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A little girl living in prison...
Lalita
Lalita lived in jail for six months with her step- mother and
father.
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An innocent child behind bars...
Lalita
A child should be playing games and attending
school...not living in prison!
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Locked up!
Lalita
Lalita was only 6 years old at
the time.
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Going to Namaste Children House, Pokhara...
Lalita
Yam (staff member) holding Lalita on the way
to the orphanage.
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The first laughter….
Lalita
Yam taking Lalita by bus to her new home at
Namaste Children‘s
House.
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After only 5 weeks!
Lalita
Lalita quickly became
friends with the other
children in the orphanage.
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After two years...
Lalita
Lalita enjoys celebrating
many special festivals in
Nepal including HOLI.
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Lalita is the princess of the orphanage!
Lalita
Lalita was the first girl to come
to Namaste Children‘s House.
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Aeita‘s mother was raped...
Aieta
Aeita is the son of a mentally ill woman who
became pregnant when she was
raped.
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He was neglected by his family...
Aieta
Villagers found the man who raped Aieta‘s mother and forced him
to care for the child. The man’s wife and
other children mistreated and neglected Aeita.
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The "lady" of the house was glad to get rid of Aieta…
Aieta
Our staff member is on a field supervision to check on the
boy‘s living situation and to
settle legal documents that
would allow Aieta to live at the orphanage.
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After four months !
Aieta
Aeita was the baby
boy of Namaste Children‘s
House.
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Aeita has a great smile and loves to dance!
Aieta
Aeita is at Namaste
Children‘s House with flowers to present to a
visitor.
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A neighbour was caring for an orphaned child…
Monica
Monica’s mother died of cancer when the
she was just 3 months old and her
father had been killed.
Monica was the 18th child of the mother .
9 out of 18 of the children had died due
to disease and malnutrition.
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Monica arrived at the orphanage with her sister, Sushila...
Monica
Monica is loved and
cared for by her house
sisters and by the devoted
staff members.
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When Monic arrived she had many health issues!
Monica
Monica is sitting with her new house sisters.
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After four months!
Monica
Monica is much healthier after coming to
Namaste Children‘s
House.
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Monica is now developing magnificently…
Monica
Monica is drinking from her milk bottle all by herself at
Namaste Children‘s
House.
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After one year!
Monica often plays in the
kitchen of the Namaste
Children House with the house mommies and didis. She is
walking and is now learning to
say a few words!
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Krishna’s parents died in a landslide…
Krishna
Before coming to live at Namaste Children’s
House Krishna was living with some people
from his village.
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Krishna could not speak Nepali language, he could only speak in
his ethnic group language…
Krishna
Krishna lived in an eastern part of
Nepal and is from a special ethnic group. Here, he and Yam are on their way to the
orphanage.
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Krishna was amazed to see many things at NCH. He did not know
what shoes were used for!
Krishna
Krishna is playing at Namaste Children‘s
House with one of his new
friends.
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Today he is successful in school!
Krishna
Krishna is quiet and thoughtful boy. He
is quite happy in his new home though memories of his
family often upset him.
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Ajbira lived in prison with her parents...
Ajbira
Ajbira‘s parents were arrested for selling little girls from
Nepal to India for the sex
trade.
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Often people living in poverty get involved with the sex trade to make money for their family…
Ajbira
Yam (staff member) met
Ajbira at the jail down in Tari in
Kapilbastu district to bring her to Namaste
Children‘s House.
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Ajbira is on her way to her new life at th orphanage...
Ajbira
Ajbira slept comfortably on
Yam’s lap during the bus ride to
Pokhara.
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Ajbira is currently the only Muslim child at NCH...
Ajbira
Ajbira is very close with the other girls her age that live at the orphanage.
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Lok Maya’s first day at Namaste Children’s House…
Lok Maya
After Lok Maya’s father
died, her mother
remarried and abandoned her in the village.
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Lok Maya made friends quickly at her new home…
Lok Maya
Lok Maya was born without
her right hand.
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Preparing for school…
Lok Maya
Even without her right hand she can manage things on her own quite well.
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Lok Maya is kind and helps younger children at NCH...
Lok Maya
Lok Maya has said that she
would one day like to establish
a hospital to help handicaped
people.
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Parabati never attended school until the age of 11...
Parabati
Parabati‘s father drowned in the river and her
mother remarried. She lived with her stepfather and his
children who mistreated and neglected her.
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A child who was neglected...
