Tharus and Friends Association celebrated Maghi 2022 in the New York City by distributing about 500 hand sanitizers and face masks to local community people. TFA would like to thank to local leaders and organizations who supported this program. We expect similar supports from local community
Read MoreKaushila Chaudhary was born into a Kamaiya (bonded-laborer) family in west Nepal. She worked as a Kamlari (bonded laborer) for 16 years before she was freed. She joined the human rights movement to free all Kamlari girls, fought for banning the practice, and rehabilitating freed girls.
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Dev N. Chaudhary is one of the best and most popular soccer (football) players of Nepal. He played many national and international games for Nepal leading to many victories. He is now retired, but his name is still popular in the country. Now, he lives in
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Seema is also an athlete from Far-Western Region of Nepal who competed in women’s 800m run on barefoot at the 7th National Game in 2016 and won bronze medal. TFA initiated "Donate $5.00" campaign to collect fund to buy shoes and other athletic gears for her.
Read MoreKeshari Chaudhary is a national athlete of Nepal. She has taken part in national and international games including South Asian Games and won medals in high jump, long jump, and triple jump. Above three (3) important people were honored and recognized in a program with
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Suma Tharu from Bardiya District, Nepal sang a song at the opening ceremony of the third “Women in the World” summit at the Lincoln Center, New York, USA in March, 2012. She is a former Kamlari girl. Her song was about her personal story of six
Read MoreTilak R. Tharu, representing Nepal, took part in men’s 100 m race in 2012 Summer Olympics held in London. He is from Nawalparasi and the first Tharu to participate in world famous Olympic game. TFA honored him with some cash and a certificate in a program
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Tharu Kalyankarini Sabha (TKS) Kapilbastu district organized a program attended by the TKS district president, Umashankar Tharu, and the TKS central member, Janjir Prasad Tharu, and distributed relief packages worth NRs. 25,000 each to five families that lost the primary breadwinner to COVID-19. The relief packages
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Backward Society Education (BASE) distributed food items, health safety materials and educational materials to 36 children and their families in Dang District in consultation with local government. Health checkups were provided by mobile health teams. Distributed items included rice, dal, cooking oil, salt, sugar, soaps, hand sanitizers,
Read MoreChet Narayan Chaudhary, the former treasurer and life member of TFA, passed away during a medical treatment at a local Hospital in Chicago, Illinois, USA on April 23, 2021. He is survived by his wife and a daughter. To support his family in this difficult time,
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