PROJECTS

Working with Ranjita Sharma

At the age of thirty, Ranjita Sharma suffered an accident in Kathmandu, Nepal where she damaged her spinal cord which paralyzed her from the waist down. Living in Nepal has made it difficult for Ranjita to continue her day to day life such as raising her two children. With the help of Upability Foundation, Ranju will now be receiving an electric wheelchair and will be assessed by doctors in Thailand to determine if she can be rehabilitated using spinal cord stimulators. Upability Foundation is currently working towards raising funds for her wheelchair and spinal cord procedure. In the meantime, we are providing her with job training and will be helping her find work once she completes her necessary rehabilitation process.

Upability Delivers Free Meals to Your Door During the COVID-19 Shut Down

On April 27, 2020, Upability foundation started Meal donations to anyone around the community who reached out needing help during the COVID-19 Shutdown. Upability’s founder and CEO, Sunita Bhandary, volunteered her hours to cooking and personally delivering the meals to those who reached out using sanitary and safe methods. Upability Foundation is aware of the many challenges faced by individuals during this critical time. Many people have been left unemployed and families are doing everything they can to put food on the table while staying cautious and keeping their family away from the potential risks of COVID-19. That is why we decided to help out during this time to ensure that everyone gets to eat. We are also offering individuals, businesses, and restaurants to sponsor a days worth of food if you are interested in serving the community. For more details you can email us at upabilityfoundation@gmail.com or visit our Facebook page and send us a message on Facebook.

Donating Heaters to the Women of Nepal's Snehi Kaakha Organization to Keep them Warm During the Cold Winters

On January 20, 2020, Upability Foundation donated ten heaters to Snehi Kaakha, a small not-for-profit organization in Nepal that houses homeless women and women with mental disabilities who were neglected by their families. We learned about Snehi Kaakha from a video they posted on YouTube and decided to contribute to their cause by gifting the women who reside in the Snehi Kaakha house with heaters to keep them warm during the winters to come. Winters can get really cold in Nepal and without proper heating systems, many people suffer through the harsh weather conditions. Upability Foundation is committed to helping all individuals and organizations with needs, so as we work on growing our company and completing our project goals, we also branch out to our community and beyond to provide support any way we can.

Upability provides free course training of Graphic Designing

The four-month graphics designing course, which started with the aim of making people with disabilities self-reliant and changing the way society looks at them, has been successfully completed. Six persons with different types of disabilities have directly benefited from this training. It is the natural right of a person with a disability to live a life of self-reliance and not to depend on anyone else because of their disability, despite having high potential aspirations.
But in a semi-developed country like Nepal, where there is no disability friendly structure, they are deprived of self-employment when they are confined at home. With such problems in mind, the Upability Foundation has given more importance to the Skill build-up training program that can be done at home.