Hands with Hands www. handswithhands. com “Give the Net, not the Fish” Self-Sustaining Children-Homes Click spacebar for next Slide
Hands with Hands www. handswithhands. com NGO with Headquarter in Kathmandu, Nepal
Hands with Hands www. handswithhands. com Due to HIV and other diseases there is a growing number of orphanages Orphans in Numbers Problems • Estimates of 210 million orphans worldwide • 2001: 65 million orphans in Asia, 34 million in Africa • 2009: UN study orphans in Nepal from various causes 990, 000 • Everyday worldwide 5, 760 children become orphans • Corruption in orphanages • Misuse and abuse of children • Lack of long term integration
Hands with Hands www. handswithhands. com THE INNOVATION: Self-Sustaining Children Homes Hands with Hands Technical Assistance Volunteers Start Up Capital Self-Entrpreneurial Woman Micro Business Women in need - Live in 15 -25 Children Orphanage With own food production in garden Sales Income Sales of Partial Harvest Community Income
Hands with Hands www. handswithhands. com After 5 -7 years the children home is financially self-sustaining Set Up of home • Identification of Social Entrepreneurial Women (SEW) • Business Planning with SEW • Purchase of house & Land • Construction work on basics (sanitary buildings) and purchase of basic interior • Admission of first children (2 -4) Implementation Development Sustainability • Identification of • New Business women in need as established and Carers – live in generating extra • Community Network • Planting of income for the home for vegetables & rice • All costs can be • Volunteers • Purchase of buffalo covered through • Advisors & other livestock different income • Services (e. g. • Creating Market channels health) linkages for • Set up of extra • school business depending • Sales on vision of SEW • Admission of more (e. g. Sewing house, children fish farm) The Model is easily replicable across country and country borders Hw. H has implemented 5 homes and advised 1 on transformation in Nepal
Hands with Hands www. handswithhands. com More Children find a sustainable home, enough to eat, acess to education and don´t get lost again due to limited financial resources
Hands with Hands www. handswithhands. com For more information contact Hands with Hands www. handswithhands. com Kira Kay kira@handswithhands. com Dipendra KC charitynepal@yahoo. com Thank you