J & K Houses
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The story of two J House brothers ………………………………………………………….. The story of three K House sisters
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FNC operates two children’s homes in Nepal. J House (for boys) and K House (for girls). Each can hold up to 20 children. The J & K house kids are provided all living, educational, and medical expenses, as well as love and personal attention from a resident adult couple (Uncle and Aunt). FNC in collaboration with NYOF commit to provide support for them from childhood through college. Alternatively, if a child wishes to stop their education after completing high school, FNC offers vocational training with programs ranging from career counseling to computer software training to beautician schooling.
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At our J and K homes, we provide a nurturing and enjoyable atmosphere. We develop relationships between our Uncle and Aunt and the children with our child parent relationship play room, a space for the children to bond with our caretakers through play and games. We also have a playhouse where brothers and sisters can connect and bond. Outdoors, we have basketball courts and both a small and large-sized table tennis tables. Our children are usually split among two schools, so both at home and at school, they always have friends around.
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Children arrive at the houses knowing nothing but hardship, abandonment and sometimes violence, and are usually shy and afraid, but they usually quickly adjust to the familial atmosphere of J and K Houses. The children who are already house residents are tender and reassuring, remembering how terrified they themselves were when they first came to live at the houses. They help with the first hot shower the new child has ever had, run to their trunks to provide clothes to the new arrival, and excitedly show the child the basketball court, the table tennis, the playground, the television set, and his/her bed. And they tell the child how happy he or she will be in the new surroundings. The culture of the houses is such that the kids help each other without being asked, and often without our knowledge. There’s always seems to be someone around to help. Perhaps these children simply appreciate family in a way that the rest of us take for granted.
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