Alice's Great North Run Page

Fundraising for The Nepali Children's Trust

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OK so I've been in Newcastle a decade and I thought it was about time I took the plunge and did the GNR! I have been secretly hoping I wouldn't get a place... but I did... so time to dig deep and pay to see me it sweat out for 13 miles!!

As a lot of you know Nepali Children's Trust support a centre for disabled children in Kathmandu, Nepal, called Disabled Newlife Centre (DNC).

DNC was seriously damaged by the devastating earthquake last year, and with the onset of rainy season and the continuing aftershocks, it's only recently that the children, many of whom have limited mobility and are wheelchair users, have been able to move out of the tent and into the building again.

On top of this recent construction on the road next to the centre has caused further damage to the building.

DNC is an incredible organisation that provides education, medical attention, physiotherapy and a home to disabled children often from extremely isolated areas with no medical support in Nepal, and they need the support now more than ever.

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About the charity

The Nepali Children's Trust

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RCN 1111279

www.nepalichildrenstrust.com

We provide long term, effective, sustainable support to 30 physically disabled children at the New Life Centre in Nepal and with virtually no administrative costs. The children usually come from remote and mountainous areas where life for a disabled child is particularly difficult and there is very little medical help or access to education. Disability may occur due to a variety of reasons but often because of untreated accidental injuries and severe burn injuries as a result of babies and young children being left unattended with open cooking fires while their parents work the land. We work closely with the children and staff at the centre assessing their needs and liaising with the local board members of the centre about the best way we can help. The main focus of our support is a commitment to provide a new home which will help the centre save a third of its budget for rent to use for other important expenses. We also help with other essential day to day costs. We liaise with other Nepali and foreign donors of the centre to ensure a web of integrated support that minimises reliance on any one agency alone, thus guaranteeing on going medical care, a caring home, a healthy diet, good education, as well as post school training and further study where appropriate.