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Who we are

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The Friends of Jamarko and EPHC was set up in 2022 to formalise the raising of funds in the UK to support the Nepalese charities Jamarko and EPHC. EPHC, (Education, Protection and Help for Children), runs a kindergarten in Kathmandu for the children of workers who cannot afford childcare.   Jamarko was involved in providing land and a school building. EPHC also runs a sponsorship scheme that supports children whose parents cannot afford to send them to school.  They are sponsored from age 7 to age 19, when they leave school.   The scheme has been running successfully for over 20 years.   Before the pandemic, sponsors were recruited from tourists through a Nepalese trekking company linked with Jamarko and EPHC.   Both Jamarko and EPHC also set up other projects, such as an Emergency Medical Fund, Adult Literacy classes and a Women’s project to provide work and training for unsupported mothers.   The Women's Project is now self-supporting.   The Emergency Medical Fund provides sm
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EPHC Celebrate their 33nd birthday

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On 10 th June 2023 ( Ashar 26 Nepali date) Education Protection and Help for Children(EPHC) celebrated its 33rd Birthday.  They celebrated with a cake:   .One of the sponsored children gave a speech:
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Our trustees

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  The Friends of Jamarko and EPHC's founding trustees are: Emily Norton (Chair) Emily’s involvement with EPHC and Jamarko started in 2006 when her two sons visited Nepal on a trip organised by Lewisham Scouts.    She has maintained contact ever since and started sponsoring EPHC children in 2007. In 2011 Emily’s daughter volunteered at EPHC and in 2019 Emily visited Nepal with her now adult children.   Whilst in Kathmandu Emily visited EPHC and the Jamarko women’s project where she met Kamal Hari Pokhrel, EPHC and Jamarko staff and some of the sponsored children.   Since then, Emily has worked with Kamal and other supporters in the UK to support the sponsorship scheme and ensure it continues through the formation of the new UK charity, Friends of Jamarko and EPHC. Andrew Potter (Treasurer) Andrew is a qualified accountant who worked in a large industrial organisation for over 30 years before taking early retirement.   Since then, he has undertaken consulting work and led
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