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To promote their participation in education, healthcare and economic activities.
a. Marginalized children/youths will have mainstreamed in formal education and completed their education in the extended VDCs of Lalitpur and Kathmandu.
b. Children/youths and their family will have regularly utilized primary health care and hygiene services in local health posts.
c. Children/youths PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES
1. Children's Library
Loo Niva has been running a children's library in Khokana VDC of Lalitpur district where it was founded in 1994. The initial phase was with cooperation from CWIN and had also been supported by Khokana VDC and World Vision International Nepal. In the recent days, library has been greatly upgraded and made more functional. Now it has become one of the happening centres in Khokana for children and youths. It is through this very library in early days that Loo Niva became more active serving a meeting place for all members then.
2. Education Support programme
In 2005, Loo Niva started an Education Support Programme in the surrounding VDCs of Lalitpur and Kathmandu. The aim of the programme is to enhance children's right to education by providing education sponsorships to underprivileged amd disadvantaged children. The programme initiated in 2005 with 36 children enrolled in the programme from 5 different VDCs (Khokana, Bungamati, Setidevi, Sunakothi and Thecho). Over three years the programme has expanded significantly, and currently 204 children from 19 schools from 11 different VDCs in Kathmandu Valley are directly benefiting from the ESP. While the individual scholarships (the Finnish sponsors) are the main thrust of the programme, other components include the promotion of Child Clubs in 15 schools, as well as various interaction and health awareness programmes conducted in the communities in question. The programme is financially supported by Interpedia, Finland. ESP has also been able to mobilize 19 local individual sponsors for financial support is, by its part, most significant achievement of community participation. It is the awareness raised by Loo Niva in the communities that we could also help our own children.
Promoting Quality Education
Many of the students like in other rural parts of Nepal ,the Project area of Khokana, Bungamati and Sainbu Villages ,suburban in Kathmandu Valley faces the common problems and leave school before finishing their basic education studies. This dropout rate and dismal performance of schools towards education system ,the inflexible government school system making passive teaching learning has been recognized to be the development problem within this Project frame. . There are plenty reasons for this reality.
The activities of this Project for 3 years project duration 2008 to 2010 try to tackle some of them. During the Project ,the awareness of community towards the education of their children will be strengthened by mobilizing them and giving the parents literacy classes. The management of school funds will be turned more transparent by strengthening parents teacher associations ( PTA ). Teachers will be trained to improve the quality of education and to make school environment more school friendly. Children will be given opportunities to express themselves through child clubs. And also working in close conjunction with the government and education bodies.
Through these activities the objective of this Project; improved quality of education through increased commitment of children, parents and community towards children’s education will be reached.
Children Net Library
The long term development goal of this project is to impart computer education and skills and accessibility of computer to underprivileged children in rural areas of Nepal. The immediate objective of the project 2006-2007 was to provide children and women in six semi rural VDCs (Khokana, Bungamati, Chalnakhel, Chhampi, Setidevi and Sainbu) computer education and internet proficiency that enhance and broaden their academic and life skills. Each six months course had 30 students in two groups (before school and after school group) and 15 adult women in daytime courses. Around 30 of the children continued to advance courses.The project phased out in 2007 with successful completion and achievement . With ministry of labour partnership, 10 more candidates got the skills.
Currently , it is providing trainings to students and teachers of school included in Promotion of Quality Education. The Net library further aims to offer students more practical approach in computer hardware, vocational works and also provide a creative and interactive learning environment serving as a Internet library and Information Resource Centre in coming days .
Recreational Centre
The after school program in partnership With World Vision International Nepal for students from Kindergarten to class 7 to work on difficult home assignments .Reguraly they make their plans for travels , and different creative and talent show activities.
Other regular activities
Publications
. It has been publishing a bimonthly bulletin “Loo Niva Darpan” and half yearly Bal “Uddhyan”.
It has also published child club formation module.
Creative Activities
Its program components include many activities and has been undertaking various child development programmes such as speech competition, art competition, quiz contest and dance competitions regularly .
It has also been showing different informative tele-serials, documentary films and animation films for children.
6. Health Programme
It has been organizing number of health camps to improve health condition of community people .
For easy access to information on child health, it has published a book entitled ‘Vaccine against Diseases’ in cooperation with CERID. It has also conducted the blood donation programme for the children at risk.
Some past activities
It has conducted …
. informal literacy classes for children who cannot afford to go to school and successfully mainstreamed some back into education.
.special literacy classes for literate women and adult literacy classes for illiterate women.
. carried out a survey- study in Khokana VDC to obtain information on children’s situation.
. has also carried out survey- study focused on disability in Khokana VDC Cooperation with CBR (community based Rehabilitation).
.the skill development training like paper craft, sewing, painting for the children and women.
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