Volunteering for Food for the Poor Nepal means offering much more than food. It means bringing kindness, presence, and human connection to people who are struggling every day..
Food for the Poor Nepal is a project of Wise Projects. The founder of the project is **Norbu Sangpo – Jan de Ruiter**.
Together with our local team in Nepal, we keep the project active, transparent, and focused on what matters most: providing daily meals to the poorest people — women, children, men, and people with disabilities.
Volunteering
Volunteers from Nepal, Austria, Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, and India help us distribute meals to people living in poverty in Kathmandu. Volunteering here is not only about lending a hand, but also about meeting people face to face, listening to them, and offering support with respect and compassion.
No One Should Be Forgotten
A small act of kindness can change someone’s whole day. Some days are emotionally intense. You may meet families who have almost nothing, and that can be difficult to witness. But you may also experience something deeply meaningful: a small act of kindness can transform someone’s day. Our volunteers continue this work because they believe that no one should be forgotten.
Volunteers in action
Generosity is our inspiration
Inspiration from a spiritual master
Food for the Poor Nepal is a contribution to a wish expressed by Lama Gangchen Rinpoche in 1991. Food for the Poor Nepal is a project of the Mani Bhadra Lama Gangchen Wise Projects Foundation, a recognised non-profit foundation founded in the Netherlands in 2016 by Lama Gangchen Rinpoche.
Advice from a spiritual master – Pabongkha Rinpoche
In 2022, Jan de Ruiter, managing director of Mani Bhadra – Phoenix Import in the Netherlands, received advice from Pabongka Rinpoche to start distributing life-saving food to the poor living on the streets of Kathmandu. According to Pabongka Rinpoche, sponsoring food for the poor creates very positive karma, which helps to increase the lifespan of both the sponsor and the recipient.
Norbu Sangpo – Jan de Ruiter
Founder of Food for the Poor Nepal – Project Coordinator
Managing Director of Mani Bhadra – Phoenix Import in the Netherlands
Please contact me with any questions about Food for the Poor Nepal.
I work with our local team to keep the project active, transparent and focused on what matters most: daily meals for the poorest people – women, children, men and people with disabilities.
https://www.foodforthepoornepal.net/contacts/
