FFN 2010 Projects
1. Prayas
2. Navajyoti Lower Secondary School
3. Shanti Rani School
4. Shree Ajad Lower Secondary School
5. Shree Sisnery Higher Secondary School6. Sunrise Secondary English School 1. Prayas
This is a non- governmental organisation set up in May 2006 to improve the welfare of street children and victims of drugs. It is involved in a variety of activities from providing a Drop in Centre and half-way home for street children, to a longer-term rehab centre and finally a shelter for recovered street children (or reunification with their families depending on the individual child’s situation), as well as school and radio awareness campaigns about the dangers of drug-abuse.
With currently 20 children regularly attending the DIC, 15 children house in the re-hab clinic and 10 children in the shelter home attending school, the Prayas programme has successfully developed a model on a small scale of helping the street children of Kathmandu re-enter society.
The project
This will cost over 10,000 pounds and will continue to fund the drop-in-centre and “Mero Ghar” halfway home near Thamel, Kathmandu. The objective of this programme is to help the street children of this and surrounding areas to pick their lives up again. They will receive support in the form of health care, awareness, skills training, formal education and non formal education, protection from violence and psychological counselling.
The day-care programme will provide food (breakfast, lunch and afternoon tea) and clothing for 20 street children. The half-way home will provide these services, as well as an evening meal and accommodation for 10 children. In addition to a weekly visit by a doctor on a voluntary basis, this project will also fund a full-time nurse who will visit the home every day providing basic medical assistance. The project will also fund a full-time “didi”, a house-mother, who will cook for the children and help clean the home. In addition to these services, there will also be two Prayas Big Brother staff members who will live in the home. Outside the basic welfare provisions for the children, funds have also been set aside for the children’s recreational activities.
Please, note that these children are never forced to enter or stay. The idea behind this programme is to encourage them voluntarily to take the necessary steps to leaving the street permanently and to re-entering society. This programme involves four steps; that of the drop-in-centre being step one, the half- way home being step two, the rehab centre being step three and the shelter home or re-unification with their families being step four. Although there is no fixed time period, normally after one month of visiting the drop-in-centre three times a week, a child becomes eligible to join the half-way home. After a further two months of regular attendance, the child is then eligible to take the next step- the rehab centre where they will stay for six months. Post this, the child will either be reunited with their families or join the shelter home. Although the project only funds the first two steps, each step is instrumental to the successful reform of a street child.
NOTE: Future For Nepal worked successfully with Prayas for the past three years, initially funding a drop-in-centre in Gaushala and then last 2 year establishing the DIC near Thamel. So far, through FFN funded projects, 6 previous street children are attending full-time education, 6 have been re-united with their families, 1 is working as a mentor within Prayas and 5 are currently in the rehab clinic.
2. Navajyoti Lower Secondary School
This is a government school, situated in Jharuswarshi in Chappa Goun, and currently has over 150 students and 9 teachers. With most of the students living below the poverty line, the main objective of this school is to increase the literacy rate of the students and develop all round students by organizing a variety of extra curriculum activities.
The project
This project will cost over 500 pounds and help fund the upgrading of water and sanitation supply at the school, as well the provision of educational materials for the Kindergarten class.
3. Shanti Rani School
This school is situated in Godavri village, about 30km from Kathmandu, and is run by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Cluny. The 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 over 150 children studying from Nursery to Class 4.
The project
This will cost over 500 pounds and fund the purchase of audio systems for the school.
4. Shree Ajad Lower Secondary School
This is a semi-government, community school, situated in Jhaukhel, Bhaktapur. It was established in 1961 and currently has 231 students, of which 129 are girls and 102 are boys, and 11 teachers.
The project
This will cost over 500 pounds and fund the provision of new furniture for the Kindergarten class and the purchase of a photocopying machine.
5. Shree Sisnery Higher Secondary School
This is community-based government school, situated in the Lamatar, Lubu. It was established as a primary school 58 years ago with the initiation of local social workers. It has since gradually been upgraded to a higher secondary school. Currently it has 14 classes from Nursery to class 10 and has 250 students. It seeks to help the most marginalised group within society, the so-called “untouchables”.
The project
This will cost 500 pounds and fund the provision of science laboratory equipment for the school.
6. Sunrise Secondary English School
This is community-based government school, situated in the Lamatar, Lubu. It was established as a primary school 58 years ago with the initiation of local social workers. It has since gradually been upgraded to a higher secondary school. Currently it has 14 classes from Nursery to class 10 and has 250 students. It seeks to help the most marginalised group within society, the so-called “untouchables”.
The project
This will cost 500 pounds and fund the provision of science laboratory equipment for the school.
Note: FFN has previously successfully funded grass-root community projects with Navajyoti, Shanti Rani and Ajad schools.
