Support for 25 helpless children

Background:
Raksha Nepal has been actively working for women and children for the past 10 years. This organization supports those girls, women and their children who have been through different types of violence (sexual abuse, domestic violence, trafficking, polygamy victim, etc.) or who are vulnerable to violence. It also works in favor of the victims to raise their voice to the concerned institutions and help them get justice.
In the same context, since last 5 years, Raksha has established a Child Transit Home for those vulnerable children who have gone through negligence, orphans, sexually abused and other violations. The main objective to keep them in this transit home is to prevent them from following the wrong path and enjoy the basic rights like other normal children. Moreover, these children also get opportunity to make their life better. Raksha Nepal has been trying its best to give a safe and family environment to these vulnerable children, with limited funding source. RN with personal contributions has extended different kinds of support to more than 2500 children so far. Currently, it has 30 children in its transit home. RN has been coordinating with different organizations for their secure future.

Main Activities:

• Final year Examinations and Results
• School Admission
• Psychosocial Health Counseling (Group/individual)
• Children Repatriated and Newcomers
• Regular Yoga and Meditation Activities
• Birthday and various festivals Celebration

Activities in Details:

• Final year Examinations and Results: There were 30 children sitting for the final exams. Out of thirty children seventeen children got Distension in their final exam. Rest of the other children got first Division with good marks. None of them had to repeat in the same class. Results of this exams. has been attached as Annex I
  Gyanu, who has been staying in the Transit home was able to sit for School Leaving Certificate Exams. Has passed in the 1st division with 68%, which has boosted her morale and confidence level and helped her to go forward in life.
  
  
• School Admission: There are 30 children in Raksha Nepal Transit Home, out of which 28 have been admitted in school. Rest 2 girls are being supported by other individual donors. Children are attending classes from nursery to 9th grade.

  As per school policy, it charges admission fee for all 28 children, only the monthly fee is discounted for those who get scholarship (out of 28 children admitted, 8 children received monthly fee exemption) but they are liable to pay admission, examination, computer, library, stationery fees, etc. to school.

• Psychosocial Health Counseling: A psychosocial and health counseling, a pilot program for 4 months, was conducted by the Psychologist. Following are the various activities and observation done for the children living in the transit home.The children were divided into groups of three for this activity. The play dough was provided to each child before the activity started. The children were supposed to make an image which they dislike the most or feel angry about. They were then asked to do whatever they liked with that image. Children were biting, beating, kicking and showing full anger and rage to this image. After some break the groups were again asked to make an image which they liked the most that could be best person, or the best place. Children were very relative and made different places they had visited and people they liked the most.

• Children Repatriated and Newcomers: As per the agreement with the mothers of the children, they are repatriated back to their family, once the mothers are capable of handling them on their own. During this reporting period 2 children went back with their mothers. Rima and Saina went back to their village in Lalitpur and one in Kathmandu District. Both the mothers had received capacity building training from Raksha Nepal.
  In the meantime, 3 children have joined Child Transit Home, such as, Sanjita, Mukta and Mahima. Sanjita’s mother was sexually exploited victim, Mukta’s both parents are HIV+ and her mother is at the last stage of her ailment and father is not in the scene, Mahima is herself the victim of gang rape and trafficking.
  

• Regular Yoga and Meditation Activities: For alertness of mind body, RN has been running regular yoga and meditation activities for all the children and other elders living in its home. Luckily, one Doctor and Yoga expert visited the home and shared knowledge about yoga and its benefits, which has encouraged everyone living here.

• Birthday and various festivals Celebration: RN regularly celebrates each child’s birthday that are living in its home. About 7 children’s birthday was celebrated during this reporting period. 2 friends of RN came to celebrate their children’s birthday during April and June months.

• Children Made a Histry in South Korea: 7 children are selected for the international taekwondo competition in South Korea. RN since past 2 years has established Raksha Taekwondo Dojang under which all those living in its home are receiving regular Taekwondo training. In a short span of time, these children have successfully demonstrated best performance at the different local and district level competitions. As a result, 7 best performers have been selected to participate in the 8th World Taekwondo Cultural Expo. Competition, Muju, South Korea, from July 4-7, 2014. In this week long program, these children will be competing in various tournaments.

