Child Protection Nepal Project #16191

6000 Street Children in Nepal: Give Them a Home

by Our Sansar

6000 Street Children in Nepal: Give Them a Home

Project Report | Feb 13, 2015
A New Year for Our Sansar to tackle child poverty

By Lucy Boxall | Project Leader

Giving a little something back to the earth

Happy 2015 everyone - we hope your celebrations were as fun-filled as ours.

Over the Christmas holidays the boys were very busy with their artwork - making some fantastic festive pictures. What do you think of them? Perhaps we should make them into some charity christmas cards for next year?

We also enjoyed a lovely picnic to celebrate the New Year, although it was pretty chilly that didn't stop the fun and the hot food certainly helped!

What does the New Year hold for Our Sansar?

Thank you for your ongoing support, we want to make the 2015 the best year yet - getting the funds for healthcare and a dentist visit is the first step to this! We are already well on our way with plenty of sporting activities for the boys - check out a few of our photos - the boys had a special cricket lesson for Christmas!

We are welcoming new street children in to our home in Bigunj, Nepal, regularly which is a fantastic achievement, we also received a mention in the local newspaper last week! But, our resources will only go so far and with 100s of children living in poverty on the streets we need to do more. This year we hope to expand our services and be able to provide outreach support, helping with medical care and food for the children still living with no shelter.

In the meantime in our children's home...

Alongside the sporting activities and festive celebrations, we have all been giving a little back to the earth. We want to make the home self sustainable and have come a long way to achieving this with our own buffalo's for milk and chickens for eggs. This week the boys loved planting their own trees :-)

As always, a huge THANK YOU from the Our Sansar team and the boys in our children's home.

New bikes!

New Year picnic

Cricket coach visits

Happy New Year from our home

Art time

Christmas art

More art

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Nov 17, 2014
Welcoming new children and new visitors

By Lucy Boxall | Project Leader

Comedy Rocks - 3 December, Brighton, UK

Firstly, we want to make sure you all know about our upcoming UK fundraiser - the comedy event of the year....

Comedy Rocks is coming to Brighton, England.

This 3rd December we are delighted to present Comedy Rocks, an extravaganza of stand-up comedy. Featuring unique sets from fantastic comedians such as Simon Evans, Zoe Lyons, Marcel Lucont, Michael Fabbri and other great acts.

All proceeds will go towards supporting our much-needed children’s home in Birgunj, Nepal, which provides vital shelter and education to vulnerable street children.

Book tickets here now!

OUR BIG NEWS..... we have welcomed 2 new boys to the home this month, welcome Dilip and Bikash! They are busy settling in to their new home at the moment and getting to know our families' mother, other volunteers and of course the rest of the boys. We will bring you some more updates on them shortly!

The fact we are continuing to expand our home is all down to you, we hope this will be the start of many, many more homes across Nepal. With over 6,000 children living on the streets with no access to shelter, food or education, it is essential that we act now and ensure they get a chance at a real future.

The boys in our home's lives have changed some much since December when we welcomed them into our home, they are all receiving a fantastic education, healthy, nutritious meals and a loving family home - we are confident that they will all have a future away from the streets!

Getting to show off our home achievements to of one our trustees!

This week we were all very excited to receive a visit from Jeremy and Harvey from the UK. Jeremy is one of Our Sansar's trustees so it was a really special visit to show him the home for the first time. Thank you Jeremy! They also brought over with them winter clothes and boots for the boys, all essential for the cold months ahead. And, more importantly (in the boys' minds anyway) the accompanying sweeties....

And finally, if you want to get involved in the work we do, perhaps go over to our Children’s Home and get involved in a bit of DIY, perhaps you’re a teacher looking for a challenge? Get in touch! info@oursansar.org or find us on Twitter.

The children having a lot of fun - as usual!

Fun with our baby buffalo

Jeremy and Harvey came over from the UK

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Comedy Rocks 2014

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Aug 25, 2014
Cycling our way to funding our children's home

By Lucy Boxall | Project Leader

Welcoming a new boy to our home - updates soon...

Here in Our Sansar HQ the team are building up a sweat (and slight panic) getting ‘ready’ for the England London to Brighton Bike Ride 2014!

This gruelling challenge (more so for some of us!) will test the teams endurance over 54 miles of varying terrain. This is our latest fundraising event to ensure we can continue the great work over in Birgunj, Nepal in our Children's Home.

Our very own Julia and Clint in the UK have taken to their bikes for the first time in many years, brushed off the rust, put on the lycra and are prepping for the epic journey. That alone is worth your support!

We all want to give a special shout out to Belinda Best and her bro, Damo….. they are also taking on the challenge, all in the aid of Our Sansar!

Belinda has been busy training, although we are hoping she has upgraded her choice of transport for the day – otherwise she may be pedalling a long while the Our Sansar team do however fully approve of the sequins (see photo)!

Find out more and support Julia, Clint, Belinda and Damo here

Thank you both, and for everyone who is supporting us, know that every penny raised goes to the boys in our Children’s Home in Birgunj, Nepal – in particular, we are raising funds to send them to a better local school where they will learn English, IT and a range of other skills that their previous lives on the street would never have given them the opportunity to gain!

Click here to find out more about the Our Sansar Children’s Home and the street children we are helping provide a future for.

More updates from the home: we are just about to welcome two new boys to the home - providing them shelter, food and education and ensuring they get the best chance of a future away from the streets....more updates to follow on them soon! We know you are all looking forward to meeting them, we know our boys are!

Event news!

For our UK based supporters: are you feeling up for a physical challenge? Well, it is not too late to register and take part in this year’s London to Brighton Bike Ride 2014…. head over to our Facebook page now for more details – or follow the instructions below.

Here are some facts about the ride:

Starting point: the beautiful Clapham Common, South London
Registration time: 06:30AM-09:30AM
Starting time: 09:30AM
Distance: 54 miles – We know you can do it!!!
Finish point: Maderia Drive, Brighton
Raise a minimum of £100 for Our Sansar projects
Get your Our Sansar t-shirt

Enjoy the ride – plenty of picturesque scenery to see, local pubs to make your pit stops at and loads of fun are guaranteed.

If this challenge is for you please email Monica@oursansar.org and she will get in touch with further details.

A big thank you from all the boys in Nepal!

Belinda - training on her errrrrr 'bike'?

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