Annual Report 2025

We look back with gratitude on an eventful year for Usthi. In 2025, 13 Usthi projects reached around 46,000 people.

Behind this figure lie countless encounters, helping hands and thousands of individual life stories. In 2025, children and young adults studied with hope and ambition in our schools. In the Children’s and Women’s Homes, the project team created a safe and stable environment. Patients received medical care at the Tribal Health Centre. Families fed their new goats and buffaloes provided through the Education Project in Dhading, so that in the long term they can use the income from the livestock to pay for their children’s education. Hard-working volunteers cleaned the beach as part of the Waste Management Project in the Penthakata settlement and the prevention team carried out awareness-raising work in Hyderabad to protect against abuse and violence. All these moving moments are just a few glimpses into the Usthi projects and an impactful 2025.

We are very pleased to report on the successes and challenges of the past Usthi year in this annual report. The individual contributions provide insight into the daily project work and the collaboration with our partner organisations.

With your support, we can create future opportunities. Thank you for standing with us in supporting disadvantaged children and young adults.

We wish you an engaging and insightful read.

Your Usthi Team

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