The vision. The hope. The prayer.

GASH. is Gorkha Association of Social Health. The small community health center was established with a lot of prayer and a small donation of US $3500.

The long-term plan is to establish a mission hospital in the center of this district.

LIJIF decided to come in and create a bigger project that will see to it that the people of Nepal do:

• Health Education and Screening
  o Preventive Health Screenings
  o Health Education Classes
  o Well-Baby Classes
• Supportive Counseling Services
  o Supportive mental health counseling
  o Crisis Counseling and referral Services to appropriate community social service agencies
• Substance Abuse Services
  o Substance Abuse Education and counseling
  o 12-Step Recovery Support Groups
• Health and Fitness Program
  o Health Classes
  o Hygiene Classes
  o Nutrition Classes
  o Aerobics and Walking Classes

Disease Prevention Classes

Mishael’s Work and experience brought him to want to give back to the impoverished children and that’s what he had already received himself when a visiting Doctor helped him. He then started Mamta and later contacted lijif for help, which was offered, and continue to offer.

Presently there are 60 children as reported a year ago in shared homes from various backgrounds, from abused to impoverished orphans. The couple’s desire to help and serve the poor and orphaned children in Nepal by providing a home and education touched LIJIF’s executives and so they jumped into action.

LIJIF.US THE UMBRELLA. PROPOSED EMPOWERMENT CENTER

When Misheal contacted Nelson two years ago to come to Nepal and help the organization that had six orphanages, he was so much touched though his goals were to develop Africa. Little did he know that Nepal was the second poorest country in the world. They spoke and he agreed.

Now lijif is in plans to construct a multi million-dollar Kathmandhu Empowerment Center after finishing the Uganda Empowerment Center in 2009.

LIJIF Came in to Help with:

• Financial Education
  o Hands on Banking (Kids, Teens, High School and Adults Software)
  o Computer-based Financial Training

High School Financial Planning Program

Lijif is responsible for MCCT Annual budgets and over seeing. Starting 2009 all facilities and responsibilities of MCCT will be handed over to LIJIF and Licenses in the country will have been transferred.

• Community Computer Center
  o Computer Training Classes
  o Computer Resource Center
• Educational Services
  o English As A Second Language (Adults)
  o Sewing Classes
  o Computer Classes

Typing Classes

Community Computer Center

To establish and manage a community computer resource center, which will provide community, free access to typing and computer training classes include WORD, Excel and PowerPoint software.

Educational Services

To provide free community education classes to increasing academic, technological and job performances skills. These classes will Adult ESL Classes, Sewing Classes, Computer Classes and Typing Classes

• Youth Services
  o Violence Prevention
  o Mentoring
  o Visual Arts
  o Performing Arts
• Women’s Services
  o Violence Prevention
  o Mentoring Services
  o Domestic Abuse

Youth Services

To educate, mentor, and train youth toward becoming productive citizens demonstrating integrity through the development of services and programs, which encourage public speaking, effective decision making based on a spiritual worldview.

Women’s Services

To provide and array of education and training services to insure that all women and girls will possess the integrity, skills, and resources to be strong, independent, self-sufficient and contributing members of the community.

• Housing Supportive Services
  o Transitional and emergency housing assistance
  o Educational classes for community building projects
• HIV/AIDS Education Program
  o HIV/AIDS Counseling
  o Mentoring Program for Children Orphaned by AIDS

Support services for Relatives Caring for Orphan Children

Transitional housing Assistance

To provide housing short-term housing assistance for persons experiencing domestic violence to afford them the opportunity to establish independent housing.

HIV/AIDS Program
To establish and augment existing services for persons and their families impacted by HIV/AIDS, mentoring programs for orphaned children and supportive services for care-giving families of orphaned children.