Mamina Das and Jeff Rasley talk about the origin of the sister Basa Foundations in the US and Nepal. Jeff describes the fundamental...

In January, 2024, parkas donated by the Diamond Peak Ski Education Foundation to the Basa Village Foundation were delivered to the...

The BVF's major project in 2023 was providing financial support for the development of an agricultural and animal husbandry cooperative...

In this episode of Mission Evolution we discuss how to do philanthropy the right way in under-developed regions. I describe the simple...

The COVID-19 pandemic had a profound negative impact on tourism in Nepal and cut off the income upon which many of the families in the...

Jeff Rasley: A millionaire by the age of 40 who wondered, “Is that all there is?” He found the answer in Nepal working with the Rai...

Our 2020 project was successfully completed in August. With combined funding from the government of Nepal and $1,475 from Basa Village...

I picked up Basa Village Foundation's progenitor, Jeff Rasley's, new book You Have to Get Lost Before You Can Be Found (available at...

I have been combining trekking in Nepal with culturally sensitive development projects for 20 years. The last one, to Basa village in...

In November of this year we had a great visit to Basa. So much happened I could write a book, so I will keep this to the point of a BVF...

I first went to the Himalayan Mountains in Nepal as an adventurer and mountain climber in 1995. After four Himalayan expeditions in five...

We recently received pictures from Basa Village showing the ongoing renovation of 62 homes in the village. The April 2015 earthquake...

The Basa Village Foundation USA Inc. has opened a GoFundMe account as a way for those who would like to respond to the pressing needs in...

By now you've probably heard that a magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck Nepal on Saturday, April 24, 2015. At this time, there are over 1,000...

On March 4, 2014 the BVF-USA agreed to provide $5,000 to the BVF-Nepal to construct a new school building in Basa village. Sol Himal, a...

Living in the West, we take clean water for granted. Not only is our water generally free from harmful bacteria, we have it every time we...

Our expedition was a challenging one from the start. The day before we were to depart Katmandu two buildings adjacent to our hotel, the...