CLCR is constantly on the
look out for organisations of any size to support the projects it works
so hard to realise. If you would like to get involved as an
organisation and sponsor a specific project, then please do not
hesitate to call or email us. Pat Price, the president of CLCR, would
love to hear from you!
We at CLCR, have formed many positive relationships with Australian and Nepali organisations that are enthusiastic to help CLCR achieve social change and create opportunity for those in need through its projects. Below is an outline of the organisations that through utilisation of their facilities and services by tourists, particularly Australians, financially contribute to CLCR’s projects in some way.
The Global Development Group (GDG)
CLCR is proud to be a partner for project J537 CLCR HCA Nepali School Project with Global Development Group (ABN 57 102 400 993), an AusAID approved NGO carrying out quality humanitarian projects with approved partners to relieve poverty and provide long term solutions. Global Development Group takes responsibility for the project according to AusAID rules, providing a governance role and assisting in the areas of planning, monitoring, evaluating and auditing to ensure that project J537 CLCR HCA Nepali School Project is carried out to Australian requirements. Tax deductible receipts for donations made by organisations, individuals and businesses in Australia (and the U.S.A.) for all our school project aid and education development activities in Nepal – as part of this approved aid and development project J537 CLCR HCA Nepali School Project – will be issued by Global Development Group (and GDGUSA). For more information visit:
W: www.globaldevelopment.org.au
We have formed a valuable
partnership with the Kathmandu Guest House (KGH), situated in the heart
of Kathmandu’s tourist region - one of Nepal’s oldest hotels and part
of our existing Nepali support network of the KGH Chain of Hotels. CLCR
and our Heartland school will receive a donation for every guest,
volunteer or contact associated with CLCR as part of this partnership.
For contact details regarding accommodation, air port pick and tourist
activities in Nepal, please don't hesitate to contact:
Uttam Phuyal, the KGH Operations Manager
Email: uttam@ktmgh.com
This picturesque hotel is situated just below the beautiful Shivapuri National Park on the outskirts of KTM, and is ideal for tourists who are keen to see the sights of Kathmandu but enjoy the peace and quiet of nature. With great food, service and facilities CLCR is proud to be associated with Park Village Hotel Resort and Spa.
By staying at Park Village Resort and Spa, 10% of your total bill will
be donated to CLCR and its projects. By notifying either CLCR or the
Park Village staff at the time of your booking we can help ensure that
your service is exceptional and that the underprivileged of Nepal
benefit through your stay. See below for the contact and booking
details of The Park Village Hotel Resort and Spa.
We have also partnered with Park Village for our 2009 Social
Ventures Tours initiative, which combines education and
spirituality through the coordination of a day tour in which visitors
to Nepal get the opportunity to visit HCA and specific cultural venues
of Kathmandu that hold cultural significance. For more details on our
SVT Program in Nepal please see our projects page.
Pilgrims book house and
restaurant is a major chain of book sellers, publishers and exporters
operating within Nepal and India. Pilgrims helps support CLCR's
projects in the following ways:
- Supplying of books, stationary and handicraft materials through donation and at discount rates for the School project and ashram school libraries
- Through the provision of voucher donations for CLCR supporters who wish to purchase vouchers for the use of CLCR within Pilgrims
- Through the promotion of the HCA School project from within their stores.
Below are the contact details of Pilgrims Book Houses in Kathmandu, or
if you wish to speak to CLCR directly about these offers you can locate
our details via the contacts page.
Contact name and Office Manager: Richa Maharajan
Phone: (977-1) 4700942
Email:
pilgrims@wlink.com.np
W: www.pilgrimsbooks.com
UNESCO is the technical body officially coordinated by the United Nations within Nepal. CLCR have partnered with UNESCO primarily to help coordinate ongoing teacher training and professional development workshops specifically for the teachers of the school and of other schools in Nepal. Mainly to improve upon the current level of teaching within Nepali schools in an effort to lift the quality of education provided for the children of the country.
CLCR have paired with WFN in an effort to better coordinate educational
opportunities specifically for the young women of Nepal. The founder of
this organisation also acts as CLCR's and HCA's Corporate Relations
Manager in Nepal. We utilise both CLCR and WFN as two of the main fund
raising arms for the school project and its activities.
To find out more about how this organisation works with CLCR or if you
would like to donate to CLCR through this organisation here are the
contact details:
General Secretary: Bandita Thapa
Phone: (977-1) 4425862
Email: thapabandta@hotmail.com
W: www.womenepal.org
Currambena is an
Australian Democratic School offering education from preschool through
to the end of primary school. It has been formally operating as an
alternative educational facility to children throughout Sydney and
Australia for over 40 years. Currambena is affiliated with the HCA and
CLCR’s Nepali School Project as a Sister School. Currambena actively
supports the school through fundraising events, advertising the school
within its newsletters, providing resources and financial support for
student scholarships and infrastructural development.
205 Longueville Rd, Lane Cove,
NSW, Australia, 2066
Ph: (02) 9427 0644
Australasian Association of
Progressive and Alternative Education (AAPAE)AAPAE is a registered Australian education-based association that helps represent and promote alternative education, schools and institutions within the Australasian region. AAPAE is also a CLCR Community Partner and supporter, helping to promote holistic education and the creation of life changing opportunities to children throughout the world through collaboration and promotion of specific CLCR projects.
