Iowa Nepalese Association organized the food packaging drive at Meals from the Heartland on Saturday February 25th, 2023. We had more than 47 individuals signed up for the event including kids. 

We would like to thank you all so much for taking time to Volunteer for the Meals from the Heartland! It was a successful event. Special thanks to our Junior volunteers- Garvik Thapa, Gianna Thapa, Ria Thapa, Grivan Khadka, Samyam Khadka, Bijeet Pandey, Bivaan Pandey, Snehi Pokharel, Parul Sthapit, Anusha Adhikari, Bisesh Pokharel and Anisha Prajapati. Please visit our facebook page for more photos – https://www.facebook.com/IowaNepal/ and also please like the page.

Help Nepal fight Covid-19 – Support CFC

We are undergoing an unprecedented global health crisis in the form of Coronavirus. It has affected everyone and right now Nepal is at the brink of a humanitarian crisis with one of the worst viral transmission rate in the world. Nepal is not equipped enough for this worst form of pandemic. There is a lack of enough access to safety and preventive measures throughout the country. Nevertheless, Nepal is still fighting this brutal wave of the Covid-19 pandemic as much as it’s given capacity. However with the onset of the growing crisis, Nepal is in dire need of help from all possible fronts.

In this context, Pradip Ratna Sthapit, an active member of INA who is currently in Nepal came in contact with Chhatrapati Free Clinic. The clinic is seeking help from all the willing and capable donors. It has extended a request of help to INA (Click here to read their request for help) and we have decided to raise funds on their behalf through our community.

More information on the clinic is available on their website at https://www.free-clinic.org.np/.

Iowa Nepalese Association is a 501(c)(3) organization with Tax ID as 46-2263203. We have concluded fundraising and we have initiated process to transfer the raised amount to Chhetrapati Free Clinic.

Click here to view contributions made for Chhetrapati Free Clinic.

Today we find ourselves in one of the most difficult times as we continue to learn more through monitoring of the COVID-19 outbreak. It has drastically impacted everyone’s lives throughout our communities, nations and worldwide, and certainly has transformed our daily routines bringing a new meaning to the word “normal.”

We hope and pray that all of us are following the CDC’s guidelines and preparing for the worst. With this pandemic requiring social distancing, we have suspended and postponed all of our upcoming (Table Tennis, Kid’s Open Mic, Nepalese New Year celebration, Meal Packaging) events until further notice.

Please be safe and stay healthy.

Iowa Nepalese  Association is a non profit organization with the primary goal to share and promote Nepalese life and culture in Iowa. This website not only focus on the organization and its activities, but also provides a glance to Nepalese life in Iowa. There are comparatively small number of Nepalese living in Iowa. Most of them lives  in Des Moines, which is the capital of Iowa. Others live in the Quad Cities, Iowa City, Cedar Rapids, Fairfield, Ames, Pella, Indianola, Grinnel, Cedar Falls, Dubuque and Decorah. Nepalese living all over these cities come together and celebrate various occasions throughout the year in peace and harmony.