Sponsor a child


Support a disadvantaged young person in Nepal

The Lydia Children's Fund is a monthly sponsorship scheme set up to enable children from families affected by leprosy and other disadvantaged families to receive an education. Without this support they would be sent out to work. A child labourer can earn from nothing to £30 per month in Nepal.

It costs £120 per year to fund a child through school in Nepal. Your £10 a month will go a long way towards providing food, clothing and school books for these children. It will also contribute to the family income, allowing the child to finish thier education.

Commitments to the relationship

The Lydia Children's fund will:

  • Send bi-annual updates relating to your child's progress and welfare, health, social and family situation.
  • Inform you of any change in the child/families circumstances.

YOU will:

  • Guarantee a real chance for the child to change his/her future by committing to sponsor his/her education.
  • Inform The Lydia Children's fund 6 months prior to the termination of sponsorship, and immediately in the event of an emergency.

To sponsor a child or make a donation please cut/paste and complete the form below, and either send it to our address in the UK or email us

Yes, I would like to sponsor a child in the Lydia Children's Fund. 

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1. I would like to sponsor  no.       children for         years
2. I would like to donate    £      to The Lydia Children's Fund.      
3. I would like to sponsor   name:        for           years
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Any other donations towards the Lydia Children's Fund  may be made by sending us a crossed cheque (payable to 'Nepal Leprosy Trust'). Alternatively, you may arrange a bank transfer directly into the Nepal Leprosy trust bank account click to e-mail us

Statistics

Enrolment in primary and secondary schools is very low in Nepal. For primary it is 66% for girls and 79% for boys. For secondary it is 43% for girls and 58% for boys. Your money can help us to reverse some of the appalling child labour statistics.

* Statistics shows that of about 7 million children between 5-14 years old working in Nepal, about 3 million are found to be regularly working and 1.7 million children are found to be economically active. ("Nepal, ILO Sign Agreement to Eliminate Child Labor", Xinhua: Comtex, 8/9/2000)

* The number of child labourers is estimated at around 2,060,000 where about, 94.7% are involved in agriculture and household work and the remaining 5% are engaged in service and manufacturing industries. For every 100 children in the 6-14 years age group, 4-5 are engaged in paid work. (ILO-IPEC, Country Paper: Nepal, September 1999)

* According to the ILO-sponsored national survey, of the 6.2 million children between the ages of 5-14 years, 2,596,000 are child workers, which forms 41.7% of this age group. (US Dept of Labor, Sweat and Toil of Children: Efforts to Eliminate Child Labour, 1998)

* Of all children aged 10-14 years, about 40.8% are economically active. The corresponding figure for the 5-9 age group is 12.5%. (Central Department of Population Studies and ILO-IPEC, Child Labour Situation in Nepal, October 1998)

* About 95% (1.58 million) of the economically active children in rural areas perform agriculture related work, in comparison to 78.5% in urban areas. Some 1.6% (27,000) of economically active children work as service workers. 5.3% (87,000) are involved in non-agricultural work. 1.6% (26,000) are in construction, transportation and communication. Children who work as general technical workers constitute 0.8% (14,000). Another 0.8% work as production workers and 0.4% as sales workers. (Central Department of Population Studies and ILO-IPEC, Child Labour Situation in Nepal, October 1998)

* It is estimated that migrant child labourers, those who moved due to economic reasons and those who moved due to non-economic reasons but were working in economic activities before and after migration, number about 120,000, of which 68,000 were boys and 51,000 girls. Of the total children aged 5-17 years, migrant child labourers constituted 1.58%. The corresponding proportions for male and female are 1.77 and 1.39% respectively. (ILO-SIMPOC, Migration of Working Children in Nepal, December 1997, citing Report from Migration and Employment Survey, 1995-1996)

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