Parabati
Parabati had to care for the animals and cook the meals for rest of her family
members.
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Parabati is finally ableto attend school...
Parabati
Parabati works hard doing her assignments for
school in the Namaste
Children‘s House library.
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The first time Parabati played with dolls...
Parabati
Parabati was excited to explore
new things at Namaste
Children‘s House when she arrived.
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Parabati enjoys playing on the swings
Parabati
Parabati now has a chance for a bright
future since coming to Namaste Children‘s
House.
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Melina‘s grandparents were too poor to send her to school..
Melina
Melina‘s father hung himself
and her mother died.
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A victim of Poverty...
Melina
Melina was living with her poor, elderly
grandparents in their old house.
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After 6 months!
Melina
Melina is now living happily at Namaste Children‘s
House. What a change!
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Melina likes to read...
Melina
Melina now attends school with the other children at the orphanage and is doing well in
her studies.
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Visma found Sajan on the streets at midnight one night...
Sajan
Sajan had been living in
streets for year and a
half.
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After 8 months!
Sajan
Sajan often spends time with Visma when he is working in his office.
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Sajan is clever and likes to ride bicycles...
Sajan
Though he acts tough, Sajan is big hearted and kind. He knows that it is
important to support other small
children so they don‘t end up living
in the streets.
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Sajan is always a clown...
Sajan
Sajan greets visitors to Namaste
Children‘s House with a big smile.
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Moiti and Sumitra were forced to beg in the streets...
Moiti and Sumitra
Moiti and Sumitra were living with their mentally ill mother in the
streets. They had to beg for their
living.
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Moiti had lice and worms in her body...
Moiti Moiti is not the only
little girl who has had to spend her
nights in the streets. There are many children like her who live this way in Nepal.
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Moiti is a very smart and clever girl...
Moiti
After one year. Moiti is trying to play
the guitar.
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Moiti does very well in school and works hard!
Moiti
Moiti‘s life is completely
changed because of the efforts and concern of many
kind and generous people like you.
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Moiti loves to have her photo taken...
Moiti
Moiti poses for the camera wearing sunglasses that
belong to a volunteer. She loves attention!
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Buddesh‘s arrival at Namaste Children‘s House...Buddesh
Buddesh could not move his left arm properly due a burn he had suffered when he was a small
child. He was neglected in his home and so he
lived mostly in the streets before coming to
Namaste Children‘s House.
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Buddesh was often beaten by the older street boys...
Buddesh
Buddesh was burned when he fell into the kitchen fire while his mom was preparing
rice.
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Buddesh‘s operation would improve movement in his left arm...
Buddesh After coming to
Namaste Children‘s
House Buddesh was able to get an operation to help his burn.
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Revealing the burn after Buddesh‘s first operation...
Buddesh
Buddesh had to have skin transplanted.
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After the operation...
Buddesh
After a long stay in the hospital
Buddesh was happy to come
return to Namaste Children‘s House.
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Buddesh now has a more comfortable!
Buddesh
Buddesh enjoys working with the
computers in the library. He would like to
help other street children one day when he
grows up
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Sunil was living in the streets...
Sunil A Swiss couple
found Sunil living in the streets and
brought him to Namaste Children’s House.
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Sunil‘s operation separated some of his fingers.
Sunil
Sunil‘s hand had suffered a terrible
burn when he was a baby. No one took
him for proper treatment so all his fingers had been covered over by
skin until receiving an operation after coming to NCH.
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Sunil can use his left hand for many things now...
Sunil
Sunil is a very good singer and dancer and will often perform in
front of a crowd at Namaste Children‘s
House.
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Sunil washes his sandals...
Sunil
Sunil‘s life has dramatically
improved since arriving at Namaste Children‘s House.
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There are 65 children currently living at Namaste Children‘s House. Another 65 are supported under the education scholarship
program.
All the children are from very poor and unfortunate backgrounds.
With more support and funding Namaste Children‘s House could help more needy
children from Nepal!
There are 65 children currently living at Namaste Children‘s House. Another 65 are supported under the education scholarship
program.
All the children are from very poor and unfortunate backgrounds.
With more support and funding Namaste Children‘s House could help more needy
children from Nepal!
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All of us at Namaste Children‘s House appreciate your concern
and support! Your contribution can change the lives of so many!
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!
All of us at Namaste Children‘s House appreciate your concern
and support! Your contribution can change the lives of so many!
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!