LOO NIVA CHILD CARE CONCERN GROUP

Establishment of Library

Building construction in VDC

Currently the Organisation’s focus has been Southern part of Lalitpur District while its presence is also in southern Kathmandu district. The working area is a deliberate selection keeping the geographic, social, economic situation of the target communities in those areas. Though one may argue its nearby Kathmandu valley but this part has been neglected so far and populated with the people of lower strata of society who are marginalized economically and socially as most poor of Nepal.It has plans to reach out the remote part of Nepal in near future .

Registered

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Affiliation with Social Welfare Council

11 child clubs started

Recreational Classes started

Eduacation Sponsorship program

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. Currently , it is providing trainings to students and teachers of schools included in Promotion of Quality Education. The Net library further aims to offer students more practical approach in computer hardware, vocational works. It is also planning to provide a creative and interactive learning environment serving as a Internet library and Information Resource Centre in coming days.

Promoting Quality Education

Currently the Organisation’s focus has been Southern part of Lalitpur District while its presence is also in southern Kathmandu district. The working area is a deliberate selection keeping the geographic, social, economic situation of the target communities in those areas. Though one may argue its nearby Kathmandu valley but this part has been neglected so far and populated with the people of lower strata of society who are marginalized economically and socially as most poor of Nepal.It has plans to reach out the remote part of Nepal in near future .

ETVO Volunteer

Volunteer and Youth Development . It has been giving volunteer opportunity and mobilizing the youths in its programs. The youths are given trainings also and help them to nurture their talent .It also works with the local youth clubs and organizations.It has also volunteer from Finland through ETVO program. Download : Volunteer Manual .

Hamro Maitri Shikshya

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In 1994, group of young school going students started the children’s Library with Child Workers In Nepal, (CWIN) support. Since then, Loo Niva has come a long way and emerged as a social organization promoting child rights and youth development in Nepal. It was established in 1997 as a non - governmental organization for the best interest of children‘s holistic development.

It has various programs and project/activities focused in education. It works with the community at the grassroot level towards preventing exploitation and marginalization of underprivileged children. It supports education of children, works with public schools with active child participation in them. Foremost, it is committed to build an optimal and healthy society for children and youths.

Loo Niva has emerged as an advocate organization on the right of children and it believes in conducting various programmes for child, youths and community development through a systematic process of empowerment and awareness.

Vision: A nation where every child and youth enjoys her/his rights in supportive and responsive environment.

Mission: Loo Niva works for right to meaningful education to improve situation of youth/Children, environment and health that includes research, policy influence, advocacy, networking, community empowerment and service delivery together with children/youths

Goal:Ensure all children and youth of Nepal enjoyed right to meaningful education contributing safer environment, better health, and peace and socio economic progress.

Strategies:

• Advocacy at local and national level for behavior and policy changes and implementation.
• Work in network and alliances for enhancing synergic and strengthening campaign.
• Empower community, youth and children to claim/reclaim their right to meaningful education.
• Enable mechanism and institutions for efficient and effective service delivery.
• Enhance capacity of Loo Niva members and staff for result based effective programming, implementation and monitoring

Objectives

To promote their participation in education, healthcare and economic activities.

• Marginalized children/youths will have mainstreamed in formal education and completed their education in the extended VDCs of Lalitpur and Kathmandu.
• Children/youths and their family will have regularly utilized primary health care and hygiene services in local health posts.
• Children/youths and community will have minimized violence, abuse and discrimination and promoted Child Rights.
• Children/youths will have formed associations and participated to claim and promote their Rights.

Development Problems

The full potentiality and happy life of children/youths is incorporated with non-discrimination, non-exploitation, violence free environment and quality education and health. The majority of children/youths are deprived of quality education and health and suffered from poor economic condition, violence, abuse, discrimination and exploitation in Southern VDCs of Lalitpur and Kathmandu which have hindered full potentiality and control over their lives.

Area Of operation :

Currently the Organisation’s focus has been Southern part of Lalitpur District while its presence is also in southern Kathmandu district. The working area is a deliberate selection keeping the geographic, social, economic situation of the target communities in those areas. Though one may argue its nearby Kathmandu valley but this part has been neglected so far and populated with the people of lower strata of society who are marginalized economically and socially as most poor of Nepal.It has plans to reach out the remote part of Nepal in near future .