AAPAE President: Cecelia Bradley
Email: cecelia.b@bigpond.com
Future Sense
are a UK based group who specialise in offering specific programs based
upon providing people with the opportunity to do volunteer work in
specific fields (such as education or the environment, etc) and
communities around the world. They currently offer two brands of
volunteer program: 'Mondo-Challenge' which is seen as a provider of
placements for people taking a mid-career break and 'Gap Guru' which
works more with university students taking a gap year either before or
after university.
CLCR has partnered with Future Sense through our Community Partnership
Scheme (CPS) in an effort to open the door for more volunteers/
teachers from Future Sense to come to Nepal and teach within HCA, thus
giving them valuable experience and greatly adding to the learning and
educational environment at HCA for both our students and teachers.
For more details on their programs or to contact Future Sense directly
to speak about potential opportunities for volunteer placements, please
visit their website:
W: www.gapguru.com
Below are a few pictures of our first Future Sense volunteers to visit
HCA, Anna and Mark who were with us during 2009:
DCXP Australia in conjunction with Arun Treks, Nepal specialise in
providing the most complete trekking and traveling packages for its
customers within all areas of Nepal, including Chitwan National Park,
Pokhara, Annurpurna Range and the Everest Base Camp. Other services
include management of airport pick ups, accommodation and visa
confirmation.
By utilising the trekking and travel agency services of DCXP/ Arun
Treks for traveling to or whilst in Nepal a total of USD$20 will be
donated to CLCR and its projects. The contact details for booking with
DCXP/ Arun Treks and Travel Agency, and to find out more regarding
their diverse tours, please visit their website:
W: www.dcxp.com
NEHURIPD is an Australian based Nepali not-for-profit
organisation focused on providing protection of human rights in Nepal
and ensuring welfare of the Nepalese community around the world but
specifically in Australia. CLCR has formed a link with NEHURIPD through
its CP Scheme in an effort to increase its base of support for its
Nepali projects, promote human rights in Nepal, coordinate together in
fund raising events and continue to provide opportunity for the many
underprivileged children in Nepal.
For more details regarding NEHURIPD please visit their website:
W: www.nehuripd.org.au
APC are a French INGO that are currently working in Nepal t o provide street kids throughout Nepal with opportunities for shelter, food, socialisation and educational opportunities through their programs. APC take a holistic approach to providing welfare and care for the underprivileged children and population sectors they work with, taking kids from the street and supporting them through adolescence and beyond. We have linked with APC to provide further educational and hostel support at HCA to the children within their care, below is a picture of Rajesh who joined us from APC in 2009. In this picture he is participating in our Agricultural Skill Development Program (HAP).
The Rotary Club of Lane
Cove, Australia and Budhanilkantha, NepalCLCR has received financial support from the Rotary Club of Lane Cove, Australia and has also formed a working relationship and matching grant partnership with the Rotary Club of Budhanilkantha, Kathmandu, Nepal. Our partnership with these two clubs is based upon coordinating programs that provide resource based support, long term student scholarship funding, teacher and vocational training programs for the underprivileged Nepali population sectors we are supporting.
The
Australian
Foundation for the Peoples of Asia and the Pacific (AFAP)
The
Australian
Foundation for the Peoples of Asia and the Pacific (AFAP) is an
Australian
non-religious, non-political non-government organization (NGO) that
strives to
alleviate hardship and promote environmental objectives worldwide. CLCR
and
AFAP have partnered in an effort to support education for the
underprivileged
children of
Nepal.
CLCR has recently partnered with
the Westpac Our Community online
donations scheme aimed at providing an extra fund raising activity and
opportunities for more individuals, groups and organisations to support
our
Nepali aid and development activities, but specifically our HCA
Project. Through online donations,
just click on the 'Make a Donation' buttons throughout
the website to make a secure tax deductible donation today and help us
change
Nepali lives forever.
3P Learning and Mathletics
3P
Learning is the
global leader in online Mathematics learning for school-aged students
with over
one million students inspired by our resources. Our mission is to engage
every student every day with a
personalised, responsive, intelligent and challenging learning resource
that
inspires a delight in Mathematics and an innate drive to achieve better
results. CLCR has partnered with 3P to bring this program to every
Nepali
student and teacher within its Heartland School Project and school
computer
lab, this on-line initiative is part of our long term commitment to
lifting the
education rate of
Room to Read
Room to Read partners with
local communities
throughout the developing world to provide quality educational
opportunities by
establishing libraries, creating local language children’s literature,
constructing schools, providing education to girls and establishing
computer
labs. CLCR has partnered with RtR to help support the development of
our
Lions Club of Lane Cove, Sydney
Lions Clubs
have a long history of providing relief and
humanitarian aid to many underprivileged communities on an
international scale.
Lane Cove Lions Club is a newly formed club set up to support
initiatives of
local and international benefit to specific causes and disenfranchised
groups around
the world. CLCR has partnered with the Lane Cove Lions Club as a local
community partner to support its aid and educational development
programs
through its
The Lane Cove Club is always looking for members, in kind support and donations for their projects and can be contacted via the following details:
Stephen Fitzpatrick, President: 0416 166 229
Nikki Gibson, Treasurer: 0401 917 970
NAA have partnered with CLCR to provide
educational scholarship support to a a
growing number of underprivileged children
at HCA. NAA are a passionate group of Australian based Nepali’s
dedicated to
providing educational support to as many Nepali children as possible