Orphanage Child Home

The main orphanage in Kathmandu, Nepal is home to 15 children from 4 - 16 years of age. There are 6 other orphanages across Nepal in partnership with HFN where other opportunities are available for volunteer placement. HFN provides each child with a loving home and a hope for the future by offering these orphaned children with care, shelter, and education.

Nepal is home to more orphans than most countries as a result of a very high poverty rate and unemployment rate. Another huge influence was the very recent Nepali Civil War (1996-2006) in which it is estimated 15,000 people were killed and 150,000 were internally displaced, leaving government social programs in tatters. Education is a difficult task for most families, half the population lives on 1$ US per day, and because of this many children begin life in the workforce at a very young age, often in very undesirable working conditions. The government is unable to provide any type of welfare plan for disadvantaged families and child abandonment is a very common occurrence in poor communities where the parents can barely provide for themselves. Other factors effecting Nepal's high number of orphans include domestic violence and social discrimination. HFN partners with a number of other orphanages, expanding their social support network for these abandoned children, and helping as many as possible.

Volunteers have the opportunity to use their time to take the children on excursions, such as going to a museum or the swimming pool. The orphanage can also arrange the activities for them. Sponsorship Support, Programs and Volunteering all help the needy orphanage children living in the home in Nepal. Children who have lost their

parents, children who have been abused by their parents, and children whose parents can't provide for their living are in need of emotional and financial support. These orphanage children need love, attention, life skills and education so that they can have successful futures free from poverty and filled with the same joy and opportunities as others. Below is a schedule of our daily activities at the main orphanage in Kathmandu, Nepal.

Please visit http://www.volunteerorphanage.org/

Please Contact us himalayanfn@gmail.com