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BACKGROUND

Sports and extra-curricular activities have shown to be essential in the healthy development of children. Due to a lack of basic infrastructure, children in Nepal do not have regular access to leisure activities. Schools lack the resources to engage social, creative and emotional capabilities of kids. Consequently, kids from all backgrounds struggle to find programs to help them grow into responsible citizens in their communities. Both Himalayan Life Chitwan and Himalayan Life Pokhara provide day camps and sports activities for children to develop these areas of their lives.

Sport and Day Camps Quick Facts:

  • Leisure programs for children from all walks of life.
  • Sports, day camps, biking, hockey, and adventure programs.
  • Integration of marginalized kids into society.
  • Located in Pokhara and Chitwan, Nepal.
  • Serving thousands of kids on a weekly basis.
  • 11 competent and dedicated staff, supported by dozens of volunteers.
  • Incorporated under the Social Welfare Act with the Government of Nepal.
  • Project partner and supervision: HL-Switzerland.

 

Sports Training & Day Camps:

Himalayan Life Chitwan and Pokhara Programs

Himalayan Life Chitwan and Himalayan Life Pokhara work closely alongside parents, schools, and communities in an effort to protect, nurture, and educate the children. The goal is to provide the children with healthy self-confidence, teach them teamwork, and help them develop good values. The ultimate goal is to prepare for the future as responsible citizens. Young adults have a vision for their own lives, families, community, and country.

Day Camps

Himalayan Life staff and our many volunteers run the day camps at the Himalayan Life community centre in Pokhara, in nearby neighbourhoods, and in the southern district of Chitwan. As a result, thousands of kids get to participate in these programs on a weekly basis. Camaraderie, friendship, adventure, fun, games, sport, crafts, stories, learning life skills, and laughter are the basic ingredients of these programs!

Hockey

Himalayan Life introduced Floor-Hockey to Nepal in 2007. Material and coaching teams were brought in from Switzerland to train the Nepalese coaches. A hockey field was built on the Himalayan Life’s premises in Pokhara, and in Chitwan they play on short-grass in the jungle. These fields have become the hub of the new sport, which has spread rapidly. Due to its quick popularity, thousands of kids are now playing, and dozens of teams are competing in the various leagues.

Himalayan Life teaches hockey in schools, neighbourhoods, and at the Himalayan Life community centre. We have found hockey to be a wonderful and fun tool to reach out to the community!

Biking

Our fleet of mountain bikes might be the most extensively used bikes on the planet! Under the leadership of our staff at Himalayan Life Pokhara and Himalayan Life Chitwan (as of 2021!), groups of kids go on rides every morning and evening. In this manner, some 200 kids can benefit from the bikes, working on skill and endurance. As they ride together, the enormous, and otherwise seemingly insurmountable socio-economic barriers between the kids break down. The low-caste street kid and the entrepreneur’s kid work together to reach that mountain top. Read more about our Street Kid Ministry here.

Additionally, the kids learn to service and repair the bikes. As a result, the program provides yet another avenue for street kids to learn transferable vocational skills.