End Child Labour in Southern Nepal

Can you believe that we are now able to provide education to 463 children that worked at brick factories and support their families? We are so happy with this result. A lot of hard work for our staff since the beginning of this year but everyone is really passionate and excited to be able to change those children's lives. 

And can you believe it's already year 2083 in Nepal? Yes, this week all staff and children celebrate their new year with loads of sweets and parties. 

The children are enjoying their classes a lot and with the new school year in Nepal starting soon, all will be joining regular school as well. They will shortly receive all their uniforms and special school bags that transform into small tables as well - this will enable them to study at home too (most of them live in small mud huts and do not have separate space to study). We are very proud of all our students. 

And from other exciting updates - we have just started our new Careers Counselling project. We aim to inspire children to continue their education after grade 10 (either formal or vocational) to avoid child marriage and so that they have tools for bright future, to change attitudes towards education amongst the parents, and to pilot new ideas aimed at career counselling and to design a model project for 2027 onwards. 

In 2026 our staff will be trained as counsellors and at the end of the year they will be able to deliver extensive careers counselling in a fun and interactive way. Throughout the year we will be introducing the children to different professions so that they can make an informed choice about possible paths they can take. We have already organized workshops with an electrician, carpenter and a vet and these were received very well by the children and were very inspiring. 

And more exciting updates coming up soon – we will keep you up to date!

At the moment we have 233 children that are a part of our End to Child Labour Programme - all the children attend regular school and receive extra daily tuition classes from us. Their parents receive literacy and vocational training as well - and then help with employment. 

We are very excited to share that from beginning of 2026 we will be adding approximately 200 new children to our programme. These are the children that work or worked at brick factories and have not had a chance to attend school. We are so happy to be able to try and inspire them to follow their dreams in the future. 

Also, in our other news - we will be starting a pilot careers counselling and further education support for older children. We will run a variety of training sessions and support the children with their formal or vocational further studies. We will be trying a few different approaches and the plan is to have a solid model by the end of next year that can then be applied in different settings. 

We continue our investigations into the brick factories and are running community training sessions on child labour. This combined with our direct support for the children and the families is already making a difference within the local communities. There is a long way to go though - more than 2000 children still need support. We are aiming to work with them all, step by step. 

We hope that you will all have a great holiday break and we cannot wait to share the progress the new children will surely be making!

Thank you so much for all your support - it really goes a long way. As you can see, every year we are able to reach more and more children - all thanks to you!