About Us

Jara Foundation is a social institution established in 2006, and now operating nation-wide from Kathmandu, Nepal. It works for the promotion of education, identification of and support to poor but talented students, promotion of art, literature, culture and social scenario at large. It is constituted by social workers, philanthropists, writers, poets, critics, translators, journalists, painters, singers and musicians. Of the many objectives its has set for itself, one of the most important ones is  to advance public habit in study, research, exploration and documentation through the use of different genres of literature, and to strengthen friendship among writers of various languages and nations, and enhance cooperation between writers and readers through recitations, lectures, interactions, publications and literary visits. Among its routine activities are literary discussions and seminar, identification and promotion of new talents in all fields of creative life, awarding writers and artists, organizing trips to neighboring countries, inviting writers and artists from the neighboring countries, publishing worthy works regularly, and thus, making a contribution to the literary and artistic enhancement of Nepal and its neighboring countries.

 

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