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CWIN Education
Sponsorship
1. BACKGROUND
CWIN believes that to get basic education is the right of
every child and not a privilege. It also believes that inducing
children to education is a step towards child labour elimination.
Girl children, who are a neglected majority, have to be
given priority in the mainstream education. With these principles,
CWIN started its different education support activities
for the children at risk and underprivileged children from
1988. The Education Sponsorship Programme, however, formally
began from the beginning of 1992. The CWIN-ESP is committed
to the cause of establishing the right to education for
child workers and children living and working at difficult
circumstances. Its objective is to provide education support
to school aged children below the age of 10 who are working
and living in most difficult circumstances. The CWIN-ESP
support covers all the schooling expenses of children including
tuition fees, clothes, educational materials, along with
boarding expenses when necessary. By the end of 1998, 836
children are getting sponsorship in 182 schools in 23 districts.
2. FOCUS GROUPS
CWIN-ESP aims to support the following groups of deprived,
underprivileged children and those at risk condition through
education opportunity:
- Homeless and destitute children
- Street children
- Orphaned children
- Children from slum and squatter settlements
- Children abandoned or neglected by parents
- Working children
- Children of jailed parent/s
- Children in bondage
- Children of scheduled caste & ethnic
minority
- Children of the rural poor families
4. TARGET
- 100 new children in general sponsorship
every year
- Special sposnorship as per necessary
5. SPONSORSHIP CATEGORY AND AMOUNT
The education sponsorship with CWIN-ESP has two categories:
i) Special Category : US $ 600 per child per year
This sponsorship enables a child to study in a private boarding
school in Kathmandu, the capital city. The expenditure covers
such expenses as tuition fees, clothes, educational materials
like books and stationary, and boarding (fooding and lodging).
This category of sponsorship is directed to children who are
at risk conditions such as destitute and homeless children,
children without parents, abandoned children, children whose
parents are in jail, and children in bondage and servitude.
ii) General Category: US$ 100 per child per year
This category of sponsorship provides opportunity to a child
to study in a local government school all over Nepal. The
government run schools normally have adopted the free education
policy, but they still charge the admission fees and examination
charge, and the children have to buy uniform, books, stationary
and other necessary materials. These expenses are out of reach
for many families in Nepal where 60% of the people survive
below the poverty line. This category of sponsorship basically
targets the children who are staying with parents or have
possibility of staying with family and join school from home.
Children from the poor neighbourhoods and shanty towns in
the cities, those from rural poor families, children of the
scheduled caste and minority groups and child workers can
benefit from this type of sponsorship.
6. CWIN - ESP PROCEDURE
- Information collection on the children
through field visits and reports at different CWIN centres
such as CWIN Children's Home, Transit Home, CWIN Girls Home
and Common Room. Cross checking and verification of information
for authenticity.
- Selection of children for the education
support from various CWIN centres and from among cases referred
by recognised organisations and individuals.
- Preparation and filing of case history
of each child.
- Making announcement for sponsorship
& collecting sponsorship confirmation forms.
- Signing of agreement between CWIN-ESP
in-charge and sponsor.
- Selection of appropriate school for
admission followed by all admission procedures.
- Arranging transfer of school fees and
necessary budgets from CWIN bank to school.
- Organising regular visits to the school
and home of the child to observe and follow-up the situation.
- Evaluating and monitoring of the progress
of the child.
- Preparing progress report and communicating
to the sponsor.
7. TERMS &
CONDITIONS BETWEEN CWIN-ESP & SPONSOR
After signing the agreement between CWIN-ESP and sponsor,
CWIN shall:
- Prepare and send the progress report
of the child to the sponsor every six months.
- Send further information about the child.
- Put the sponsor in mailing list to send
information about CWIN activities.
Sponsor shall:
- Not take any advantage of his/her support
to the child.
- Guarantee the sponsorship for the period
of time as mentioned in the agreement.
- Inform CWIN at least 6 months prior
if the sponsorship has to be terminated in emergency.
8. PROCESS OF SENDING
SPONSORSHIP MONEY
i) Send the amount to the Bank Account Number mentioned below.
In the first year, the amount should be send in full in advance
followed by two half-yearly installment in following years.
CWIN Bank Account for Money transaction:
A/C No. 011001
39690 01
CWIN-ESP
Nabil Bank
Kathmandu Nepal
ii) Make sure that the payment for the first
year reaches CWIN at least one month prior to the new academic
year which begins on January-February.
iii) The first half-yearly installment should reach CWIN before
the January of every year and the second installment should
reach by the month of July.
iv) The sponsorship money could either be directly transferred
to the CWIN Bank Account or could be sent by cross-cheque
in US Dollar in CWIN's mailing address.
v) The sponsor is requested to notify CWIN either by post
or fax of the money transmission, so that the amount can be
retrieved at the earliest.
9. EMERGENCY FUND FOR CWIN ESP
An Emergency Fund has been created under CWIN-ESP which is
financed by donations and CWIN's fund raising activities.
This fund is used in emergency situations such as sudden withdrawal
of sponsorship, illness and accident of a child. The Emergency
Fund also support to continue the education of children who
lose or are separated from the earning member of their families.
Donations for the Emergency Fund is also send to the above
mentioned account number.
10. CONTACT ADDRESS FOR DETAIL
Child Workers in Nepal Concerned Centre (CWIN)
P. O. Box 4374, Kathmandu, Nepal
Tel: 977-1-282255 / 278064
Fax: 977-1-278016
Email: cwin@mos.com.np
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SPONSOR'S
CONFIRMATION FORM
YES,
I would like to sponsor a child for education
with CWIN.
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