“Give the Net, not the Fish” Self-Sustaining Children-Homes Hands with Hands Click spacebar for...

“Give the Net, not the Fish”

Self-Sustaining Children-Homes

Hands with Handswww.handswithhands.com

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NGO with Headquarter in Kathmandu, Nepal



• 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

Orphans in Numbers

• Corruption in orphanages• Misuse and abuse of children• Lack of long term integration

Problems

Due to HIV and other diseases there is a growing number of orphanages

OrphanageWith own food production

in garden


THE INNOVATION: Self-Sustaining Children Homes

Hands with Hands

Start Up CapitalTechnical AssistanceVolunteers

Self-Entrpreneurial Woman

Women in need - Live in

15-25 Children

Sales of Partial Harvest

IncomeCommunity

Micro Business

SalesIncome


After 5-7 years the children home is financially self-sustaining

Set Up of home Implementation Development

• 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)

• Identification of women in need as Carers – live in

• Planting of vegetables & rice

• Purchase of buffalo & other livestock

• Creating Market linkages for

• school• Sales

• Admission of more children

Sustainability

• New Business established and generating extra income for the home

• All costs can be covered through different income channels

• Identification of women in need as Carers – live in

• Community Network for

• Volunteers• Advisors• Services (e.g.

health)• Set up of extra

business depending on vision of SEW (e.g. Sewing house, fish farm)

The Model is easily replicable across country and country bordersHwH has implemented 5 homes and advised 1 on transformation in Nepal


More Children find a sustainable home, enough to eat, acess to educationand don´t get lost again due to limited financial resources


For more information contact


Kira [email protected]

Dipendra [email protected]

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