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 . It has also been supported by Khokana VDC and World Vision International Nepal. It is one of the happening centres in Khokana for children and youths. The library has been greatly upgraded and made more functional. But still , it needs more resources and attention to be at standard with the changing times . Currently two part time Librarians are active for the smooth running of Library in the evenings when the children are back from the school .

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.
Currently , it is providing trainings to students and teachers of schools included in Promotion of Quality Education. The Net library further aims to offer students more practical approach in computer hardware, vocational works. It is also planning to provide a creative and interactive learning environment serving as a Internet library and Information Resource Centre in coming days.

2. Education Support programme

In 2005, Loo Niva started an Education Support Programme in the surrounding Lalitpur and Kathmandu VDCs . The aim of the programme is to enhance children's right to education by providing education sponsorships to underprivileged and disadvantaged children. The programme initiated in 2005 with 36 children enrolled in the programme from 5 different VDCs of Lalitpur (Khokana, Bungamati, Setidevi, Sunakothi and Thecho). Over these years the programme has expanded significantly, and currently (2010) 260 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 all schools, as well as various interaction and programmes are conducted in the communities too. The programme is financially supported by Interpedia, Finland. ESP has also been able to mobilize 19 local individual sponsors for financial support. This is certainly a significant achievement of community participation and numbers are increasing every year . It is the awareness raised by Loo Niva in the communities that we could also help our own children.

3. Promoting Quality Education "Hamro Maitri Shikshya"

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 tried to tackle some of them. During the Project, the awareness of community towards the education of their children was strengthened by mobilizing them and giving the parents literacy classes. The management of school improved with School Management Committee (SMC), strengthening Parents Teacher Associations (PTA). Teachers were trained to improve the quality of education and to make school environment more school friendly. Children had opportunities to express themselves through child clubs. It also worked with the line agencies 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 was achieved.

With the learnings, the project has been scaled up naming “Hamro Maitri Shikshya “ Primary Education Development project for 2011-2013. The project aims to improve the motivation and teaching skills of teachers and earn respect towards primary teachers to help to provide healthy and good school environment to children. In order to do this school environment needs to be developed, retention rate increased and public schools in project area need to have healthy and child friendly school environment and teaching learning as their priority of the first five grades of primary school . During the project, the awareness of teachers, community and other stakeholders towards the education issues will be strengthened. Also school infrastructure and learning environment will be developed more child friendly by providing adequate trainings on health, environmental and child development issues and promoting child participation in every step of this project to enable children to take more active role in their own education.

4. Volunteer and Youth Development .

It provides volunteering opportunity and has been mobilizing the youths in its programs for social development activities . The youths are also given trainings and promote volunteerism to nurture their talent .It also works and supports the local youth clubs and organizations. It also gets volunteer from Finland through ETVO program.
Download : Volunteer Manual .

Some regular activities

Publications

It has been publishing a bimonthly bulletin “Loo Niva Darpan” and half yearly magazine Bal “Uddhyan” targeting stakeholders, children and youths.

Creative Activities

Its program components include many activities and have been undertaking various child development programmes .It provides platform for speech, art , dance competitions ,quiz contest regularly with the participation of all schools from target areas.
It has also been showing different informative tele-serials, documentaries and animation films for children. It supports child clubs in their activities.

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 published a book entitled ‘Vaccine against Diseases’ in cooperation with CERID. It has also conducted the blood donation programme for the children at risk.

Rescue and Relief
It rescue and relief the children at risk and difficult circumstances from its area with the coordination of its network organization actively involved in it.

Friends of Loo Niva

It organizes fun activities like football , rafting and other fun –filled activities to have good network with well wishers of Loo Niva and also collecting support while having fun .

Some past successful activities

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.
• Survey- study in Khokana VDC to obtain information on children’s situation.
• Survey- study focused on differently -abled in Khorana VDC Cooperation with CBR (community based Rehabilitation).
• the skill development training like paper craft, sewing, painting for the children and women.
• The after school program, Recreational Class , in partnership With World Vision International Nepal for students from Kindergarten to class 7 to work on difficult home assignments . They regularly make their plans for travels, and different creative and talent show activities.

Affiliation

• Registered to District Administration

  Office of Lalitpur, Nepal.
  (Reg. No 838/054/055)

• Social Welfare Council of Nepal. (Reg. No 9686)
• NGO Federation of Lalitpur District.
• Consortium [Network of Organizations Working with Child Clubs]
• Alliance for Human Rights and Social

  Justice, Nepal

• National Campaign for Education