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Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Mission

In 2006 a small group of Nepali people opened this orphanage to provide a stable home and continuing education for the increasing number of children who have been left without parents due to the country’s political unrest and economic troubles. There are now thirteen orphan children from all over Nepal living at the SDC in the Kathmandu neighbourhood of Khusibu near Naya Bazaar. The children are living in a safe and secure environment, receiving food, an education and medical needs that would otherwise not have been available to them.

Through the combined efforts of Prakash Chandra Devkota and Uttam Bhatta, both members of the original committee, along with the international director, Sue Clark and the many volunteers, the orphanage is now a well structured, stable organisation. The high yet attainable goals of the SDC set it apart from many others. It is conceived, designed and funded to be a permanent home which will help these thirteen children become well educated, positive, respectful and valuable members of Nepali society.

Each year, the biggest goal and challenge for the orphanage is to be able to secure enough funding to support these thirteen children. Operated on a primarily voluntary basis the home is run with minimal costs. The children’s carers, Ruth and Harimaya are the only two paid ‘employees’ of the organisation and there are no administrative overheads. All funding is raised through donations globally and there is support within Nepal and Kathmandu. For more information on overheads etc please see ‘Donations’.

For the founding members of the orphanage education is of the highest importance. Ultimately the dream is for each child to have the opportunity to attend a higher standard non-government school and possibly move on to tertiary education.

The children’s Nepali and English skills improve everyday and their understanding of different cultures, manners and concepts such as hygiene are so much greater because of the time they get to spend with volunteers and western visitors. As well, Horimya’s older children , who are also very much a part of this big family, spend the afternoons tutoring the children and helping them with their homework.

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