ABOUT

 

NCT was setup in the UK; based in Brantham, Suffolk, the charity aims to support children in extreme poverty in Nepal in a manner that sees every penny donated being spent directly on the children’s needs, and not on bureaucracy and corruption.

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The charity aims to make a biennial trip to Nepal in order to distribute donations and funds (travel and accommodation are paid for privately). Time is taken to travel to those areas that are most deprived and identify children that are most in need. Once found their needs are assessed and provisions are made. These have ranged from supplying clothing, school supplies and meals, to paying for annual educations fees, kitting schools with equipment, basic shelter for homeless families, and arranging sponsorship of children from charity members.

 

During April 2015 a large earthquake hit Nepal and devastated the landscape, killing thousands and leaving countless others homeless. The following March, Maya Watling (the charities founder), along with two volunteers travelled to Nepal to provide relief.  

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They found remote areas had been left with little or no relief or support. Families were living in abhorant conditions and virtually no access to basic life-preserving services. Everywhere that they went they heard stories of how the relief supplies that had been rushed into the country following the earthquake had been lost to corruption, either sold on or only provided to those that were known to distributers, and not evenly shared.