www.childreach.org.uk/nepal-appeal June 2015

Nepal Earthquake

Response Keeping vulnerable children safe by building

temporary learning centres

Our child clubs use drama to pass on messages about the dangers of tracking and dropping out of school.

My School, My Voice

Taught, Not Trafficked

A member of one of our child rights clubs speaking out against child abuse such as child labour, corporal punishment and child marriage.

As many as 20,000 children are tracked out of Nepal every year.

We are tackling this at its root by ensuring that children complete their education and do not fall victim to trackers.

Childreach Nepal

Childreach Nepal have been working in the Sindhupalchowk and Nuwakot Districts since 2009, developing a relationship of mutual trust and respect with children, young people and their families throughout the districts.

Over the last 6 years, Childreach Nepal have worked with communities in the Kathmandu, Sindhupalchowk, Nuwakot, Kavrepalanchowk and Bhaktapur Districts, specialising in delivering education and protection programmes, with a track record of establishing schools as community hubs and placing children at the centre of community development.

This work has included establishing and mobilising health centres to function from within schools, giving children and their families access to medical care within rural areas and encouraging parents and community members to visit schools and participate in their childrens education.

Through the programme My School, My Voice, Childreach Nepal engages directly with over 200 children each year, in 10 schools across the districts, initiating and mobilising child clubs to identify local issues and providing children with platforms to hold duty bearers to account at local and national forums.

Childreach Nepal works holistically with schools, working directly with teachers as well as children to deliver training and develop curriculums on science, child protection and interactive teaching methodologies, supporting schools in a sustainable way over a long period of time to get the best outcomes for children.

For almost three years Childreach Nepal has utilised the model of using schools as drivers for community development, initiating a programme called Taught, Not Trafficked, based on extensive research in Nuwakot and Sindhupalchowk. Prior to the earthquake on Sunday 25 April 2015, Childreach Nepal were in the early stages of implementation, partnering with local experts to address the root causes of child trafficking in the two districts .

Childreach Nepal recognise that the risk of trafficking has significantly increased since the earthquakes and would like to focus on continuing this work to ensure children are in school, protecting them from trafficking, labour and abuse in the aftermath of the earthquake.

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170,614 people in Sindhupalchowk have been severely affected by the earthquake

500 schools in Sindhupalchowk are believed to have been destroyed

Situation in Sindhupalchowk and Nuwakot

On 25 April 2015, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Nepal, devastating 41 of Nepals 75 districts. The destruction of this initial earthquake was extensive, however a second 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck on 12

th May 2015

at 12.35 local time, triggering mass panic and worsening the situation for children and their families by destroying more buildings, causing severe injuries and leading to more fatalities.

Of the 41 districts that suffered significant damage, 20 were severely affected, destroying 3,507 schools and leaving thousands of children without education. Aftershocks continue to hit the district, and communities are in need of urgent assistance.

The Sindhupalchowk and Nuwakot Districts were severely affected by the earthquakes. In Sindhupalchowk approximately 170,614 people have been severely affected by the earthquake, losing their homes and devastating their communities, equating to 59% of the total population in the district. There are 126,535 children under the age of 19 in the area. Around 500 schools are thought to be severely damaged or destroyed.

Sindhupalchowk has one of the highest rates of trafficking in the country. The district is in a marginalised area where women

and children are vulnerable to trafficking, driven by factors such as poverty, lack of womens rights, empowerment, gender discrimination and lack of livelihood opportunities (OSOCC). Incidences of trafficking are likely to increase following the earthquake, based on previous disasters (Global Protection Cluster).

It is estimated that 20,000 children are trafficked out of Nepal every year. Among the cases that are registered, most had been previously involved in the agricultural sector and most were barely literate. There is also a pattern of internal trafficking for both sexual exploitation and labour exploitation in forced or bonded labour, the latter involving both boys and girls.

These figures highlight the urgent need to reopen schools, restoring some sense of normality for children, ensuring they can continue their education, and giving them a safe forum to participate in the planning and restoration of their schools and wider communities long term.

The schools and communities that Childreach Nepal have worked closely with over the last 6 years have been devastated by the recent earthquake. Childreach Nepal are committed to supporting the short and long term response, utilising local knowledge and expertise to focus on children and rebuild communities in the coming months and years.

Childreach Nepals earthquake response

53,981 people were reached with relief aid in Sindhupalchowk in the weeks after the earthquake

Childreach Nepal was the first organisation to reach many areas of Sindhupalchowk

Our relief effort Access to communities in the Sindhupalchowk and Nuwakot Districts remains a challenge, with significant damage to roads due to landslides caused by the earthquake.

