Volunteer-led · Nepal
Education that reaches the children the system misses.
Save A Child’s Future brings daily non-formal education and life-skills training to children in slum settlements and Chepang communities across Nepal. More than 500 children have learned with us so far.
500+
Children supported
Across slum settlements and Chepang communities since we began.
40
Children in daily classes
Non-formal education and life-skills sessions, every day, in one settlement.
2
Communities served
Urban informal settlements and remote Chepang hillside villages.
100%
Volunteer-taught
Young Nepali volunteers who live in or near the communities they teach.
Why we exist
A child out of school is not a statistic. They are a neighbour.
In Nepal’s informal settlements and remote Chepang villages, thousands of children are outside the classroom — because school is too far, too costly, or because the day is already spent working. They are not hard to find. They are simply not being taught.
We began as a small group of young volunteers who decided to stop waiting for someone else to start. We hold classes inside the communities, every single day, with materials provided free — so the only thing a family has to give is permission.
What we do
Four programs, one promise: a child keeps learning.
Daily non-formal education
Classes held every day for children who are out of school or at risk of dropping out — literacy, numeracy and Nepali and English basics.
How it works
Life-skills training
Practical sessions on hygiene, health, safety and confidence — the skills that keep children well and able to keep learning.
How it works
Chepang community outreach
Learning support for children in Chepang hillside villages, one of Nepal’s most marginalised indigenous communities.
How it works
Families and volunteers
Nothing runs without the families. Parents help choose where classes are held and volunteers are recruited and trained locally.
How it worksMedia coverage
“Featured for providing daily non-formal education and life-skills training to 40 children in a slum community.”
Nepal Press covered the initiative’s daily classes in an urban informal settlement, where 40 children receive non-formal education and life-skills training from young volunteers.
Get involved
It takes very little to keep a class running.
Our costs are notebooks, pencils, mats and the time of volunteers. Every contribution goes straight into a classroom.
Volunteer as a teacher
Give a few hours a week to lead reading, numeracy or life-skills sessions. Training and materials are provided.
Sponsor a child’s materials
Exercise books, pencils, slates and a school bag for one child for a year — the smallest gift that changes an outcome.
Partner with us
Schools, businesses and NGOs can help us reach another settlement, or fund a full year of daily classes.