Bungamati Family Community Center

March 2010 Global Family Village launches Family Community Program, with its Partner in Education, E3!

BUNGAMATI FAMILY COMMUNITY CENTER

GFV is partnering with an existing orphanage, the Central Child Welfare Board and the Bungamati Community, in Lalitpur district, Nepal to begin a Family Community Center. GFV, together with its partners, is helping to restructure the care-giving approach. "Families" are formed – each child is part of a small group (their siblings), each group has a trained "mother", and a "grandparent" from the community. Each “family” lives together in their own apartment or set of rooms on the premises. The "families" will be an integral part the community.

Additionally, GFV Bungamati Family and Community Center will offer programs for the community including childcare, preprimary education, nurition education and caregiver training. GFV will engage with the community to assess how we can best contribute to the local schools to accommodate the incoming children, and help improve their schools. E3 (Emerging, Education, Equality)  is our Partner in Education for this program. They have experience  in community education development in developing countries. We are fortunate that they have generously supported us, and we are proud that they will be our partners for the duration of the community education development. (www.E3world.org)

Each Center management team, and the local community is assisted by GFV in creating income-generating activities for long-term sustainability.

Follow the progress at "Project Update" (from front page)