“Give the Net, not the Fish” Self-Sustaining Children-Homes Hands with Hands Click spacebar for next Slide

NGO with Headquarter in Kathmandu, Nepal Small loans to women for income generating activities Micro- Credit Children Homes Give the net not the fish: Income generating and sustainable Children Homes Education Support for community on expansion of education opportunities Co-Support for communites to establish their own health-care solutions Rural Health Child´s Heart Initiatives for heart surgery for underprivileged children Hands with Hands

Hands with Hands Estimates of 210 million orphans worldwide 2001: 65 million orphans in Asia, 34 million in Africa 2009: UN study orphans in Nepal from various causes 990,000 Everyday worldwide 5,760 children become orphans Orphans in Numbers Corruption in orphanages Misuse and abuse of children Lack of long term integration Problems Due to HIV and other diseases there is a growing number of orphanages

Orphanage With own food production in garden Hands with Hands THE INNOVATION: Self-Sustaining Children Homes Hands with Hands Start Up CapitalTechnical Assistance Volunteers Self-Entrpreneurial Woman Women in need - Live in Children Sales of Partial Harvest Income Community Micro Business Sales Income

Hands with Hands After 5-7 years the children home is financially self-sustaining Set Up of home ImplementationDevelopment Identification of Social Entrepreneurial Women (SEW) Business Planning with SEW Purchase of house & Land Construction work on basics (sanitary buildings) and purchase of basic interior Admission of first children (2-4) Identification of women in need as Carers – live in Planting of vegetables & rice Purchase of buffalo & other livestock Creating Market linkages for school Sales Admission of more children Sustainability New Business established and generating extra income for the home All costs can be covered through different income channels Identification of women in need as Carers – live in Community Network for Volunteers Advisors Services (e.g. health) Set up of extra business depending on vision of SEW (e.g. Sewing house, fish farm) The Model is easily replicable across country and country borders HwH has implemented 5 homes and advised 1 on transformation in Nepal

Hands with Hands More Children find a sustainable home, enough to eat, acess to education and don´t get lost again due to limited financial resources

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