Bungamati Family Community Center Launched!

The new Bungamati Family Community Center is located near the village of Bungamati, in Lalitpur district, Nepal. It is about a fifteen minute ride from Kathmandu. The house has 18 rooms  on 1.5 ropanis  (almost a quarter of an acre) of land, with sufficient areas in the back and side for play areas and a kitchen garden.

The house will be ”home” for 2 families of orphaned children and their “mothers”, and an early childhood/nutrition program open to the whole community.

•  A five-year renewable lease was signed . Repairs and renovation have begun.

•  Community assessment and development work has been started by Agatha Thapa, the founder of Seto Gurans. Seto Gurans was one of the most original and innovative pioneers of programs for Early Childhood Development, nutrition and parent education, in Nepal.

• The Early Childhood  Development and Nursery Program is planned to begin in May.

•  The “families” will be included in the program as soon as the community development and ECD programs are well under way, and GFV has secured enough funding for a full 3 years.

Other Developments

E3 (Emerging, Education, Equality) is a nonprofit funding organization based in New York, with offices worldwide. They are dedicated to helping to improve the quality of education in developing countries. They have chosen Global Family Village as their partner and sole recipient of all their fund development efforts this year.

International Partners in Mission (IPM) is an organization that sponsors 'emersion' visits to developing countries worldwide, for tourists interested in learning about and supporting the local people. They have chosen GFV as one of 'their' projects in Nepal.

Stay tuned......project and fund development progress will be updated regularly.