  We can easily presume how this international level competition exposure has inspired the lives of these children who have been the victims of different violence - some have lost their parents and their loved one at a tender age and been through indescribable hurt. Through these sports they have demonstrated their personality in front of all the players at the international level competition by proudly waving Nepali flag. The proudest part of this competition has borne its fruits in the form of gold, silver and bronze medals by these children. This has been achieved and has created a history in the Nepali Taekwondo sports.

Dear Donors and Supporters,

We are currently working to support these regular activities through the continued donations that we receive. All these donations are vital to keeping our programs going, and to helping to provide better lives for these women and children. We greatly appreciate your continued support and suggestions as well.

Background:

Ideally, every child needs to belong to a stable, secure and loving family. It is a widely-accepted value that children should be provided care and protection so that they can grow and develop. It is also an internationally accepted value. However, due a number of reasons-natural and human-induced-we are not always able to translate this 'intention' into a reality.

From last 10 years, RN has been working for the protection of the rights of women, children and to fight for the prevention of incurable disease, HIV/AIDS. When RN started to give shelter to the women, from that phase it has always realized the need of shelter to support the children of these women in their education and their other basic needs.

Children’s are the Raksha’s child shelter belongs to main target groups of this organization. Those women, who are working in Dance bar, massage parlor and Cabin restaurants. These women are at risk from the different forms of violations. These women cannot provide to their children’s minimum requirements like enough food timely, no education and no child protection environment at their periphery. From 2009 RN decided to give shelter to the children of targeted women with delicate economic condition, orphan children and the displaced children of arm conflict. RN want to provide facility to more children from this sector who are at risk, in this way Raksha Nepal try to increased number of children every year. Raksha Nepal start to provide minimum facility to 8 children in 2009 but at this moment 32 children are living in the shelter of age group 2-12.Raksha Nepal with a family environment and with all their basic requirements fulfilled along with their educational support and extra activities.

Key Activities:

• Final Examination
• Grade promotion exam of Taekwondo
• Dance performance on the occasion of Raksha Nepals 10th Anniversary
• Selected for the International game

In Details

Final Examination: Children from the shelter are just completed their final examination in school. Total 28 kids were participated in final examination. They all done well, based on conversation with them and waiting for results finally. Children from Nursery 2, from Lower Kinder Garden 3, from Upper Kinder Garden 1, from 1 grade 9, from 2 grade 2, from 3 class 5, from 5 class 1, from 6 class 2, from 7 class 1 and from 8 class 1 finally from 11 class 1 has participated in examination.

Belt test Examination (grading) of Taekwondo: Raksha Nepal organized Belt Test Examination program. 32 children and girls were participated on that occasion. They all performed well and got promotion to next grade and 7 children were got double promotion with Green Blue Belt and rest of the children has got Yellow Green Belt. Program has been started of speech with Lawmaker Rameshor Phuyal as a chief guest, he congratulate and wish them for their bright future, there were chairperson of Raksha Nepal, Instructor, General Secretary of Raksha Dojang, President of UUNTF Nepal Chapter and International Referee and Instructor also participated.

Dance performance on the occasion of Raksha Nepals 10th Anniversiry: Children have performed on the occasion of 10th anniversary program of Raksha Nepal; 8 children performed jointly and 4 children have performed sepretly as well. Children were also participated on rally program also, Raksha Nepal has organized rally program at same day of anniversary program. Around 8 hundred women and representatives from different agencies has participated on that occasion. Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister has chief guest on that occasion and he congratulate to Raksha Nepal for its welfare program.

Children Selected for the International Game:  Raksha Nepal coordination with Raksha Taekwondo Dojang have been succeded to select 6 children for International Taekwondo game in South Korea. This program will held in June 2014. 6 children have selected and receiving special training from the Instructor. Raksha Nepal expected after participate these program children will get confidence and also more opportunities within the country and outside the country as well.