“We do this by working collaboratively with local grass roots organisations as implementing partners. This structure is not only a legal requirement in Nepal and India, but also ensures that the work we do is locally and contextually relevant. It safeguards against wasted resources, increasing the prospect for sustained and significant impact for the communities we work with. Our partners “Rural Community Foundation Nepal” “Edulift” and “Sahasi Ketaketi” are all monitored and audited by both their National Governing Charities Body and by our team on the ground. And after working together since 2012, we know they do a fantastic job.”
“We are also committed to raising public awareness about the importance of education and development work; facilitating and mentoring advocacy projects in both Nepal and the UK.
In many areas of the developing world education is key to lifting children and their families out of poverty. Providing adequate education is fundamental to helping young people and families gain independence and emotional and financial security, that we often take for granted.
The children Freedom to Learn currently supports come predominantly from the Indian Himalayas and Nepal. The Kullu, Lahaul Spiti, and Zanskar regions are situated in the Himalayas of Northern India. Kullu, once known as Kulanthpitha, meaning ‘the end of the habitable world’, is the largest valley in the Kullu district and also the most accessible of the valleys we work in. Many of the children FTL sponsor are at school in Kullu, despite having to travel from much further flung valleys, where they board for anything up to 10 months of the year.
Much of our recent project work is carried out in the Kathmandu Valley, and the Northern Districts of Nepal, close to the Tibetan Border. The children Freedom to Learn work alongside are all from migrant and therefore ‘marginalised’ communities. In addition, we carry out public awareness campaigns in the UK about the importance of education for children in developing countries, and education based development projects in other countries in South Asia.