Brief Description

Kidasha works to reduce the causes and impact of entrenched poverty and social exclusion to stop exploitation and violence against children in Nepal. Nepal is one of the poorest countries in the world with 1 in 4 living on less than $0.50 a day. Thousands of the poorest from rural areas are migrating to the cities in search of better opportunities, resulting in rapid growth in chronically poor slum populations. The majority are invisible to policymakers and struggle to survive outside of traditional community safety nets in a context of unemployment and high living costs.
Children living in urban poverty, especially those surviving outside of family care, are particularly vulnerable to long-term harm resulting from neglect, violence, abuse and exploitation. Without effective protection and support, these children will remain trapped in the cycle of poverty.

Vision & Mission

THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, PROMOTION OF EDUCATION, RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF HEALTH FOR THOSE IN NEED THROUGHOUT THE WORLD AND PARTICULARLY (WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING) FOR THE BENEFIT OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN ALL RESPECTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF CHARITY IN ENGLAND AND WALES FROM TIME TO TIME.

Aims & Activities

Kidasha works in partrnership with local organisations in Nepal to increase the aspiration, resilience and life chances of children growing up in urban poverty by improving physical and emotional wellbeing, reducing neglect, abuse and exploitation and increasing participation in education, learning and/or positive employment.

Facts & Figures

                            Our overall aim is to reduce the causes and impacts of entrenched poverty and social exclusion, and stop the exploitation and abuse of children in Nepal.  We do this by improving health and wellbeing, and providing access to education and training opportunities. We also provide protective shelter and support to children outside of parental care, including an increasing number of girl victims of sexual abuse and trafficking. Our ultimate aim is to reintegrate them with their families or into alternative care.
                            

                            In the last 5 years, we have provided services to nearly 5,000 street, working and at-risk children
Reduced child labour by children under 14 years old in Pokhara by 73%
Provided health education to over 2,700 young people
Supported 2,200 children into education
Provided life skills training for 1,100 adolescents
Provided over 2,000 out-of-school children with tailored non-formal education
Provided protective shelter and reintegrated 160 girl victims of sexual abuse
Removed almost 1,000 children from the streets, labour or exploitative situations.
                            

Awards

No awards received