Nepal
In 2008 CLCR commenced the Heartland Children’s Academy (HCA), HCA, is a fast growing school providing co-educational classes from Nursery to class ten, specifically targeting the underprivileged sectors of Nepal’s society for educational support. For example, the females, marginalized caste groups, struggling families and children that have been affected by the “People’s War”.
Gospel for Asia (GFA) is working to promote and protect the human rights of the Dalit people. The Dalit people suffer from systematic abuse and oppression at the hands of the government and those from the upper castes. They are denied the basic needs of food, shelter and safety and, do not have access to decent education and employment.
Wind of Change started its community development programs in Nepal by establishing Onni Children's House, which currently houses 16 children - 8 girls and 8 boys. The aim of Onni Children’s House is to give an opportunity for new life to orphaned, abandoned and at-risk Nepalese children and provide for their needs in a loving, safe environment where they can receive every opportunity to grow up as happy, well-balanced members of society with a hope and a future. Onni House has now been open for just over a year and already the transformation in the lives of these special Onni children has been remarkable.
Building on the success of the Onni Children's House project, Wind of Change has implemented a sponsorship project for children from the surrounding community, providing education to 60 children from poor backgrounds and helping to keep families and communities together.
As the next step, we are now in the final stages of establishing the Nepal Hearing Project with the assistance of Queensland audiometrist David Hine. This project will provide assistance to the hearing impaired in Nepal, who through our help will be given a chance to enjoy the gift of hearing, improving their access to communication and education, and giving them a brighter and more inclusive future to look forward to.
