Our Story
In the summer of 2011, Katie wanted to travel to Nepal and India and volunteer our time with children. She had done several volunteer projects in the past but had only brought herself. This time, her mission was to bring funding too. Katie and her friend Jesse recieved some initial donations to start the project, which was helping an orphan home in Pokhara, Nepal.
Over time, however, they realized that the scope should shift the fund from helping orphan homes to helping families of potential orphans (please see the blog as to how the funds have been allocated). Remember that 62% of orphans in 3rd world countries still have parents that are alive (UNICEF). So the the original Nepalese Orphan Fund changed to Global Orphan Prevention with the mission to fix the problem before it occurs. "Give the net, not the fish" was a philosophy that Katie soon adopted.
Some families in Nepal are too poor to care for their children, so they give them away to orphan homes, who really are in the bussiness of profit making. They thrive on overseas volunteers to come and "pay" to volunteer. The volunteers don't even realize that the children they are caring for still have living parents.
Global Orphan Prevention is here to make at-risk families self-sustaining and provide them with an outlet for income generation. Our goal is to prevent other children from sharing the same fate as so many others.Through networking and constant communication with the Nepalese community, we have located several at-risk villages who need our help. In the upcoming month, we will be traveling to these villages to determine how we can assist. Often times, they just need a few cows or chickens purchased to kick-start their income generation. The need is assessed for each individual family upon arrival.
Over time, however, they realized that the scope should shift the fund from helping orphan homes to helping families of potential orphans (please see the blog as to how the funds have been allocated). Remember that 62% of orphans in 3rd world countries still have parents that are alive (UNICEF). So the the original Nepalese Orphan Fund changed to Global Orphan Prevention with the mission to fix the problem before it occurs. "Give the net, not the fish" was a philosophy that Katie soon adopted.
Some families in Nepal are too poor to care for their children, so they give them away to orphan homes, who really are in the bussiness of profit making. They thrive on overseas volunteers to come and "pay" to volunteer. The volunteers don't even realize that the children they are caring for still have living parents.
Global Orphan Prevention is here to make at-risk families self-sustaining and provide them with an outlet for income generation. Our goal is to prevent other children from sharing the same fate as so many others.Through networking and constant communication with the Nepalese community, we have located several at-risk villages who need our help. In the upcoming month, we will be traveling to these villages to determine how we can assist. Often times, they just need a few cows or chickens purchased to kick-start their income generation. The need is assessed for each individual family upon arrival.
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