Helping to break the cycle of poverty.

Devastating earthquakes hit Nepal in 2015, FTEN founder, James returned to Nepal to look for the street children he had befriended on a visit to Kathmandu in 2013. Once he had located them and found them to be safe he joined teams working to help in the recovery from the devastating earthquakes.

After months working with various teams, he went back to Kathmandu. Reconnecting with the boys. These children were of the Dalit caste and of Indian decent. He offered to sponsor them so that they could attend school. The boys took two weeks to give him their answer and when they did, he was surprised by their response. They suggested that this opportunity should be offered to their younger siblings and friends.

He realised that these kids had a chance to escape poverty if they were educated. Enabling them to read, write and do basic maths had the potential to change everything in their lives and others around them. 

So, this is where FTEN began.

A small bunch of volunteers, friends and family have helped FTEN create a better life for these children and families living in Nepal. 

FTEN has achieved the following in the past seven years:

• Forty-five children have been schooled in local public schools. 
• Effective communication with the teachers has been facilitated 
• Funding has been supplied for medical emergencies and ongoing medical support. 
• A small sewing training workshop for the mothers of the sponsored children was set up in 2019. These mothers could not read or write, and most were married at the ages of 12 or 13 none had the chance of an education.
• FTEN provided basic sewing training for the mothers of sponsored children. This involved establishing a workshop space and providing all the sewing equipment needed. This enabled the mothers to make sixty bags which were sent to Australia to be sold to help raise funds for FTEN.

We need your support to break the cycle of poverty. It can be done by providing an education to the children and by providing skills for their parents. 

On average it costs $165 US or $260 AUD to sponsor a child for one years education to attend a public school in Nepal.

Workshop operating cost for a year approximately $1524 US or $2400 AUD

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FTEN is 100% not for Profit (NFP) and is also registerd with RAWCS - Rotary Australia World Community Service.

Please Donate to FTEN Directly

Westpac BSB: 036048 Account: 426371 Don't forget to add your name to the donation

Thank You !