News for April 2010

Help Orphan Children in Nepal

Nepal is one of the poorest countries in the world and had been suffered from civil unrest for last 10 years. Affected by chronic poverty, internal conflicts, social discrimination, and lack of opportunities, hundreds of orphaned children leave their villages in search of work; many of which end up as child laborers, and their lives are only further exploited in cities.

Various individuals and social organisations have voluntarily set up orphanages in Nepal to protect these children by offering a homely environment, education and skill training opportunities. Most of these orphanages are poorly resourced, under staffed, and are struggling to run their program due to the lack of funds.

Most of the orphanages do not provide the children with fresh vegetables and fruits due to lack of funds. They provide only lentils and rice every day. Volunteer Society Nepal believes that all the children at the orphanages should get at least the daily minimum quantity of fresh produce. Although, there are a number of orphanages that also do not provide the necessary diet to the children, Volunteer Society Nepal has been providing eggs, fruits, green vegetables and meat only for 45 orphans from three different orphanages. Volunteer Society Nepal made a commitment to provide this support as long as possible. Due to financial constraints we have been able to support for only few orphan children, we are doing our best to raise more funds so that we can support more orphanages in the future.

Edited: April 6th, 2010