Nepal is one of the richest country in the world in terms
of its natural resources and culture. Nepal known as country with largest
mountain ranges including out of 14 highest mountains in the in the world, 10
of them are in Nepal. It is land of Mt. Everest, birth place of Buddha
(Lumbini), and famous for friendly people in the world.
Though country is rich in nature resources, huge potential
for the tourism, friendly and hard working happy people, economically it is one
of the least developed and the poorest country in the world. The per-capita
income of Nepali people is 165€ (US $240), and more than 40% of Nepali people
are illiterate. More than 45% people does not understand the value of
education. Most of the people has no money or resources to eat more than 3
months in a year. Simply they do not have any income, some of them have very
low income which even not able to buy for Kerosene (lamp), salt and cooking
oil. We do have fact that some of the poor family die lack of proper
treatments.This country today depend on foreign helps and supports especially
remote areas of Nepal except very little percentage of the population.
Since most of the people who are
very poor and busy with arranging 'bed and butter' each day, there is no fund
of educating their children. 14 years conflict in the country even make worse
with family who lives in the remote areas of Nepal. The poverty is one thing, the other
side, there are always some natural disasters such as floods and landslides,
wild fires etc. Sometime they even lost all what they have. And there are more
than 40% of the population is under-nourished; life expectancy is low and TB,
typhoid and cholera are still widespread.
This country does not have any social security, health insurance(if someone got sick, if you have money you can get the treatment if not, wait and die) and support for education. Government announce for free primary schools, but those programs are ineffective due to proper guidelines, stable leadership and continuity of the plan. The government free primary education plan only include school fee (they do not have to pay free for school) but not the rest of the expenses such as their child's books, copies, pen and pencils, school dress (uniforms), admission fee, exam free, lunch and other day to day expense. Besides this, government program only apply in government schools where most of the places there is no schools. Even there is, the infrastructure of the schools are very poor such as no benches to sit, no blackboard to read, no water for drinks, no ground for play. Condition of the government’s school are worst and some of the school even do not have enough teachers as well.
This country does not have any social security, health insurance(if someone got sick, if you have money you can get the treatment if not, wait and die) and support for education. Government announce for free primary schools, but those programs are ineffective due to proper guidelines, stable leadership and continuity of the plan. The government free primary education plan only include school fee (they do not have to pay free for school) but not the rest of the expenses such as their child's books, copies, pen and pencils, school dress (uniforms), admission fee, exam free, lunch and other day to day expense. Besides this, government program only apply in government schools where most of the places there is no schools. Even there is, the infrastructure of the schools are very poor such as no benches to sit, no blackboard to read, no water for drinks, no ground for play. Condition of the government’s school are worst and some of the school even do not have enough teachers as well.
HOW DOES THE SPONSORSHIP
PROGRAM WORK?
HOW ARE THE STUDENTS
SELECTED?
We have asked members of
our women's groups to select students from their midst, whom they think are
particularly needy or deserving of being sponsored. We have been surprised by
the unanimity or their choices. We accept both boys and girls.
CAN I SPONSOR A GIRL,
PLEASE?
Yes, girls are at a
particular disadvantage in Nepali society, but we cannot promise you a girl.
Members of our women’s groups fully understand the need to educate girls, and
choose girls and boys in equal numbers, because everyone has the right to an
education. We have decided to respect the women’s choices and we seem to get an
equal number of boys and girls to be sponsored.
In addition to this
sponsorship program, EDWON has its own SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM to help girls with
higher education. You are welcome to make a separate donation to EDWON.
HOW LONG IS MY
COMMITMENT?
The sponsor promises to
support the child for at least three years - but we hope for
continued support until the child has passed the SLC- the national school
leaving exam given after 10th grade.
WHAT IS MY COST?
As a sponsor you will be
asked to contribute $100, due every April 1st. To sign up for this year,
$75 is payable now to cover the cost for this year until April 2015.
HOW IS MY CONTRIBUTION
SPENT?
The child's family will
use the sum to pay for school uniform, supplies, and if applicable tuition, and
good nutrition and clothing. The rest of your contribution is a stipend to the
family as encouragement to send the child to school instead of work.
15% of your sponsorship
fee is kept aside for administration.
HOW CAN I FOLLOW MY
CHILD?
You will receive an
update on your child twice a year as well as photos, and if at all possible,
letters. Our staff in Kathmandu visits your child four times a year, when the
family receives one quarter of the annual stipend. Our staff member meets with
the child the family and the school to assess your child’s progress and the
family situation. If there are problems our staff member tries to help solving
them and acts as a resource. She or he also takes pictures and assists with
letter writing. A short report is prepared after each visit.
HOW CAN I ESTABLISH A
PERSONAL CONNECTION TO MY CHILD?
You are encouraged to
write letters telling her/him about yourself, your family and your world, but
please do not make promises you cannot keep, even veiled ones. We
discourage mailing care packages, even though the need is great. It would
be an undue burden for our staff members to deliver them. But monetary
assistance is welcome.
HOW DO I GET STARTED ON
MY SPONSORSHIP?
Upon sending in your
contribution, you will receive photos and a profile of the child and the
family. The amount of detailed information we have on each family and child at
this point varies a great deal.
You may send a check with your signed contract or pay immediately with a credit card or paypal account using this link. In either case please send the signed contract to Eva at the address listed on the contract.
You may send a check with your signed contract or pay immediately with a credit card or paypal account using this link. In either case please send the signed contract to Eva at the address listed on the contract.
Nepal Friendship Foundation has designed the Child Sponsor
project with the vision and hope that small contributions of money and supplies
can benefit and even change the lives of many poor and needy children and their
communities. We believe that it will change lives of much poor family.
Soon in near future Nepal Friendship Foundation also plan
to teach parents as well. We believe parents play a major role in their
children's education, as the children spend the majority of their time at home
and only five to six hours a day in school if they attend the school.
Therefore, Nepal Friendship Foundation aims to work with children as well as
their parents, in an effort to increase the general populations' confidence in
the value of education, environment and culture.
Education is a light. It pulls the human being out of the
darkness and pushes into the world of the happiness of life. Considering this,
since its establishment of Nepal Friendship Foundation has been supporting the
needy children of Nepal.
Our selection Criteria:
a) Who comply to stop their study due to their poor financial status even though they are very intelligent in their study.
Most of the poor family could not read and write. Though they do not want to have more children, there is no way to control this. 6 to 6 bed, no awareness, no family planning, there almost every day a poor family get a unwanted child in Nepal. Having more children means need more food, and care. In other hand, a quick pregnancy, makes weak to the woman, and can't do hard labor with man. They can do household work or just a little job (if there is but hard find), and since now only a man working, naturally they have less income than before. Every day they need more food and more support, but who going to help and support them? May a young child need to stop going school, and need to support the family, this is also one of the reason while child labor still couldn't control in Nepal.
b) Parents want to keep
their child to school but they can't due to very poor and who do not have any
financial support.
From the very beginning they are very poor. They want to
send their child to school but they do not have any financial support in order
to make their child ready for school. As per our research, a parents need to
have at least Rs 1000 to Rs 1500 (equivalent to US$ 15 to $ 20) a month. It is
hard to save this money each month to them.
c) Children who lost
their parents. Or their parents are physically or mentally disable to educate
their child.
d) Family abandoned or street children
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