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Happy Home was founded in 2006 by a small group of Nepalis in
order to improve and uplift the living standard of
underprivileged children in Nepal.
Hereby, Happy Home aims to help children that are spending
their lives under the most miserable conditions and lack even
the most basic support. The traditional caste system, unfair
social structures, wide-spread illiteracy and the decade-long
armed conflict in Nepal are the root causes for the hopeless
situation of many children in all parts of the country. Sixty
percent of Nepal's total population is living below the
poverty line, making even a basic school education very
expensive - too expensive for many families. These children
live a life in poverty and often have to work in child labor,
earning very little if not nothing. Especially parentless
street children and due to their rightless situation are
missing even the most basic support and so depend on begging
and thievery; also they never experience love and affection
and have no opportunities for a better future.
In order to grow up healthy, children do not only need
material supply, they need an adequate and healthy
environment. We at Happy Home try to diminish children's
plight in Nepal by taking strategic actions, and so to open
them to a better future.
Headquartered in Kathmandu, Nepal's capital city, we first
want to cover our children's basic needs. This includes
shelter, food, clothing, healthcare and most importantly
education.
In our opinion, education deserves special attention. We at
Happy Home believe that a solid school education is the right
of all and not the privilege of few children. A good
education is also needed in order to successfully fight
discrimination of girls and women and child labor that still
spreads throughout Nepal.
In February 2006 Happy Home launched its educational support
program for underprivileged children; which could officially
start in June 2006 with the new Nepali school year. In June
2007, finally we celebrated the opening of our orphanage the
Happy Home Hostel in Boharatar, Kathmandu, offering capacity
for around 20 children.
Happy Home is currently running its projects with funds from
generous donors of the local community and with support from
international sponsors, who contribute in cash as well as in
kind and provide sponsorships for individual children. But
our financial resources remain tightly limited, while the
number of needy children is running into ten thousand.
The future of our country can be identified with the future
of our children, and the future of our children itself is
determined by their intellectual, social, spiritual and
physical growth. The present situation of Nepal is alarming
and is likely to have a long-term effect on an already
fragmenting society. In this difficult environment, Happy
Home wants to serve as a home for the homeless and a school
for the uneducated children of Nepal.
Happy Home is registered (Registration No. 759) with the
Government of Nepal as a non-government organization. It is
also duly affiliated with the Social Welfare Council
(Registration No. 19754), the governing and monitoring body
for all social organizations working in Nepal.
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