Future Village is a research and project-based NGO. The project was founded in mid-2004 by a group of enthusiastic visitors from Hong Kong, who raised fund to provide education, health and agricultural assistance to more than 700 residents of Katunge Village, 100 km north of the capital Kathmandu.
One of the founders of this NGO, Christie Lam, an anthropologist by profession started this volunteer-run NGO with just US$ 400. It was enough to buy a small piece of land in Nepal and eventually with the support from a numbers. of donors a two-storey house was built, which now serves as the main office and offers accommodation to attract volunteers across the globe.
“Future Village” firmly believes that through the participatory and empowering approach can help us better understand the local needs and achieve livelihood improvement in a sustainable way. We carry forward three important steps to ensure the effectiveness of each program including research, project implementation (participatory and empowerment) and evaluation. Local partnership and zero administration fees are two key principles of “Future Village” to maximize the benefit for the poor at the lowest cost.
One of the founders of this NGO, Christie Lam, an anthropologist by profession started this volunteer-run NGO with just US$ 400. It was enough to buy a small piece of land in Nepal and eventually with the support from a numbers. of donors a two-storey house was built, which now serves as the main office and offers accommodation to attract volunteers across the globe.
“Future Village” firmly believes that through the participatory and empowering approach can help us better understand the local needs and achieve livelihood improvement in a sustainable way. We carry forward three important steps to ensure the effectiveness of each program including research, project implementation (participatory and empowerment) and evaluation. Local partnership and zero administration fees are two key principles of “Future Village” to maximize the benefit for the poor at the lowest cost.
Objectives
• Reaching the poor through community development and local participation
• Building capacity through project evaluation and transferring knowledge into action
• Mainstreaming Anthronomics in the field of development research
• Reaching the poor through community development and local participation
• Building capacity through project evaluation and transferring knowledge into action
• Mainstreaming Anthronomics in the field of development research
Activities and achievements
Dr. Christie Lam, who has overseen the development of “Future Village” for the past 6 years, recall “In the beginning everything was difficult- just getting donated materials like books and furniture into the village was challenging in itself”. But the response from volunteers for exceeded her expectations, and now the program has made a big difference in the lives of the poor.
The “Future Village” conducted regular classes to teach village children English and provided basic health services while listening the voices from the poor- always considering them as a partner in rural areas. The project achievements include:
• Sponsoring hundred's of village kids for schooling.
• Sponsoring outstanding village kids to study in cities.
• Sponsoring full time teachers.
• Providing free tutorial class regularly.
• Supporting school rebuild and upgrade projects.
• Over than 700 rural population can access clean drinking water.
• Providing free health check and dental service to the villagers of the villagers.