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About Us

About Us Welcome Hello from our Nepal orphanage! ‘The Innocent Children’s Home’ is a non for profit orphanage that requires the help of volunteers to provide the love and support that is necessity in the development of every child’s life. Your valued help is essential to ensure this orphanage provides the proper development that these children deserve, not to mention to reach the high goals that our organisation has set. Our orphanage is situate in Pokhara, Nepal. It is built to service and house displaced children from remote farming villages that surround this picturesque area. We have many children on our waiting list trying to join our organisation, which we want to provide, however we need you, the valued volunteer to support our organisation and help make this and possible. Our Mission To provide displaced children with a caring, loving home where they can grow, live and learn towards a brighter future. Our Vision To expand our organisation in order to provide more orphaned children with a loving home. To educate our children through the generous time of volunteers from a broad range of cultures. Our Children We have a total of eight displaced children ranging form 4-12 years of age and are expecting two more in the coming week. They all come from very varied and distressing backgrounds, but their needs are all the same; love, care and schooling. Our orphans have mainly come from the surrounding areas of the picturesque Pokhara. Although rich in natural beauty with the Himalayas lingering, the area provides many dangers which has led to the children needing the support of our orphanage. One example, is a brother and sister aged 4 and 5 years. Their mother passed away as a result of cancer and their father died from falling form a tree in search of forage for livestock in the dryer months. The children were left to their extremely poor grandparents who could not afford to upkeep two young children at their tender age. A second example is one of the older boys who’s parents died as a result of a car accident. He and sister were left to their uncle who again could not afford the upkeep of two more children on top of his own. Therefore, the boy had to leave and fend for himself on the streets of Pokhara at the age of ten until the orphanage was opened two years later. Our youngsters (4-7 years old) do not currently attend school, but they are intent on taking as much away from our infrequent stream of volunteers as they can. We have a small ‘class room’ at our orphanage where the children have daily lessons provided by our volunteers and occasionally by local residents of our area. Although this is proving to be very stimulating for the children, they are in desperate need for further funding to be privileged enough to attend school for further development both personally and intellectually. Our older boys (11-12) who have all come from the street are now lucky enough to be able to attend school. They are really excelling in the stable environment of our home and school and their studies and behaviour have really shone as the school year has progressed. 　 Volunteer with Us As our children are here mainly due to distressing circumstances, we need loving, caring and compassionate people to volunteer in our children’s home. To become accustomed to the Nepalese culture, we are offering our volunteers the opportunity of a true Nepal farm stay in a remote village in an area where majority of our displaced children call ‘home’. This will enable you to understand and better relate to our children and therefore be of more benefit to their needs. Not to mention a fantastic opportunity to meet real Nepalese people in their surroundings in areas that are off the tourist trail as well as accessible only by foot. After this orientation into the Nepali lifestyle, you will be accommodated in a private room in the orphanage for the duration of your stay. Please teach our children English, math, games, personal hygiene, drawing, painting, music and many more skills. Location Our home is in a quite location, 20 minutes walk from the popular “Lakeside” district of Pokhara. Easily assessable from Kathmandu by bus, or 5 minute taxi ride from the Pokhara airport. From our garden the magnificent Machapurchata and surrounding Himalaya’s are clearly visible. Pokhara is the gateway to the Annurpuna region of the Himalayas, providing a wide range of trekking adventures. Pokhara is also well renowned for adrenalin sports, from white water rafting to paragliding. Pokhara offers a full range of services, including excellent restaurants, café’s and shopping on the Fewa Lake. The Love Company

