Meet Our Team

 Gopini Wosti is a Chair person and Managing Director of the Hopeful Home Orphanage. She was born and raised in a remote village in Nepal. After a few years of marriage, Gopini decided to come to Kathmandu and work in an orphanage. She would cook, clean and look after orphan children and that’s when Gopini began to feel the connection.

Seeing those children and living with them every day made her feel more responsible towards them. That’s how Gopini got the inspiration to establish her own home where she could give shelter and love and support to many more children who had lost their parents. Unfortunately, at that time, she had zero money in her pocket so Gopini started asking for help from Nepali people. Little by little, she managed to raise enough money to rent a small house that could hold 10 children.    "So many children in Nepal are orphans and are not able to get a good education. The Government of Nepal is also not capable of helping those children".

Postal : Changunarayan -3, Jhaukhel , Bhaktapur

E-mail : gopini.wosti@gmail.com, Mobile : 977 9841608573

Currently Dinesh is serving the orphanage as Co-Chairperson and Director of Fundraising and Programs.  As Dinesh states "I feel proud to work in HHO that my time and strength has gone for children.  But running the orphanage is not an easy job because we don’t receive any support from the government and we are always dependent on donations." 

Dinesh lives in Kathmandu with his family - his mother, wife, daughter and son.  After completing primary school, Dinesh went to another school which was one hour away on foot. While training as a waiter in a big hotel, Dinesh met a couple from London who wanted to help an orphanage. 

He contacted the orphanage where Gopini and Pandey worked and arranged for a visit. After some time, Gopini and Pandey started a new orphanage - Hopeful Home Orphanage . They were running the orphanage asking for donations door-to-door and they asked Dinesh to help make connections with tourists. He made a flyer for the orphanage and started an international volunteer program and began working there part time, helping the children with English language, good civilization, and raising funds.

Postal : Tarkeshwar -9, Dandagaun, Kathmandu.

E-mail : dinesh.khakurel@gmail.com ; mobile :977  9841318404.

Without our dedicated staff, we could not operate.  Each of our staff members bring love and kindness to their daily interactions with the children who live at the orphanage.  We feel  fortunate to work as a cohesive team in providing for the many needs of children who are part of our extended family.  

Sumi is a young woman originally from Changunaraya Bhaktapur. She married a man in her native village. They are farmers who don’t own any land. She is an uneducated woman with 2 children. Her husband has two wives. Her step husband and step wife didn’t treat her and her children well.  There was conflict in her family.

In 2021 a child welfare officer  to whom Hopeful Home has a strong relationship with  recommended Sumi and her two children for the shelter. Now she is serving  the Hopeful Home children as a cook and as a care giver. She is paid staff who is saving a small amount for her future. 

Sometimes her children visit their fathers and stay with their mother in the orphanage.  

Sumi provides good care for hopeful children who also have shelter in transition.

Nirmaya Chepang came from Gandaki Rural Municipality, Gurkha, situated in the hills outside the Kathmandu Valley. Coming from the impoverished Chepang community, known as one of the poorest indigenous groups in Nepal, her family faced considerable challenges. The Chepang people, characterized by their semi-nomadic history, have struggled with the rugged terrain, making permanent farming challenging. The forest has remained a crucial source of sustenance for the Chepang. Unfortunately, factors such as forced teenage pregnancies and limited access to education beyond elementary school have contributed to their plight.

She is an uneducated woman. She has a son and a daughter. Her daughter never attended school and was married at the age of 17. She was living with her husband and son. They are farmers. There was not enough land to grow food for their family. Her husband has a bad habit of alcohol. He didn’t work for his family. There was always conflict in her family. She left her home to find a job for earning to educate her son. Nirmaya has hardly managed to send her son to school. Now her son attends a high school in grade 10+1. He would like to be a teacher. To cover school expenses for her son, she was looking a job. Dev Praja, the activities manager of hopeful

home, recommended her to Hopeful Home as a care giver to children. She is happy to serve

underprivileged children for their better growing.

Pabitra is 24 years old girl and daughter of chairman Gopini Wosti. She grew up in the orphanage with other children. She has bachelor degree in social work. 

She is assists her mother with paper work in order to run the orphanage smoothly.  In the day time, she attends the University working to attain her masters degree. 

She says “I am genuinely happy to help children and to be an integral part of the Hopeful Home Family”.

Hopeful Home is fortunate to have the assistance of several non-profit organizations from the United States and Europe.  They have contributed financial resources to help fund our activities.  In addition, they have assisted us in carrying out important projects that have benefited the children at Hopeful Home.

Since 2005,  Hopeful Home has worked in partnership with Ten Friends.  Ten Friends is a United States based non-profit 501 (c)3 organization that is dedicated to improving lives in Nepal.   Ten Friends has provided partial financial support to operate the orphanage and helped in the transition to the current location.  Ten Friends volunteers and High School students frequently visit Hopeful Home on their travel adventures and have established a special bond with the staff and children who live at the orphanage.  We encourage you to find out more information about Ten Friends at www.tenfriends.org   or by reading this "Short Story of Ten Friends"  

The Laxmi Support Foundation was founded in 2006. They support schools and a children's home and have successfully implemented more than 60 projects in Nepal. 

Since 2005, Laxmi Support has been supporting the Hopeful Home . Together with Gopini Wosti, the managing director of the children's home, they discuss what the children need and what actions we can best take. This could be anything: sponsoring a festival, school clothes, renovating the house or a day out with the children.

Read more  information on the projects that they have supported throughout the years. 

The Marlief Foundation was founded in 2011 in memory of Marlies Radder. Marlies was planning to do volunteer work in Hopeful Home, a children's home in Kathmandu. Unfortunately, she was no longer allowed to experience this and now we travel to Nepal every year to visit this children's home for orphans or disadvantaged children and to support financially. 

The Marlief Foundation has provided some financial support to Hopeful Home for school fees and other needs throughout the years and volunteers from the organization have assisted in the care of children at the orphanage.