Childreach Nepal responded immediately when the earthquake hit on Saturday 25

th April, sourcing

materials locally and mobilising resources internationally to get lifesaving supplies to rural communities in Sindhupalchowk where no other aid was arriving.

By partnering with the military base at Melamchi, the Young Global Shapers Group and skilled medical volunteers, Childreach Nepal were the first organisation to reach 12,598 households (53,981 people) in 14 Village Development Committees in Sindhupalchowk.

Childreach Nepal delivered food, medical supplies, shelter and blankets, and ensured those injured were able to access emergency medical care outside of their village.

The Childreach Nepal team also completed rapid needs assessments of the area to inform short and long-term plans, feeding this information back in United Nations cluster meetings and to other key bodies.

Community Relationship Throughout this proactive response, Childreach Nepal further cemented a trusting relationship with local communities in Sindhupalchowk and is now in a very strong position to play a leading role in the rebuilding and rehabilitation of the district.

Helicopters were needed to deliver aid to remote areas that our teams on motorbikes could not reach due to landslides.

Childreach Nepal set up the first Temporary Learning Centre in Melamchi, Sindhupalchowk, on Friday 15 May 2015.

This Temporary Learning Centre is the first to be erected in the district, utilising government drawings to pilot the design, ensuring it is safe for children and refining the construction before it is scaled and used in other Village Development Committees, focusing particularly on ensuring these safe spaces can withstand weather approaching in the monsoon season. It is now hosting over 60 children daily. Initial observations highlighted that many children were showing signs of trauma and there is an urgent need for more

Temporary Learning Centres

centres to be established throughout Sindhupalchowk and Nuwakot to respond to immediate psychosocial needs of children, the heightened risk of trafficking in the aftermath of the earthquake and ensure childrens education continues to secure the long term future of children and their communities.

Childreach Nepal, in partnership with Government Education Officials, head teachers and local communities, have now established 6 more Temporary Learning Centres, taking the total to 7:

3 in Melamchi 1 in Ichok 1 in Jyamire 1 in Dhap 1 in Sindhuchok

Childreach Nepal needs to create 100 Temporary Learning Centres for the children of Sindhupalchowk and Nuwakot.

Education in the aftermath of an emergency such as an earthquake is essential because it provides a safe space for children and is a key vehicle for communicating messages about the risks of trafficking, preventable diseases, nutrition, hygiene and other lifesaving topics.

Psychosocial care Temporary Learning Centres form a critical part of childrens education and protection post-earthquake, normalising childrens lives, improving their psychosocial wellbeing and ensuring children continue to learn whilst long term planning for and construction of permanent schools takes place.

Childreach Nepal are passionate about child participation and want to involve children in all stages of the disaster response. Concerns are rising about children that have lost their parents/caregivers, migration of children and the risk of trafficking.

Safe spaces Temporary Learning Centres will provide a space where children can express their thoughts or ideas in a medium they feel comfortable and confident with and ensure effective consultation with children in the midst of the disaster, allowing communities to assess childrens varied vulnerabilities and needs, and ensure children are at the centre of short and long term responses.

Childreach Nepal are committed to raising childrens voices beyond their communities, influencing institutions to fulfil their obligations to children during this unsettling time.

The Department of Education in Nepal have requested the support of Childreach Nepal to establish 100 Temporary Learning Centres in the Sindhupalchowk and Nuwakot Districts.

These Temporary Learning Centres will be staffed and managed by teachers from the original schools in the area and are being coordinated by the Government of Nepal. Childreach Nepal will provide the resources to establish these centres, supplementing resources already allocated by the government for childrens education in the aftermath of the emergency.

Once the resources are delivered, construction and opening of Temporary Learning Centres will be managed by Government Education Officials in partnership with head teachers and Childreach Nepal to ensure community trust, ownership and financial transparency.

Once centres are constructed, Childreach Nepal will work with local partners to supplement curriculum delivery, working directly with children and teachers to mobilise an effective methodology within Temporary Learning Centres.

Building 100 Temporary Learning Centres

6,000 children (60 children per site) in the Sindhupalchowk and Nuwakot Districts will be attending 100 Temporary learning Centres resulting in:

Children being consulted, tackling issues such as trauma and participating in future planning of their education, increasing the number of children attending and being retained in Temporary Learning Centres/schools and reducing the risk of child trafficking.

Parents being able to explore employment opportunities whilst children are in a safe space, increasing the income of families to alleviate poverty, enabling families to continue to send their children to school and reducing the risk of child labour and child trafficking.

Expected outcomes from the project

This is what you donation would be spent on:

Identifying appropriate locations, in partnership with local communities, head teachers and government officials for 100 Temporary Learning Centres.

Procuring and transporting tents large enough to withstand the monsoon season and big enough for 60 children at a time to attend classes.

