Child sponsorship background from Pokhara, Nepal

SOS Children's Village Pokhara

After the initial construction of a home for Tibetan refugee children in 1975, an SOS Children's Village was built in the village of Chhorepatan near Pokhara in 1978.  Pokhara is a small town in the highlands and the aim of SOS Children's Village Pokhara has always been to provide family-based care for Tibetan children and to help the Tibetan refugees who live in a refugee camp nearby.

SOS Children's Village Pokhara consists of a collection of family houses, the village director's house, other staff accommodation and an administrative building.

Other SOS Projects in Pokhara

The SOS Children's Village also runs an SOS School including an SOS Nursery School, a primary school and a secondary school.  All these institutions are open for children of Tibetan refugees and the other children from the neighbourhood as well. 

There are also different SOS Youth Homes and youth communities where young people live together under the care of a youth supervisor.  They continue their education and training in order to prepare for future independence. 

Close to the SOS Children's Village, there is an SOS Vocational Training Centre with various workshops.  At this centre, young Tibetans from all over Nepal and also from the Tibetan SOS Children's Villages in India can acquire various technical and office skills.  They can become carpenters, turners, metal workers, electrical and electronic engineers, secretaries or information technicians.  The SOS Vocational Training Centre also includes a canteen and dormitories for boarding students.

Background to Pokhara

Pokhara is a city with around 200,000 inhabitants, based in central Nepal and roughly 198 km west of Kathmandu.  One of the most popular tourist destinations in Nepal, it is the third largest city after Kathmandu and Biratnagar and is Headquarter for the Kaski District, Gandaki Zone and the Western Development Region.