Handmade Soap with Heart: How a Soap Changes Lives in Nepal

June 2026 · Karina Santjohanser · Reading time: 7 minutes

We have a soap. It's handmade. It costs €6.50. And when you buy it, we give a soap to a child in Nepal.

This isn't a big promise. It's not mystical. It's simple: Buy soap. Give a soap to Nepal. That's how PRADIYA works.

 

How it all began: The reality in Nepal

Last week I wrote a blog – about hygiene in Nepal. The numbers are stark: 70 percent of people don't have access to clean water. Schools in Nepal – especially in Oda, a very remote region in western Nepal where our children's home is located – often have no toilets. No washing facilities. Girls are absent from school because there's no hygiene infrastructure. Soap – something so simple – reduces diseases by 48 percent. But many families cannot afford it.

We could have ignored that. But PRADIYA doesn't work that way. So I went out and asked: How do we make a soap that really makes a difference?

 

Naturbote – The craftsmanship behind the soap

Naturbote /Schaum & Schorle is a soap manufactory in Augsburg. Eugen Dank makes the soaps himself. Handmade. No factory. No mass production. Eugen selects the raw materials he knows. Natural oils, fats, that's it. Every soap is made with care.

That was the start: I told Eugen the idea. With every soap we sell, we give a soap to Nepal. For schools, for children, for people who need it. Eugen said yes.

 

The model: What happens when you buy

When you buy a PRADIYA soap – €6.50 – this happens:

You receive a soap. A handmade soap by Eugen. You can use it. It works. It smells good. It's gentle on the skin.

In parallel: We send a second soap to Oda, Nepal. It goes to the 27 children living in the children's home. It goes to the 124 children in the international Waldorf school that we support. It goes to communities where families need access to soap.

That's the model. Not abstract. Not symbolic. Concrete: You buy a soap, a soap goes to Nepal.

 

Why this soap?

There are millions of soaps. You know them – from the supermarket, everywhere. Why this one?

Because it's handmade. By someone who stands by their name. By Eugen in Augsburg. That means something different. You know what's in it, because Eugen tells you. You know where the raw materials come from. And you know exactly that a second soap goes to Nepal because of your purchase.

That's no more or less than that. But it's real. It's traceable. It works.

 

A meaningful gift

Soap as a gift works. It's practical. It's personal. It's €6.50 – not too much, not too little.

But this soap as a gift is different. You're not just giving a product. You're giving the information: This soap helps a child in Nepal. The person you give it to knows: With this purchase, I've done something. Not out of guilt. But from the realization: Soap is important. For me, for a child in Nepal.

 

Available in the shop today

The soap is available in the online shop today. €6.50. That's it. Buy it. Or several. Give it as a gift. The story comes with it.

 

More about PRADIYA and Nepal

If you want to learn more about the reality in Nepal – and why soap is so important there – read the hygiene blog.

If you want to get to know the children's home in Oda and the Waldorf school, read more about our project here.

And if you're a fan of handmade products with direct impact – check out our angora scarves. Each scarf funds one month of sponsorship for a child in Oda. Just like this soap. Everything we do works on the same principle: quality, craftsmanship, transparency, and direct impact.

 

 

Frequently Asked Questions

 

That's all

There's not much more to say. A handmade soap. €6.50. A soap goes to Nepal. That's PRADIYA.

PRA · DIYA – to plant a seed, to bring light.

Karina