Results from the Public Forum, from
Zein of the
Children Welfare Scheme, the organising charity:
Dear Lamma Fun Day friends,
Thank you to all who showed up at Diesel’s on Sunday for the Lamma Fun Day Forum and thank you to those who couldn’t make it but sent apologies and commitment of involvement. It means a lot to us to know you are all behind this event. So…… drum role….. Lamma Fun Day 2012 in on!
Date is Saturday 24th November 2012 – start spreading the word. The majority voted for Saturday vs the regularly Sunday format and we think it’s worth trying out. Parents will have more time to shop and enjoy the day because they will get some extra help minding the kids from our wonderful helpers. Kids will play longer and adults will be able to party more knowing the following day is not a work day. So lets see how Saturday works for this year and give it a go!
This will be the 12th Lamma Fun Day supporting the great work of Child Welfare Scheme (CWS), a HK registered charity providing education, health care and social opportunities to children and youth in Nepal (
http://www.cwshk.org).
Thanks to Andrew Doig (Doggy), a Lamma resident at the time, for starting this fantastic idea upon his return from Nepal all those years ago. And thank you to the amazing Lamma community for keeping it going! Every year, all funds raised at Lamma Fun Day goes to supporting a group of youth to undergo vocational training and psycho social counseling at the JYOTI Vocational Training Centre in Nepal..
Why Nepal, why this project & why CWS?
Every year 10,000 Nepalese girls, mostly between the ages of 9 and 16 are sold to brothels and 1 in 3 children work as child labourers. Children in Nepal are struggling due to the political and economic situation and we can help them. You have helped them!
CWS supports over 700 of these youth every year. One project which provides opportunities for these rescued youth is called the JYOTI (Blaze of brightness) Vocational Training Centre. This project reintegrates these disadvantaged young people into mainstream society by providing vocational training and counseling.
After 2 years of training these youth graduate as qualified plumbers, electricians, care givers or secretaries. Since the programme began in 2002, the average employment rate of these graduates is 88% versus a national average of less than 60%. Among graduates from 2011 group, 80% are currently employed. Trainees from the 9th batch, who will finish this year, are currently doing ‘on-the-job training’ in paid positions.
CWS achievements and awards:<OL COMPACT><LI>CWS has been one of the leading organisations in Nepal since 1997 and it reaches out to over 30,000 children every single year.
<LI>Our health service (Asha Health Care) is the second largest health care provider of paediatric services in the entire Western Region of Nepal.
<LI>CWS Founder Douglas Maclagan was awarded the 2007 Unsung Heroes Award in the UK in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the welfare and health of children in Nepal.
<LI>CWS Founder Douglas Maclagan was awarded the 2009 ‘World of Children’ Health Award, an accolade recognized by UNICEF and hailed as the ‘Nobel Prize for Children.’
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Lamma made CWS possible – when Douglas first started raising funds for CWS in the late 1990’s the Lamma community gave him friendship, contacts and all the support he needed to get the charity off the ground.</OL>Thank you everyone and we look forward to being in touch with each of you soon regarding your sections/volunteer interests.
If you have any questions please feel free to contact myself (
zein@cwshk.org) or
Sonya.
All the best,
Zein
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