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“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
Hands with Handswww.handswithhands.com
Hands with Handswww.handswithhands.com
• 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
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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
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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
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More Children find a sustainable home, enough to eat, acess to educationand don´t get lost again due to limited financial resources
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For more information contact
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Kira [email protected]
Dipendra [email protected]
Thank you