About Global Family
Global Family Care Network is a non-profit organization that protects at-risk children in many of the world’s most desperate communities. We believe that every child is valuable to God and needs protection. Every child is at risk of abuse and exploitation in one-way or other, in particular a girl child. According to CWIN almost 40 per cent of survivors of child sexual abuse and rape are girls below 18 years. Most of them are abused at home, in educational institutions, work places or any given place. They are vulnerable in all these places.
Bhitri Sundarta (BS) is a tool developed by Global Family that focuses upon protecting young girls and preventing girl child trafficking and sexual abuse. The goal of the curriculum is to provide young girls with the tools and knowledge to protect themselves, support communities to turn to and the realization of their potential. This curriculum consists of foundational lessons designed to build a sense of community and friendship amongst young girls and strengthen self-image, social skills and healthy habits.
Each meeting is composed of a lesson, discussion, activities and a sample journal prompt for girls to record their thoughts. The lessons are adaptable to different age groups, religious affiliations and educational systems.
The curriculum aims to not only empower the girls to go out into the world and become leaders, but to excite them about what they can do, who they can be and what kind of role model they can grow to be! The potential to make a positive impact upon families, schools and communities is real and possible through the inner beauty that each one of these girls possesses.
The model for club development was established in response to the environmental and individual risk factors of child trafficking and abuse. Clubs are founded and run by community volunteers, who may be youth or mentors from the surrounding area. Clubs follow a curriculum and often meet on a weekly or bi-weekly basis in local community centers, public spaces, schools, or alongside partner organizations. Club activities include children advocating for their peers, girls’ clubs that build self-work, women cooperating to keep girls in school, and community leaders upholding children’s rights. Other clubs aim to intercept girls being trafficked or trapped in abuse and restore them back to their families or guide them to a restoration shelter.
The Empower curriculum is an adaptation of Bhitri Sundarta (meaning ‘inner beauty’ in Nepali), a collection of lessons created to teach girls in Nepal between the ages of eight and fifteen about the dangers of child trafficking and sexual abuse. This version of the curriculum has been modified to reach girls in the United States.
Our Founding Club
We founded the first Bhitri Sundarta club in Kathmandu in June 2010. The girls of this first club inspired many of the games and activities included here, and chose pink, burgundy and green as their colors. In the process of leading these girls through the meetings and assessing how they learned and responded to the concepts, we were able to create lessons and meeting plans that are fun, adaptable and meaningful for young girls.
Project Highlight
Girls Choice Foundation
KATHMANDU, NEPAL
The Thali Miniland School club in Kathmandu, Nepal is a student led club that formed just after the 2015 earthquake. Their mission is to promote girl child rights and support and protect each other from trafficking and abuse in Kathmandu, Nepal. The girl students (and few boys who are invited to join) took action when faced with harassment at school. They meet weekly to discuss matters and listen to one another, work though the "Bhitri Sundarta" (Inner Beauty) curriculum, and raise funds for needy children in their community. These girls have gained confidence and support one another with the encouragement of their parents and school principal. Now, they are training girls from a nearby school to start their own club! The club spreads awareness of trafficking and abuse, and now these children are teaching their peers about their rights and encouraging each other to stay in school… It seems the Girls’ Choice Foundation can do just about anything!
Goals:
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Develop child-friendly messaging on issues such as trafficking, child rights, and abuse
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Strengthen our club to become more sustainable and reach the community with awareness education
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Empower one another and teach our friends about their rights
Trained club leaders conduct each lesson. A club is an effective way of encouraging child participation. Each lesson has a story in which the leader facilitates discussion without excluding anybody. The classes can be conducted in schools, children
homes, and church or community learning centers on weekly or daily basis. All the classes will be conducted in a partnership basis sharing each other’s resources and using the community asset.
Global Family will:
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Provide club leaders training
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Periodic club leader’s review and M&E meetings
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Provide technical support to start and continue the clubs
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Provide a copy of the book for club leader
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Club leader’s annual learning and sharing program
Partners will:
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Find local volunteers to attend the club leader training
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Run the classes on periodic basis
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Find girls to attend the classes
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Develop relationships with the girls, parents and community
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Find resources necessary for materials, snacks etc.
Requirements for conducting the lessons:
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Group of at least 8 girls between 8 to 17 years age
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Enough space to conduct the meetings
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Should have a trained club leader of minimum 18 years old
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Be enthusiastic and passionate about the protection of young girls
How to Run Classes?
Contact Us
Suren Rasaily
Country Lead Coordinator
suren@myglobalfamily.org
+977- 9860509206