Volunteer Testimonial

One Month Volunteering Lucy Scarlett Strutt 03 January at 10:32 Report Hey Krishna, hope this is ok for the testimonial you requested One month at the Innocent Childrens home, and what a month it was. We fell in love with the kids instantly, each have there own individual character from the charming and energetic to the quiet and reserved but all requiring the same love and attention that every child deserves. There have been a vast number of changes and improvements made over the last few months thanks to previous volunteers in terms of how the orphanage operates, from daily routines to the childrens behavior and it is only through the constant supply of volunteers that this system can continue successfully. Any experience like this inevitably changes your perspective on life and will stay with you forever. We plan to return in the near future to see how the kids have developed and grown with the support of those willing to help. So we urge everyone, with experience or not, to spend time at the orphanage and we guarantee that you will find it incredibly difficult to leave. struttyastuff@hotmail.com

Volunteering In Orphanage In Nepal

Volunteering in Orphanage in Nepal

Testimonial. Never having travelled outside Europe and being retired I had many anxieties about volunteering in Nepal for 5 weeks. These were soon dispelled when I reached The Innocent Children’s Home in Pokhara. The friendly smiling faces of the children and the warm welcome set the tone for the remainder of my stay which passed so quickly. It was undoubtedly the most enriching and memorable experience of my life. I was met at the airport in Kathmandu by Shantosh one of the orphanage staff and his wife who took me by taxi to a quiet hotel very close to the Thamel district of Kathmandu. Here we spent 2 nights before setting off early morning via tourist bus to Pokhara. During this time Shantosh and Asmita took great care of me while travelling around many of the tourist spots. After a very long but fascinating journey we arrived in Pokhara and were met my Krishna who took us to the orphanage by taxi. When I had decided to do voluntary work in Nepal I spent a long time deciding which orphanage to choose. I had heard lots of stories of people handing over large sums of money to agencies or directly to an NGO before setting out to Nepal and either being disappointed with their placement or finding out that their NGO did not exist and they had nowhere to stay and were now short of funds. One of the deciding factors for me was the fact that I didn’t have to hand over any money until I reached Kathmandu and was settled in my hotel. It was also much cheaper than going through an agency and all of the money went to the orphanage, where it was needed. My stay at the orphanage was demanding, sometimes frustrating but above all thoroughly enjoyable. The children present you with many challenges but are lovable, friendly and a pleasure to be with. I am already thinking about a return trip next year. Please feel free to contact me if you would like any more information. mikebarratt1@tiscali.co.uk

My Amazing Two Months

My amazing two months

Dear future volunteer ! My Time in the Innocent children home was amazing and full with love and child care .I have enjoyed every moment of life in this children home.Kids in the children home are very very happy and joyful with so little they have and fun with nature.Touching them and playing with these kids was just like the real God has come to you and talking to you ,playing with you,sharing many thing with you,loving to you and make you think about our life in the west,When these children in this country are happy with so little they have. It was a great adventure for me i became part of this family,the kids will be in my heart for ever. the avrage day waking up about 7 although the kids sometimes wake up at 6 or when ever sun comes up.They do homework and play until our Nepali friend ,Rajiv,comes and tutor them they learn mathematics,Nepali language ,and English alphabet .Afterall this at about 8.30 or 9 Am we eat Dal Bhat ,rice and lentils,sometimes with tasty locally grown fresh vegetable.At 9.45 I walk the kids to school,when I return from school it is time to clean the big mess.sweeping,washing dishes and re organazing the kithen.When this is done I have 4 hours free to relax or explore Pokhara.Sometimes I go to the busy part of the city Near post office there I do shopping and eat for change.Sometimes I go to swimming in the lake ,occasionally i go to cyber to check my email.at 3 O,clock the kids finish their school so I go to pick them up then it is play time till dinner at that time i am a peacekeeper and sometimes I am a monaster after kids finish their dinner they need to brush their teeth I just remind them ,befor the beds they need to go for pee. If you are thinking about bringing gifts for the kids,toys wount last a week.Better gift is tasty fresh local vegetables,sometimes meat,fruits,snacks to bring to school clothes like paints.My friend Weihan and I bought hens for daily eggs. This orphanage and kids are complete delight.I will be back soon to volunteer again in this children home by the time i come they will be grown up. Max Wang Email:kansaimax@live.com USA