CAIRN Communities
Background
The CAIRN Trust continually monitors both the schools we have built and the students who receive an Educational Award to ensure that they are meeting the needs of the children and the rural villages. Through this monitoring process we have found that in some cases sending a child to school is not enough and occasionally more help is needed. The concept of the CAIRN Communities has evolved through identification of several factors which have prohibited some of our children from taking full advantage of an education.
In most cases the children in need are orphans, have lost one parent, and the surviving parent/grandparent is unable to care for them. In some cases there is the added factor of alcoholism within the family.
There are over 60 million abandoned children and infants in the world today.
(UNICEF, The Increasing Vulnerability of Children In Nepal, 2002)
What is The CAIRN Trust Doing?
All children identified need emergency support in form of food, and occasionally a place to live. Our CAIRN Communities project seeks to identify the best method of support to ensure the health, safety and care of any such vulnerable children is met. Each solution is individual as each child is individual. Our goal is that the children are able to continue with their education and grow within their village community around family and friends. By achieving this, we reduce the migration of children to the towns, where they usually are forced into child labour or into institutions.
Future Plans
In the future we will continue to monitor the progress of both the children in our schools and those receiving the educational grants to ensure they are able take full advantage of their education.
