CHILDREN WELFARE CENTER - BAGDOL, LALITPUR, NEPAL 

Children Welfare Center is located in the Country of Nepal. They operate a home for children who are parentless, homeless and abandoned. The children all stay together in one house, and they go to school. Children Welfare Center is a small organization. The organization does not get any financial support from the government, and relies on donations. Currently, they have 45 children in their care and a staff of 8. The organization is operated according to a constitution and has seven executive members. The founder and president is Mrs. Rupa Sunar. Member, secretary and person in charge of the orphanage is Ms. Rina Bishwakarma, who speaks English. The orphanage has e-mail capability.

Children Welfare Center has many needs and has big plans for the future. They hope an organization, school or several will become conductors on the Orphan Train and assist them with their needs and plans. Future plans include building their own building, computer training for children, training in sewing for children and owning a bus for transporting the children.

To start a computer training institute, the Children Welfare Center determined that they would need about $10,346 to buy 10 computers, a scanner, two printers, ten computer tables, 10 chairs, and various other items, including the cost of hiring a teacher. Details are available, and perhaps a scaled down version could be offered to start such an institute. Similarly, a sewing training center would also be desirable, with total costs estimated to be $8072, including the cost of a teacher's salary. Plans include purchase of 10 sewing machines, 2 interlock machines, 2 cutting tables, chairs, stools, measuring scales, tapes, etc.

Currently, the monthly budget for the 45 children and 8 staff members amounts to $1874.
In addition, the children need clothes, school bags, shoes, admission fees for school, books etc.

Anyone wishing to learn more about the Children Welfare Center in Nepal, contact the Orphan Train Project at edf@itis.com or visit their web site at www.cwcnepal.org

The information provided is very thorough. We have also been given the e-mail address of a Rotary Club and a contact person there, should someone wish to work through a Rotary Club in Nepal.