Though much delayed, approval of the guideline has come as  great news for over 7,000 girls who are currently in schools and colleges. The guideline has  made provisions for the distribution of identity cards for the rescued girls on the basis of which the girls will now receive stipend for their education from grade 1 through college.

As per the tripartite agreement signed ion July 12, 2009 between the Friends of Needy Children,the Department of Education, Nepal Government, and the Nepal Youth Foundation, FNC was given the role for rescue, awareness raising, advocacy and technical assistance to the government in terms of data collection and scholarship distribution at the grassroots. However, despite positive side, the guideline, which FNC had proposed to the government as a comprehensive rehabilitation guideline, has been narrowed down by the government as a mere ‘Education Guideline’ and fails to address their overall issues.  Therefore, the effort to lobby for further improvement on the guideline will continue from our side. FNC extends it sincere gratitude to all the members of the consortium of the Kamlari abolition namely Room to Read, PLAN Nepal, BASE, SWAN, HS Nepal, FKDF and FKWDF for their coordination for successfully accomplishing this campaign for guideline approval.

Please follow link for the full version of the guideline Education Guideline for Rescued Kamlaris

All the children, mothers and the staff are happily settling  in the new environment which is spacious and sunny!

The inauguration was held on Tuesday, 21^stFebruary 2012. Constitution Assembly Member and prominent social worker Honorable Dr. Araju Rana Deuba was the chief guest at the ceremony. The building was jointly inaugurated by donor representatives: Ms. Olga D. Murray – President of NYF, Ms. Lynn Hetterich – representative of Montview Church, USA and Ms. Srijana Rana – representative of the Late Princess Helen Shah. The ceremony was chaired by Mr. Hem Prashad Shrestha, President of Friends of Needy Children.

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The Nutritional Rehabilitation Center (NRH) conducted two days Nutrititonal Outreach Camp in Dhunkharka and Patlekhet VDCs of Kavre district during which a total of 875 children up to 10 years of age were served, 608 in Dhunkharka and 267 in Patlekhet. Amogst these children, 615 were found to be good health whereas 260 were malnourished: 215 mildly malnourished, 41 moderately malnourished and 4 severely malnourished. The severely malnourished and moderately malnourished cases were refered to the NRH in Kathmandu and the mothers were encouraged to get their children treated at NRH. In case of  other malnourished children, counseling on nutritional practices were provided to the mothers so that they could take proper care of the children at home.

The activiites in the camp included:

•   Health assessment of children
•   Basic heatlh and nutrition education to the caretakers of the children
•   Referal of severely malnourished children to the NRH facility in Kathmandu
•   Distribution of super flour to each child
•   Hand Washing Edcuation

 Findings of the Camp:

Dhunkharka

Of the 608 children assessed, 445 were healthy and 163 were malnourished. Amongst the malnourished cases,133 were mildly malnourished, 28 were moderately malnourised and 2 were severely malnourished.

Patlekhet

Of the 267 children assessed, 170 were healthy and  97 were malnourished.  Amongst the malnourished cases, 82 were mildly malnourished, 13 were moderately malnourished and 2 were severely malnourished.

The delegation team  first met up with Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai and submitted the delegation paper. The PM immediately called for a high level meeting at which Secretaries of concerned ministries and other high level officials were present. According to the PM’s directive for immediate action, the follow up meetings have assigned responsibilities to respective ministries. The Secretary of the Prime Minister’s Office has been given the coordinating role to bring the rehabilitation issue to a productive conclusion.

FNC has successfully completed the project Diet Management Training for Health Professionals in collaboration with Nepal Youth Foundation. The project was implemented with the financial support of  Rotary International, Rotary Club of Central Marine and Rotary Club of Patan.

Through this unique project we have now produced 18 dietitians working in government hospitals and nongovernmental organizations.  They will be preparing diet menu for inpatients and providing counseling on nutrition and diet to people, thus improving their overall health.

The training also aimed to create awareness among government agencies and hospitals on importance of having a trained Dietician for diet management for patients admitted at hospitals. 
On a strategic level, the training also aims to prepare trainers out of the first group of trainees.

Out of the 146 children registered, 102 (70%) were healthy. Among the 44 children who were malnourished, 38 were mildly malnourished whereas 6 had moderate level of malnutrition.

At the camp the nutritional status of the children were assessed, older children were provided nutrition education and all children were taught proper hand washing practices.