We have been supporting Krishna and Santosh's children's home in Pokhara since 2010. It all started by chance in 2010 with donations in kind. Someone noticed that we were taking gifts to Nepal. In 2010, I found a bag of baby clothes, new with a price tag and a note saying "For Nepal", on my door. So far, we have supported a family with three school-age children.
Nevertheless, take it with you, someone will need it.
Krishna approached us at Phewa Lake in April 2010. He organizes help for children in a rented house. Would we like to have a look?
So we went there first, without taking anything with us, and took a closer look. You hear such scary stories, which often take place very close by, but still invisible.
While writing this text, I was asked by a good friend to go into more detail about the "scary stories".
I thought about it and don't want to write much about it. In this context only that there were, and certainly still are, "children's houses" based on the principle:
"kids in, tourists through, take money off, kids out again".
I also know that all the cruelties that people can think up against children, young people and especially young girls and women actually take place. All over the world, not just in Nepal.
For this, "gruesome" is a trivializing word.
Here at Krishna and Santosh's house, most of it felt right. The house is organized by Nepalese. Over the years, we have been able to observe stability and continuous improvement in the children's situation. It's always nice to see that they haven't forgotten us either:
Fuselwocheeeeee!!!
The corona pandemic has also caused a lot of disruption in Nepal. The children's home has been closed since then and most of the children are back with their families. Krishna and Santosh are supporting the families so that the children can stay with their families. Food, school materials, funds for health and also school uniforms, which are compulsory in Nepal, are needed.
The tasks have changed, but the goal is the same: to provide children from poor families with stability and education.
How often have we heard the phrase: "I want my children to have a better life!
It is also true in Nepal. Despite all the consequences, such as rural exodus and a lack of retirement provision for parents.
You can point an index finger from the rich West anywhere, or stick it anywhere you like, just not at instructive heights.
In 2022 and 2023, we supported Krishna and Santosh with 500 euros each to provide for the families in the villages around Pokhara. Food, school materials and school uniforms were bought and brought to the villages.
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