General issues
The association was founded on 26.11.1995 and is registered at the district court in the register of associations. It was considered charitable from the local tax office (tax no. 007725053242) and authorized to hand out donation receipts. At the moment the association counts approximately 100 members and 600 addresses of friends. The managing committee is built of 7 members. The association is exclusively complementary. There are no full time working members.
Aim of the association
The ‘Freundeskreis NepalHilfe (FNH)’ is an association to help and bring forward Nepalese children. Their help is geared towards orphans, half-orphans and children of particular poor families. FNH provides them with accommodation, food, daily care, medical supervision, free school education and career advancement. Caste and religious affiliation are of no importance. Furthermore the association supports the dialogue between the two nations Nepal and Germany.
Previous activities in Nepal
In 1995 a fairly big house was rented in the centre of Pokhara. Until 2001 29 children lived there under the supervision of Nepalese people who lived with them in the house. At the end of 1997 and again in 2003 the FNH was able to buy an estate of 17.000 qm. The first construction activity for the children’s village was building a water pipe to this area. Further construction activities between 1999 and 2003 were three children’s houses, one workshop, a store, a health station with an office and a neighbouring school for approximately 600 students. The children’s village got electricity and road access as well a solar kitchen and specifically built compost toilets. The compost toilets had to be removed because of less and less acceptance by the inhabitants. Chicken and rabbits are kept and farmland is cultivated with local vegetables. Between 2003 and 2005 another 37 children were accepted and the number of staff members doubled since the beginning of our project.
Future Plans
In future we want to accommodate up to 100 children and for that purpose to extend the three houses and built new houses. Our future aims comprise a sponsorship for the children or a stock for financial security for the children, education and advanced training for the bad or not at all trained teachers and their financial upgrading.
We aim for an apprenticeship promotion after the school education, financial support for an apprenticeship training or university degree at a Nepali university, medical supply and consultancy for the local communities.
The whole purpose of a support after leaving school is giving the children a future perspective in their own country. We want to give them a broad and sufficient education with the chance to get a good employment in Nepal.
Activities in Germany
We do multimedia shows about the country and the people from Nepal and colourful music programs with traditional Nepalese food. To gain the attention of people for our project and its aims we organize meetings to inform about the country travels through the country and information desk at markets where you can buy traditional handicrafts. Just like any other charitable organization the FNH relies on donations and sponsorships to support the project in Nepal.
For further information please don’t hesitate to contact us. We are happy to provide you with more information and answer any questions you have about the project (you will find our contact address here). We are most grateful for your interest in our project and for any donations or sponsorship and would like to thank you in advance in the name of our children in Nepal.
