Sunrise Home
SCAI provides temporary family-based care for children who have been rescued from corrupt, abusive orphanages or other similar institutions in emergency rescues, or from other high-risk or abusive situations.
Every child deserves to grow up in a nurturing family environment, to be loved, cared for and protected. Unfortunately, not every child has this opportunity within their own biological family, due to lost family members, lost connections or the family posing a significant risk to the child.
SCAI currently cares for 26 children at Sunrise Home.
“If a child has no immediate or extended family that can be found, or the child has been abused or neglected, it is our responsibility to provide them with a temporary loving, nurturing home, until we can a find long-term solution, whether that be a foster family or rehabilitation or other forms of support.” – Emma
How our support helps
By helping meet the children’s basic physiological and safety needs, and developing a sense of love and belonging, we provide a foundation for them to develop self esteem, confidence, respect, gain an education and work towards reaching their full potential. The various activities and support for the personal development help equips them for life back in their communities.
What support we provide
A safe secure, home
SCAI built Sunrise home on almost 1.5 acres of land bought by SCAI, using Rat Trap Bond walling for better insulation and with an earthquake resistant design. There are four light, spacious self-contained flats, each with 2 bedrooms, a live-in carer’s room and open-plan kitchen, dining, study and recreation area. The flats are located in a beautiful, clean, green, natural village setting just outside of the Kathmandu valley.
Quality care
We provide the children with a well-balanced diet, clean water, clothing, medical care, a good education at the local community school (also sponsored by SCAI), a range of activities for their personal development, counselling,and other psychosocial support. All carers live in full time.
Skill development
The children learn important skills for their future, through participating in household chores that resemble a typical Nepalese family home environment, including gardening, cleaning, and cooking which is very much a family time for talking, sharing and bonding. The children also learn how to grow seasonal vegetables, which they then get to enjoy eating!
Extracurricular activities and life skills
The children can expand their academic knowledge through the in-house library, games, arts and crafts, music, singing, dance, sports, field trips, picnics and learning various skills including basic housekeeping, hygiene, health, nutrition, first aid, basic safety and fire and earthquake training.
Those in their teens undertake formal Life Skills training, which helps them understand themselves, their relationships, handle conflict and make appropriate decisions for their daily life and future.
Family reconnection and reunification
As soon as the children join Sunrise Home, the reintegration process begins. This involves tracing families if they have lost contact and re-establishing communication, which involves phone contact and visits from children’s relatives. The children then commence reconnection visits to their home communities to re-establish relationships with neighbours and local support networks and to learn about the local customs and ways of life in their home community. Ultimately, when the family environment is positive and in the best interest of the children, the guardianship is permanently transferred to their family.
During this process, SCAI monitors children’s families and potential care situations closely and provides medical treatment and other rehabilitation support for family members as needed, so the children can be safely reintegrated as soon as possible.
Make A Difference Today
Thousands of children in Nepal continue to be separated from their families due to trafficking or being enticed away with the promise of a better life and education. Thousands still live in orphanages despite having families, work as child labourer’s or enter into early marriage.
Help us prevent separation and exploitation of vulnerable children and reunite separated children with their families.
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