Nestled in the Banke district in Nepal is a small hostel that transcends its functionality as a residential facility for vulnerable hearing-impaired children, and instead has become a true home, family and place of belonging for a beautiful community of vibrant kids. As the global deaf community celebrates International Week of the Deaf this week, we...
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Over the past 13 years BTO has evolved from a one-man mission to a thriving international development organisation making a huge impact on the lives of children. Find out what makes BTO stand out, and how we are challenging traditional models of care for some of the world's most vulnerable children.
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When the financial year comes to a close, it always offers us an opportunity to pause and look back on the year that was - to reflect on our successes, on our challenges and on how our programs in-country are working or in some cases, not working. This reflection is an important part of BTO’s...
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Keeping children safe and occupied can be a challenge at the best of times. And like most parents will know, COVID-19 and it’s restrictions have tested even the most equipped parents. For the house mothers caring for at-risk and abandoned children at BTO’s unique family homes, COVID-19 has revealed their superpowers! At BTO our mission is to...
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Do you want to join a supportive team and help change the lives of some of the world’s most at-risk children? We are extremely excited to be taking on some great new challenges in the new financial year, and we’re looking for some purpose-driven volunteers to help us. COVID-19 has had a big impact on our...
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As the world settles in and continues to adapt to the COVID-19 crisis, our partners continue to work tirelessly to support at-risk children in Nepal and Kenya. We have been blown away by the support of our community during our COVID-19 Emergency Child Safety appeal which has enabled us to support our partners to provide urgent...
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At the very core of Beyond the Orphanage is a mission to protect the safety of children. For thirteen years we have been committed to finding better ways to provide at-risk, orphaned and abandoned children with the love, care and support they need to thrive. We’re also deeply committed to a capacity-building centred model of development....
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As a rule, we like to share positive stories and the beauty and success of the children we support. But we also know it’s essential we share with our community the challenges, situations and risks our partners and children face. Recently our Kenyan program partner Alfajiri sent us a report about how COVID-19 is affecting their...
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While a large majority of the world 'shelters in place' the street children of Nairobi in Kenya are facing enormous risks to their safety. With a lack of safe shelter, food and access to water, these children are amongst the most at-risk people in the world. Numbers of confirmed COVID-19 infection are still low in Kenya...
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Like most of the world, Nepal is currently in a National Lockdown which, at the time of publishing on 22 April has been confirmed by the government to continue for another two weeks. However, it is widely anticipated the lockdown will be extended for another month. There have now been 31 confirmed cases in Nepal, however,...
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