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Although the work that Tiny Hands Nepal does is charitable,
and although we put every dollar (or rupee) to use as efficiently
and directly as possible to help those who most need help
and are most able to be helped, and although not a single
penny of our profit will be used in any other way, we want
to operate as a self-sustaining enterprise, rather than be
dependant on charity. Tiny Hands Nepal is financed by our
pashmina scarf volunteer program and through the donations
of others.
Our volunteers sign up to sell
a packet of ten high quality scarves (for $20 each), to friends,
family, coworkers, acquaintances, at church or on a local
college campus (with permission, of course). You can sign
up online here using your credit
card. We have heavily encrypted the credit card information,
so there is no need to worry about the security of your donation.
Your credit card number will also be deleted from our database
as soon as the transaction is run.
This is how the volunteer program works:
- Sign up to volunteer – On this
website, just give your name, address, and contact information,
and choose one of three payment options, to transfer the
money to Tiny Hands Nepal.
- Receive your scarves in the mail –
within a few weeks, you will receive a packet with everything
you need to sell the scarves, including information about
Tiny Hands Nepal, 20 brochures, and a free t-shirt.
- Sell them – You can sell them to
friends, family, and acquaintances, on a college campus
or at church (make sure you get permission first!), or any
way you choose!
- Send the money to Tiny Hands Nepal –
Depending on your payment option, after you sell the scarves
you can just send the money here with a credit card on this
website, by clicking on make a payment.
Click here for answers to common questions
about the volunteer program.
When our volunteers sell these scarves, we encourage them
to try to find at least two more people who will agree to
sign up on our websites as volunteers themselves. Being a
Nepali organization, we have very little ability to market
our products in the United States, and are thus dependant
on our volunteers to make the program grow. We are desperately
seeking to find those in need, and trust that God will move
the hearts of our volunteers to help us change lives!
Click
here to sign up and receive your scarves
PASHMINA
Pashmina, which is the Persian name for Cashmere, is the
softest and most luxurious wool in the world. Known for its
warmth, long life, and softness, each fiber is around 15.5
microns thick (a human hair is 75 microns thick). Pashmina
comes from the inner layer of wool on the neck and chest of
the Himalayan mountain goat, Capra Hircus, which lives at
high elevations, over 12,000 feet, in frigid temperatures.
For that reason, it is considered the best insulation in the
world. Each goat produces a very small amount of pashmina
annually (maybe 3-8 ounces), and the wool used in these scarves
is imported from Tibet and Inner Mongolia. The scarves are
made in Nepal, and also contain high quality silk, which makes
them stronger and more durable.
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