Projects completed in
2007
1. Maiti Nepal
2. Prayas
3. Ved Vidyashram
4. Art Refugee UK
5. Kalidevi and Basiki School
6. Shanti Rani School
7. Shree Ram Mavi
8. Nava Jyoti Primary School
1. Maiti Nepal
This is a non- governmental organisation working from a local community level to an international level. Its aim is to help girls and women who have nowhere else to turn; it targets for help children who have been abandoned and forced to live on the groups in society with vocational training within rehabilitation centers/ shelters.
It has centres in all the targeted areas where girl trafficking occurs- it has shelters in Kathmandu, Nuwakot. Sunauli, Jhapa and Nawalparasi. Its
Kathmandu crisis centre, for example, cares for a wide range of women and children. Those children aged between 3 and 19 months are looked after in
the orphanage section of the centre. Older children either attend school or receive non formal education. The women learn vocational skills, such as sewing and fabric painting. Both the women and the children also receive counseling, as well as physical check ups.
Apart from the rehabilitation centres, Maiti Nepal also runs prevention homes, transit homes and a hospice in Gorkarna.
The project
This cost £1000 and funded two awareness campaigns. These campaigns targeted local schools in attempt to raise children’s awareness on girl trafficking; to encourage these students to spread their knowledge into the public domain; to develop a strong network of students to work against the problem; and to form pressure groups to tackle the problem.
These campaigns used a variety of tools from brochure distribution and posters to talks on street trafficking by lawyers and police, as well as talks by rescued victims of trafficking.
2. Prayas
This is a non- governmental organisation set up to improve the welfare of street children and victims of drugs. It is involved in a variety of activities such as day care and counseling for street children, and referring victims of drugs to rehabilitation centres.
The Project
This cost £1000 and was for a 6 month period. Its aims was to rescue street children from drug abuse and assist them towards integrating into main stream society; and to motivate the children to become independent and gain a sense of dignity.
The project’s funds were spent on non- formal education, as well as health checkups, a detoxification programme, first aid and recreational activities for the street children. Non- formal education, a form of schooling outside the recognized educational institutions, comprised mainly of reading, writing and basic Maths. Currently 5 of these children are now studying in formal education.
3. Ved Vidyashram
This was a school set up in 2001 in Chhaling, Bhaktapur to help impoverished, orphaned children receive an education. At present, the hostel cares for twenty boys, and relies upon food donations from the surrounding community for their survival. Ved Vidyashram lacks even the most basic facilities, such as an adequate supply of books and stationeries.
The Project
With the aim of helping to improve the children studies, the following facilities were provided by FFN:
· 16 beds, mattresses, pillows, quilts etc.
· 20 sweaters, shawls and other clothing material.
· 4 book racks, benches and emergency lights
· Library books
· 2 water filters.
This project cost £700.
4. Art Refugee UK
Since 1999, Art Refugee has helped Tibetan refugees arriving at the Tibetan Government-in- Exile Tibetan Refugee Reception Centres in Kathmandu and Dharamsala during this difficult time of transition through the medium of visual arts and creative play. It provides these refugee children with a protected time and space in which to play and make art.
They are supported in this by adult facilitators who understand and can relate to the children’s fears, anxieties and need for comfort. For these children, whose lives have been disrupted, playing and making art are essential therapeutic activities which help them to cope with their stressful experiences.
The Project
This cost £500 and funded the purchase of toys, art materials and costumes for the Tibetan Refugee children. These purchases were made from local Nepalese businesses, thereby ensuring that the local economy was also supported.
5. Kalidevi and Basiki School
Basuki School is situated in Lakuri Bhanjhyang, while Kalidevi School is situated in Phedikhola. Both were set up to help the Tamang people, an ethnic hill community that relies upon subsistence farming for survival.
The Project for Kalidevi This project cost £400 and aimed to provide the school with a multitude of equipment from test tubes to microscopes for a science laboratory.
The Project for Basiki
This project cost £400. These funds were spent on building an exterior wall for the school.
6. Shanti Rani School
This school is based in Godavri and is run by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Cluny. Shanti Rani School was opened on the 18th April 2005 as a means of providing the local under-privileged children with a good education. At the moment, it has 123 children studying from Nursery to Class 1.
The Project
This cost £400 and funded the building of an exterior wall for the school.
7. Shree Ram Mavi
This is a school based in Kavre district. It is a community school that endeavours to provide a quality education to the local area.
The Project
This cost £400 and funded computers to be purchased for the school.
8. Nava Jyoti Primary School
It is situated in Jharuwarashi and has 150 students and 9 teachers. Most of the students live below the absolute poverty line, and the aim of the
school is to increase the literacy rates of the children as best they can.
The Project
This cost £400 and funded the purchase of library furniture and carpet, classroom and office furniture, as well as playing materials.
