat, and buckwheat. The surrounding mountains hold magnificent monasteries with red-robed monks, bell-shaped chortens, or religious shrines, and caves rich with ancient Tibetan Buddhist paintings.
Photo © 2011 Susan Caster (2015 International Calendar)
Nepal ArtCard: An important part of Nepal’s celebration of the Hindu autumn festival of Dashain are traditional swings, called “pings.” A frame is made of 4 bamboo shafts set into holes in the ground, bent inward, and tied at the apex with sturdy natural jute rope—a traditional technology unchanged for centuries. The seat is just a loop of rope or a simple wooden board, and standing to swing is more common that sitting. With heights exceeding 20 feet, the swinging arc is so long its’s easy for kids to imagine they’re flying.
Photo © 2009 Scott Faiia, with Photoshop filter (2020 International Notecards)
Nepali Friends Notecard: Nirmalidanda, Nepal: Four friends take a break from working their families’ terrace farms on the steep slopes of Nirmalidanda, a village in the hills of eastern Nepal. Subsistence farming is the mainstay of Nepali hill people, who grow rice, millet, corn, and wheat, plus vegetables and fruits. Between Nepal’s tropical lowlands and the arctic climate of the high Himalaya Mountains, the fertile middle hills are home to an ancient culture that has developed from Tibeto-Burman groups that migrated over the Himalaya and live alongside Indo-Aryan peoples who came up from India.
Photo © 1984 John Vavruska (2021 International Calendar)
Nepal Teatime Peace Card: Laundry day in Kathmandu unfolds at a comfortably slow pace, as a couple relaxes over tea while colorful clothing dries on the line. Kathmandu is Nepal's capital city and the center of Nepalese culture and art. It is also one of the oldest continuously inhabited places in the world, dating back to the 2nd century. Kathmandu's appeal can be found in its historic structures and chaotic energy, but its greatest charm comes from the warm hospitality of the people who call it home.
Inside: the word PEACE in Chinese, Nepali, Arabic, French, Thai, Malagasy, Georgian, and English.
Photo © 2013 Michael Dixon (from the 2024 International Calendar)
Nepal Peace Card (Prayer Flags): Prayer flags deliver their blessings to the world.
Inside: the word PEACE in Nepali and other languages and scripts.
Photo © 2022 Ann Marie McGillicuddy (2023 International Notecards)
