The earthquake of April 2015 has wreaked havoc upon the habitants and the economy in Nepal. In the countryside, landslides have left many families homeless and have deprived bread-owners of their only source of revenues – crops - thus paving the way to a massive rural exodus. As a consequence, urban migration has surged, further increasing the price of property in cities, already affected by destructions due to the earthquake. As a result, many families have no other choice than sharing tiny flats in precarious buildings, deemed unfit to host residents. Following the earthquake, many village-dwellers have taken menial jobs in cities. Children are often compelled to give a hand to their parents, who can't afford housings and the bare necessities of life.
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Silu and Laxman, founders of the center, started by teaching to children from the streets of Kathmandu before launching their own project and creating a center that would provide help to young people before they are taken out of school and start working in the informal economy. Their idea is to make prevention a priority. From that their created the center in 2018 and were officialy recognized by the government in 2019.
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The center, located in the heart of Kathmandu, just next to Durbar Square, has three classes: one for students from Kindergarten to class 2, another one for students from 3 to 5 classes and a senior class for students attending classes above 5. There is one teacher for each class. Another big room is dedicated to extra-activities (dance, paintings, movie projections...). We count for now 77 children registered in our center and 3 teachers who works all the year long for the center.
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