Child Welfare Scheme
www.childwelfarescheme.org T 020 7488 4394 london@childwelfarescheme.org
Child Welfare Scheme is a UK registered charity which was established in 1997 to support the pioneering work of Douglas Maclagan in developing children’s Day Care Health Centres in remote mountain villages in Nepal. Whilst the scale and diversity of CWS’s activities has increased substantially since then, the aim has remained the same: to address the unnecessary suffering of children in Nepal and provide opportunities for a brighter future.
CWS works in partnership with organisations supporting front line work with disadvantaged and vulnerable children, young people and communities. CWS projects are numerous and varied.
Sofronie Foundation supports:
The JYOTI Vocational Training Project
This vocational training centre (JYOTI VTC) provides courses to enable over 100 marginalised young people per year who are, for example, street children or ex-trafficked girls to become electricians, plumbers, computer operators and care workers and to become re-integrated in the community. Courses are long-term (3 years), practically based and involve work placements. The young people receive a high level of support, which includes accommodation.
As young people move into permanent employment they are provided short-term accommodation with social work and employment support to bridge the gap as they leave the highly supportive vocational training centre. This centre achieves remarkable results for marginalised young people with over 80% of entrants completing their course and achieving employment and a place in the community.