Clearing sites, which will often be destroyed schools, to make them safe.

Putting up the tents and any other labour needed to get the centres running

Each centre costs 2,792. Can you help us build one?

Description Quantity per TLC

Unit Cost (NPR)

Unit Cost (GBP)

Cost per TLC (NPR)

Cost per TLC (GBP)

No. TLC

Cost 100 TLCs

Site Clearance

JCB Dozer 3 days 50,000 315.67 150,000 947.03 100 94,703

Cost of Tent (including shipping to Kathmandu from Pakistan)

60 person tent*

1 - 1,218.68 - 1,218.68 100 121,868

Labour cost (including transport of materials from Kathmandu to Sindhupalchowk and Nuwakot)

Labour cost 3 days 16,667 105.23 50,000 315.67 100 31,567

Total Cost

Childreach quality assurance and project management of the distribution and allocation of tents and resources staff time and transport (12.5% of total project cost)

310.17 31, 017.25

Total Cost in GBP 2,791.55 279,155

What happens after the centres are constructed?

Childreach Nepal will train teachers on trauma counselling activities, developing child clubs, and initiating watch communities through adolescent girls clubs and parents groups to protect children from trafficking and labour and keep children in school. Details of this element of the programme are available upon request. Funding for these parts of the programme is being secured from other sources.

The Global Shapers Community is a network of city-based Hubs developed and led by young leaders between 20 and 30 years old who want to develop their leadership potential towards serving society.

The Global Shapers Community is one of several communities at the World Economic Forum. Through the Global Shapers Community,

Shapers are provided with opportunities to represent the voice of youth at World Economic Forum events. There are 416 Hubs worldwide with more than 5,300 Shapers doing work that is changing and shaping their communi-ties in important, impactful ways.

The Global Shapers Community Kathmandu is a registered not for profit organization with 16 members that have expertise ranging from banking and entrepreneurship to social activism, fine arts, and journalism. Using their diverse backgrounds and expertise, the Shapers are committed to making a strong social impact in their community through their projects and initiatives.

Strategic partners

In March 2015 Childreach Nepals Director, Dr Tshering Lama, was been selected as one of the 187 leaders who were chosen as the World Economic Forums Young Global Leaders aged under 40 for 2015.

Fellow Young Global Leader for 2015 Mr. Gagan Thapa MP, a member of Nepals parliament who is also a Young Global Leader for 2015 is a key partner who has been coordinating our relief efforts with government.

We also have the support of:

Ms. Aashmi Rana, another Young Global Leader for 2015 Mr. Sher Bahadur Tamang, MP from Sindhupalchowk Mr. Krishna Gyawali, the Chief District Officer of Sindhupalchowk

Childreach Nepal and the Global Shapers Kathmandu Hub have been working together to provide relief efforts in the form of food, sanitation, and health facilities to the earthquake affected, especially in the Sindhupalchowk District, within days of the earthquake on the 25th of April.

The Global Shapers Kathmandu Hub along with Childreach Nepal are committed to:

Creating Temporary Learning Centres to protect children and ensure their education continues in the short term

Rebuilding Earthquake Resistant and Child Friendly Schools using expert knowledge and resources to rebuild schools in the coming months and years.

Working in partnership

Our staff and volunteers have been on the ground since 26th April, the day after the earthquake.

A message from Firoz Patel Chief Executive Officer

The consequences of not educating children can be catastrophic for not only the child but for whole communities. Research which we undertook last year in the central hills of Nepal highlighted one central fact: a child is out of school is at much higher risk of being trafficked

into a life of forced labour or prostitution in other words, slavery. To shine a light on child trafficking, we have partnered with the Hollywood movie Sold to form a movement of modern day abolitionists and spread the message that no child should be tricked into a life of abuse and have their childhood and future destroyed so violently. With Sold as the catalyst in November 2014 we brought together United Nations agencies, human rights experts, civil society, survivors organisations, teaching associations, technology companies and government officials for a conference in Kathmandu to launch our Taught, Not Trafficked campaign, focusing on how education is the path away from the dangers of trafficking. This was all, of course, before the April 2015 earthquakes in Nepal, which have set the countrys education system back decades and made children even more vulnerable to traffickers. In the days and weeks after the earthquake our team reacted swiftly by getting medicine, food and shelter to remote areas of Sindhupalchok district. Our focus has since moved towards creating and running temporary learning centres for children in this district, to ensure they stay in school and are safe from tracking and other abuses. In order for us to carry out our work in Nepal and across the world we rely on the generosity, endeavour and enthusiasm of our supporters. The last year has been another amazing journey. I hope that you will join us for the next chapter.

Contact: firoz.patel@childreach.org.uk

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