Together with our Corporate Partners, we can achieve so much.
All over Nepal, in almost every rural school, children are receiving sub-standard education in dark, dirty classrooms from untrained and demotivated teachers. First Steps Himalaya is training teachers and improving village schools...
...but we’re only just scratching the surface!
A typical dark, dirty and boring classroom in rural Nepal for young children
An early childhood classroom after our local partner, First Steps Nepal has refurbished the classroom and trained the children’s teacher
Let’s give these children the education they deserve.
Why partner with us?
Are you and your team passionate about change? Do you believe that education can bring about significant long-term changes in the life of a child? Do you want to see an end to innocent people being vulnerable to trafficking and jobs that are not what they seem?
One of the best long-term solutions is education!
First Steps Himalaya has been working in Nepal since 2008 through our trusted local partner, First Steps Nepal. As a Nepali-led organisation, we have the expertise and team on the ground in Nepal to ensure your money will be spent wisely, where it is most needed. Help us invest in the future of rural Nepali communities.
To break the cycle of poverty in rural Nepal, we start with the youngest children in the village, supporting their schools to provide quality teaching and encourage a life-long love of learning.
Why become a Corporate Sponsor?
Choosing to align your business with a specific charity or cause comes down to your corporate values. Being a corporate sponsor demonstrates social responsibility to your clients and staff. It is also a really fun way to encourage employee engagement and motivation. Staff can get involved in fundraising and feel part of something bigger than just their workplace.
Our Corporate Sponsors receive regular updates from Nepal on our project schools and how they are improving.
Donations by New Zealand registered companies are tax deductible, meaning you can claim back 33.33 cents for every dollar your company donated.
We work closely with our Corporate Sponsors to identify and implement ways we can work together, aligning with your company goals and missions.
We have a range of Corporate Sponsorship packages available.
Interested in being a part of the solution?
Contact Us
We love working with Corporate Sponsors who share our values.
Get in touch with one of our Directors, Fionna and Durga. We would be delighted to get to know your business needs and provide you with a customised proposal, which we can then work through together to fine tune.
Meet some of our Corporate Sponsors
We are so grateful for the steadfast support of our all Corporate Sponsors.
Our Corporate Sponsors help our work in rural Nepal with generous donations of money or time.
Court Construction Limited, New Zealand
Court Construction Limited have been passionate supporters of First Steps Himalaya since 2014, when they proposed building a teacher training centre in Nepal. This generous company raised the needed funds and sent a team of their staff to Nepal, who assisted with the build process.
Unknown to them at the time, the sturdy eco-friendly earthbag building would stand up to the massive earthquake that struck just days after completion in April 2015.
Since then Court Construction has organised numerous fundraising events including a gala dinner, quiz and movie nights. They have also introduced other corporate sponsors to First Steps Himalaya. Their volunteer team have been on site in Nepal four times to bring their expertise to our school builds. For more information on our earthbag building projects, click here.
A beautiful gala dinner organised by the Court Construction team which raised over NZ$68,000 for building a new kindergarten at Jana Jyoti School, in Dyali, central Nepal.
Getting hands-on in Nepal, Cameron Court of Court Construction overseeing the building of new classrooms.
Nebulite, New Zealand
Based in Auckland, Nebulite, New Zealand have supported the building of two schools in rural Nepal. These purpose-built schools are clean, bright and build using an eco-friendly and earth-quake resistant building technique.
Nebulite have also generously supported the construction of our Teacher Training centre in Sangachok.
Bayleys Real Estate, Christchurch
Major sponsor of a special project, building a new purpose-built home for rural Nepali woman, Sita and her newly disabled husband. Following the massive earthquake of April 2015, Sita’s husband was left paralyzed after being trapped in the rubble of their collapsed home. She gave birth shortly after and the young family were huddled in an earthquake shelter unsuited to the needs of Sita’s disabled husband.
With the help of generous sponsors like Bayleys Real Estate, Sita and her family now live in a new home, purpose-built for disability living.
Royale Kitchens
Royale Kitchens have repeatedly supported the building of schools across Nepal.
In 2015, Royale Kitchens got involved in supporting the construction of our Teacher Training centre in Sangachok. Groups of rural teachers from across Nepal attend training courses here in contemporary professional teaching methods that they can take back to their village schools.
Timber Floor Solutions
The regular support from the team at Timber Floor Solutions means that rural teachers from across Nepal can attend Teacher Training workshops in our quality-built Training Centre.
PlaceMakers, Cook Street
The awesome team at PlaceMakers, Cook Street not only gifted funds to assist with building our Teacher Training Centre, but they provided a ton of nuts, bolts and other fittings needed to complete the building.
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We would love to work with you!
Find out more about our corporate sponsorship options HERE.
We are so grateful for the support of the following other Corporate Sponsors:
Architectural Hardware Solutions; Arctic Glass; Atlas Conctrete; Atomic Sky Ltd; Auckland Outdoor; Auckland's Finest Painters; Barfoot and Thompson; BCR Concrete; Black Steel Mobile Ltd; Concrete Concepts; Elephant New Zealand; Finished Floors; Meerkat Plumbing & Drainage; North Harbour Concrete Cutters; Optimum Environments Ltd; RD2 International; Skin & Vein Clinic; The Empowerment Project
Let's make change happen!