• The NYOF Story
A woman who falls in love with countries. A broken leg on a long Himalayan trek. An orphanage straight out of a Dickens novel. Unlikely ingredients for the birth of a new charitable organization? Read on...
• Philosophy and Principles
What's NYOF really like? Here's how we work with the children, develop programs, and manage our internal affairs.
• Organization, Board, Staff, and Donors
Meet the NYOF family.
• NYOF Kids Giving Back
The ultimate, built-in "sustainability."
• NYOF's Financial Information
Read about how efficiently we implement donations, and download our financial documents.
The Nepalese Youth Opportunity Foundation brings together the best of two worlds—the professionalism and financial resources of generous donors in the "developed world," and the opportunity to dramatically improve the lives of destitute children in the "developing" world.

NYOF is a non-profit organization based in Sausalito, California, on the edge of the San Francisco Bay. From there we raise funds and provide fiscal and other oversight for our programs in Nepal. Hundreds of individual donors and volunteers, private foundations, and local businesses support these efforts. Thousands of children benefit.

We stay small and flexible. Our programs are carried out in Nepal by a highly qualified Nepalese staff. Olga Murray, the founder and president of NYOF, spends half of each year in California, and half in Kathmandu. In Nepal, we work closely with local non-governmental organizations (NGOs), communities, families, and, of course, lots of kids—who astonish us every day with their ability to overcome their difficult pasts.