Our Work

Year 2022 marked the 14th Anniversary and the official closing of the Onni Project in Pokhara, Nepal. Onni opened its doors on 26 October 2008 and during the years provided a home to 16 disadvantaged and at-risk children, all of whom are now building independent lives — studying at university, working in trades, or pursuing careers in Nepal and abroad.

The Maya Scholarship Program provides financial and medical assistance to allow children, especially girls from disadvantaged backgrounds, to receive education in circumstances where otherwise their families could not afford to send them to school.

The Nepal Hearing Project commenced operations in March 2010, headed by Australian audiometrist David Hine. For over five years the well-established hearing clinic provided medical treatment, hearing assessments and fitted thousands of free hearing aids. Since late 2015 the clinic has been successfully operating as part of a new international ENT hospital in Pokhara.

On 25 April 2015, a 7.9 magnitude earthquake hit Nepal killing over 8,000 people and leaving hundreds of thousands homeless. Wind of Change joined international efforts to deliver emergency aid packages and tents to the most affected families in Sindhupalchowk district.