indreni childrens home

Indreni means rainbow in Nepali language. Each color of rainbow has its own identification and their own value. When these different colors are combined together it forms a rainbow, having different meaning and value irrespective of the previous single colors. Likewise these children have come from different parts of the country with different identity, purpose, talent, backgrounds, religion, caste and behaviors. But they all live under the same roof and share the same food and have the same feelings of innocent and ignorant child with care takers to look after them. When these all come together it forms Indreni Children’s Home.

Indreni Children’s Home is a non-profitable organization established by youths of the similar backgrounds. Indreni is just few years old though it was imagined long time ago. These youths have dreamt to bring a change in the society by providing good shelter, food and education with a high degree of parental care in a family environment, care and discipline, irrespective of a child’s birth, caste, sex, religion, background and nationality to the poor and needy children, who will one day bring a big revolutionary change in the mind of society, social structure, nation and the world. With this, we imagine a better society and dignified lives to all.

Introduction

Vision

To build an environment where every child gets to enjoy their childhood rights and live with self respect, dignity and change according to physical, mental, spiritual and social development.

Mission

To bring a revolution in alienating the child poverty by giving them an opportunity to proper education, good shelter and all elements of child growth. We aim to create a civilized society where there are no illiterate and unaware people in Nepal. Indreni Children’s Home is an effective tool to eradicate child labor, poverty and social discrimination.

Sole PurposeIdentifying the poor and less privileged children deprived of good education because of extreme poverty and fraud of being street children, child labors, pick picketers and criminals for survival. We provide them with an equal opportunity.

 • Providing the abandoned children a complete family home for shelter,

care and love for their systematic growth, both physical and mental.• Enrolling them in good schools in Kathmandu for their overall educational

development.• Interconnecting the socially responsible people to these needy children.• Mobilization of youth spirit in running the organization so that they

become more sensitive and socially responsible. • Providing a platform to grow their personality and initiative.• Supporting rural Government schools by providing them with furniture,

books and stationeries.

Indreni Children’s HomeIndreni Children’s Home has now 30 children from various districts of Nepal who were in desperate need of help. Indreni is working with full dedication and responsibility to help them overcome all the problems seen and found during visiting their villages which involves many days journey by foot.With Indreni management team, a four storied building is currently rented and shelters 18 girls and 12 boys. They are between the ages of 5 to 15 years. With basic utensils, the house is well run by a dedicated team of staff who themselves lacked employment and in need of one. The house is situated on the suburbs of Kathmandu in Sundarijal, far from the hustle and bustle and pollution, has a big compound where the children can play and do various physical and extracurricular activities aiding in the growth of the children.They are admitted in a boarding school nearby the house and they enjoy reading English books and singing rhymes together. The home is small but provides completeness to these children, something they always wished for.

Indreni Children’s Home

Bed Room

Computer Room

Dinning Room

Children with Members of Indreni

Children with Members of Indreni

Activities

Doing LaundryGrown up who are able to do their own laundry are taught to do it. Didis help the young ones who are unable.

Game TimeChildren enjoy playing different kinds of games. These games help them develop their learning skills due to the refreshments.

Playing FootballPlaying football helps these children develop physically. Therefore we encourage everybody to be active in sports. Children also love sports.

Games TimePlaying games with the children.

Up in the airSome children know gymnastic. They teach each other.

Up in the airOuting with children.

OutingWe go to different places for outing with the children.

OutingWe go to different places for outing with the children.

OutingWe go to different places for outing with the children.

Singing ClassEvery weekend children get music lesson from a qualified teacher for 1 hour. These children love singing and dancing.

Stories of Children

Asma Gurung (7)Parents are homeless so they sleep on the streets. Father collects recyclable garbage and mother, who got married at the age of 13, works as a sex worker. Both the parents are alcoholic. Her future was in great danger.

How she joined Indreni?She was found lying on the street during a rainy day. She was picking up some bread from the garbage and eating it next to her mother who was lying on the floor unconscious due to drinking. Her little brother was suckling milk from her mother. This is how she came to Indreni.

In Indreni Children’s HomeShe is in contract of 5 years with Indreni Children’s Home and her parents. Her mother infrequently visited her in the children's home. But now there is a rumor that she has been sold in India for prostitution.

Dikki Dolma Lama (8)She comes from the rural area. She is the youngest one in her family among six brothers and sisters. Other brothers and sisters are illiterate and works in restaurants as dish washer.

Her ParentsHer parents are potters and earn very little amount of money. It is very hard for them to survive as well from the daily wage. Her parents are great struggler.

Indreni Found HerSince her parents could not effort to send her to school and give her proper care Indreni decided to take her as one of the new comer. She is happy to be a part of Indreni Chidren’s Home.

Laxmi (7), Malati (7), twins and Bikram (9) PariyarThey come from a socially backward family. They are ill treated in the society and considered as untouchables. People from such family has less opportunity go to school.

Their Family BackgroundFather (35) and mother (54) has a small rented room. Father is a drunkard and is mostly violent with the children and wife. Children were found with scared faces and the mother was beaten into black and blues.

Laxmi, Malati and BikramDue to these reasons, Indreni decided to educated the children providing them with food, shelter and protection with the family environment. They are happy to be in the children’s home and are doing good in their studies.

Rabin Khadka (16)His father expired when he was 3 years old, due to the blockade in his urinary system. He has 3 illiterate sisters, 2 are married. He was sent to Kathmandu to his uncle to help him with the house chores and study.

UncleHis uncle was an auto driver. He used to help his aunt with daily chores such as wash dishes, clothes, prepare food etc. But later his aunty expired due to heart attack. So the work doubled up for him and therefore he did get time to study.

Studying in Indreni Children’s HomeHis mother couldn’t retrieve him to the village since it was a hard life for her alone to raise two children by herself. They are poor and has a hard life in the village. This is why Indreni decided to take him in.

Sagar Tamang (11)Both the parents remarried after they got separated. Sagar used to live with his father but the step mother turned out to be the cruel one as in the fairy tales and was thrown out of the house.

Found Sick on the streetHe was found sick lying on the street of Boudhanath. Rokpa Medical team took him to give temporary shelter in the Soup Kitchen. But after a month when he got cured had nowhere else to go, except the street.

In Indreni Children’s HomeTherefore Indreni decided to take him to the children’s home to give him proper education and a shelter to live in.

Shrijana Khadka (10)Shrijana has 4 brothers and sisters. Father expired and mother has to look after all the children. Since they come from a poor family background it is very difficult for the mother alone to feed them well and educate them.

Contribution to family incomeHer brother of 13 years works as a potter to contribute to the family’s income. This is not enough for the family to get proper nutrition and education therefore Indreni decided to take her in as part of Indreni Family.

Sushma Shrestha (14)Both the parents are alcoholic. Always quarreled and fought with each other after drinking. This not only effected her studies but was also expelled from her school because her parents didn’t pay the fees. She has a great desire to study.

How she came to IndreniDue to her talents and intensions to study Indreni decided to help her with her studies and isolate from her parents daily quarrel. She wants to be an actress in the future.

Yubaraj Gharti Chhetri (13)Parents separated and disappeared leaving him behind with his grand parents. Since the grandparents are very old and couldn’t take care of him they came to Indreni and requested for the support.

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