Soap for Children Rescued from the “Justice System” of Nepal 2018
Fundraising campaign by
Tomoko Yasuda
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¥20,333Donated So Far
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In a developing country where the justice system seems to be built to serve the rich, where political leaders often motivated by power and wealth, what happens to those that are unjustly put into prison? And perhaps even more crucially, what happens to the CHILDREN of those prisoners?
"Each child has the right to find their own light, like a firefly in the night" - Indira Ranamagar, founder of PA Nepal
PA Nepal is an NGO seeking to provide basic needs and human rights to prisoners and their children; one of the most vulnerable groups in Nepal. Within Nepal, the state has no legal obligation to support the children of prisoners. As such, one of PA Nepal’s most important projects is for the complete care of numerous children whose parents have been imprisoned. Without this support, many of these children would be forced to either reside in prison with their parents or on the streets where they are vulnerable to abuse, trafficking and exploitation.
Currently, there are 103 children ranging from the age of 3 to 18, living at their biggest Children's Home in Nepal. Here, they build their own 'family', eating, sleeping, studying, and caring for one another. This summer, I spent over two weeks living with these children, listening to their life stories and experiencing their way of living.
Here, I was very impressed by the level of self-sufficiency the children had developed for themselves. I would find children, aged three, washing their own bed sheets in the cold morning air because they had 'wet their bed'. The older ones took care of the younger children, with all the love and attention they could provide; and so did all the staff of PA Nepal.
I made use of my time there to conduct hand-washing classes with the children, teaching them the basic proper way to wash hands, and also the "why's" behind hand-washing. I further introduced a soap-net system, widely used in Japanese schools, which prevents the soap from slipping away into the sink or melting in a puddle of water (which was a constant problem the house mothers complained about with the few soaps they did have).
Yet, in the end, there was also one issue that could not be solved within Nepal; so many children also meant that much money is required for proper care. Yet, in Nepal, there are stringent restrictions set by the government on local citizens about the bank accounts they can have, making it impossible for them to fund-raise overseas.
With this reality in mind, I left Nepal this summer with the promise that I would make myself personally responsible for finding a way for the children to always have soap to wash their hands.
Thus, this Campaign aims to raise money for these children, specifically focused on antibacterial hand-washing soap, which is currently a rare commodity in the children’s home in Sankhu, Nepal, but should be a basic right.
Please help me keep my promise, and support these bright children find "their own light" in this world!
Organizer
- Tomoko Yasuda
- JP
Donors
- Anonymous
- Donated on Feb 04, 2019
- Constanze Holze
- Donated on Dec 19, 2018
Hope your friends are further publicising the campaign. How are you going to get the soap to the children? Just sending by mail? Isn't that expensive? Do you think you could approach your previous High School for supporting the cause? I think it would make a great project for elementary school (in particular). Best of luck!
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Donors & Comments
- Harry Booth
- Posted On Mar 19, 2020
kindly help us help prisoners at risk of contracting coronavirus in Kenya. look at our campaign and any help will be appreciated. Kindly support us even by spreading and sharing this cause.
- Anonymous
- Donated on Feb 04, 2019
- Constanze Holze
- Donated on Dec 19, 2018
Hope your friends are further publicising the campaign. How are you going to get the soap to the children? Just sending by mail? Isn't that expensive? Do you think you could approach your previous High School for supporting the cause? I think it would make a great project for elementary school (in particular). Best of luck!
- Anonymous
- Donated on Nov 12, 2018
Good luck, Tomoko, this is a good thing you're doing. Regards, Mr S
- Anonymous
- Donated on Nov 12, 2018
頑張ろう〜。
- Lea Yamamoto
- Donated on Nov 06, 2018
You are inspiring Tomoko, good luck with this!
- M.E. Wilcox
- Donated on Nov 06, 2018
Awesome to see you doing something important and meaningful, Tomoko! Keep up the good work!
kindly help us help prisoners at risk of contracting coronavirus in Kenya. look at our campaign and any help will be appreciated. Kindly support us even by spreading and sharing this cause.