Around ~100 people call Sahara Ghar home today. Help us care for them →ENनेपाली
Sahara Ghar logoसहारा घर
सबैलाई घर आवश्यक हुन्छ

Every person deserves a place to belong.

For over a decade, Sahara Ghar has taken in those left on the streets, offering shelter, food, and dignity for people no one else would care for.

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Bal Bahadur Bista with children in the care of Sahara Ghar
हाम्रो हेरचाहमा रहेका मानिसहरू

The people in our care.

Sahara Ghar takes in anyone who has been abandoned or left behind. No questions, no exceptions. Around ~100 people live here at any given time, each one arrived with nowhere else to go.

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Residents of Sahara Ghar in matching shirts outside the shelter in Kailali

Stranded

People living on the streets in extreme destitution.

Residents and caregivers together at the Sahara Ghar home

The unwell

Mentally ill individuals who lack any family support.

Children cared for at Sahara Ghar, wrapped up warm in winter

Elders & kids

Helpless children, women, and senior citizens.

Residents outside the Sahara Ghar shelter building

Disabled

Persons with severe disabilities and nowhere to go.

एक दशकको अविरल सेवा

A decade of round-the-clock care.

~100
residents sheltered at any given time
10+
years rescuing people from the streets
1.5cr
NPR government grant for long-term care — National Planning Commission, 2025
24/7
shelter, food & rehabilitation care
Bal Bahadur Bista carrying an elderly resident to safety
एउटा मानिसको प्रतिज्ञा

One man's promise to the forgotten.

Sahara Ghar began around 2070 BS when local social worker Bal Bahadur Bista started rescuing people from the streets of Kailali. What began as one man's compassion is now a home for ~100 people.

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अहिलेसम्मको प्रगति

The progress so far.

Support like yours has already carried people from the streets back into life. This is what it adds up to.

1200+
people rescued from the streets
800+
reunited with family after full recovery
100+
moved on to independent, happy lives
13
children now in school
Children of Sahara Ghar gathered outside the shelter, one wearing a marigold garland
Children keeping warm by the fireside
A young mother with her newborn at Sahara Ghar
तपाईंको विशेष दिन, हाम्रो घरमा

Celebrate your day with us.

Supporters mark birthdays, anniversaries, and days held in someone's memory by spending them at Sahara Ghar — sponsoring a meal for the residents, bringing gifts, or simply sitting and sharing the afternoon.

Tell us your date, and the home will arrange the day with you.

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Bal Bahadur Bista celebrating with marigolds at Sahara Ghar
घरका खबरहरू

From the home

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A caregiver with children at Sahara Ghar
Grants · 2025

NPC approves 1.5 crore grant

The National Planning Commission backs long-term management of the shelter.

Sahara Ghar's marigold flower-house livelihood stall
Partners · CSR

Clean water & dining sets

NIC Asia Bank donates filtration systems, benches and dining sets to improve hygiene.

Founder Bal Bahadur Bista celebrating with marigolds at the home
Facility · Expansion

A bigger home is coming

Local government tenders support new construction to expand the Sahara Ghar building.

दिनहुँको जीवन

Day to day, on Facebook

The home posts as things happen — arrivals, meals, visits, the work of an ordinary week. This is that feed, live from the page.

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Find Sahara Ghar

Location
Ward No. 2, Bardagoriya Rural Municipality
(near Bauniya), Kailali District, Far-Western Nepal
Organization
Helping Hands Nepal · सहारा घर
Get in touch
saharaghar2072@gmail.com · +977 9858426778
Residents gathered in the marigold garden by the Sahara Ghar emblem in Bardagoriya, Kailali