Who is behind this organization?
The Love Company was founded by Krishna Prasad Pokhrel in 2009. Since then, he has accepted children with open arms, hoping to help as many as he can sustain in his orphanage housing.
Before TLC, Krishna did many things. He was a guide through the beautiful Himalayas of Nepal, a teacher, and a social worker. Through these occupations, he found his love for children and foreigners alike, and realized his dream of helping anyone he could. He built two primary school rooms as well as became a leader to build a high school in a small village, with the help of the villagers. Later on, he then brought together foreigners and the local children in need, and from there The Love Company was born. Krishna wants nothing more than for these children to have the best lives that they possibly can. He believes that the volunteers can help teach the children many things, and also that the children can help teach the volunteers just as much.
These days, Krishna is also a spiritual healer. He aids those in need of both mental and physical help through love, compassion, and spirituality. He has had proper meditation training and has testimonials from many people, including doctors. All of his profits go to the children of the orphanage, if you are in need of spiritual healing, please ask him.
The Love Company offers a safe and friendly environment for volunteers who want to help the children, learn about a new culture, try new food, and who want to visit the beautiful landscapes of Nepal. If you would like to see price list please go to the VOLUNTEER page.
We have enlisted help from our German friend, Manuel Gerber, to use his PayPal to collect donations. If you cannot come here to volunteer, we would love to accept a donation of any amount from you that would go straight to helping the children! Please visit our CONTACT page to donate.
If you would like to know more detail about Krishna's life previous to The Love Company, please read on:
Whilst still at school, Krishna Pokhrel's American volunteer teacher told him that in the future, he could see Krishna becoming a volunteer himself. Krishna followed that advice and became a volunteer teacher in a high school for two years.
After his two years volunteering and teaching in high school he became a trekking guide. During his treks he visited very remote villages. He met poor families who have no clean drinking water, where many children get sick because of very poor personal hygiene. Many of these children had no opportunity to go to school.
As a young teacher and guide from the village of Ghachok, a community only accessible by a four hour walk to this day, he instilled hope and learning to these remote children. Master Krishna tells of two schools which he initiated.
In 1979, he devoted two years as an unpaid teacher to educate the children of Ghachok. He relates the humble beginnings of the school in his own words: “The children knew where the school was to convene each morning by the presence of the log and the chalk board. These were the only foundations of our school. When it rained, the children would scatter to numerous houses in the village for cover. Once the rain ceased, I would ring a bell which signalled to the village children that the school day was again in session!”
The residents of the village pooled their donations in order that a thatched roof be built, enabling the school day to be uninterrupted by rain. From simple beginnings, this determination by Krishna, the children, and the entire village ensured that the thatched roof expand to a secondary school building, now sustained by the Nepal government. However, the village did not have a school for primary age children.
“As the young children of Ghachok had no access to schooling, I arranged for two small rooms to be built”, he relates, the clear fondness for his community evident. The year was 1983. These two rooms were basic by any standard, merely a tin roof and concrete walls. Enough to keep the harsh elements of winter snow and scorching summer sun at bay. A local guide volunteered to be the sole teacher and worked with no salary to establish the school.
Through the initiative of Master Krishna and the compassion of both he and the guide, Ghachok is proud to have a government primary school and the two rooms have now expanded to encompass all children in the village of primary school age. Master Krishna now extends this consideration of learning to orphans, with the same dedication and kindness which undoubtedly leads to success.