Model Rehabilitation Center

The fourth batch of vocational training was started from November 2003. Although we are facing financial hardship, we have 16 trainees in this fourth batch. The number is increasing than third batch. We cannot establish new unit because of financial crisis and hoping to establish after good financial condition. We have tailoring and electronics with electric wiring trainings. They have also counseling class each day on behavioral, psychological, social and health aspects and practice on vegetable garden and fishery. It is great pleasure to inform you that most of the trainees completed the training, got job in private shop and workshop. Some of them had established their own shop. They are doing good job. The fourth batch of vocational training will be completed on April 2004.

The numbers of trainees are more increasing and some are in queue due to reaching a quarterly publication "Prison World" bulletin in all jails of Nepal. So, we had more pressure to increase the quota of trainees, which affects financial condition and management issues. We request to pray on these issues so that Lord may provide us wisdom and fund to handle this situation and serve more needy people.

Peace Loving Children Home:

a.
In Kathmandu : Now, we have twenty-four children in our Peace Loving Children Home, Kathmandu. Raj Lam and Raju Lama had problem in study. They cannot catch the courses of school. So, they are now in Model Rehabilitation Center to get vocational training on electronics plus house wiring. We are giving tuition classes two times a day i.e. morning and evening of each an hour four all the children which helps to improve their study. Now, we have also volunteer counseller which provide counseling to needy children. b.
In Pokhara : Six children are living in our Peace Loving Home, Pokhara. They all are girls and have their regular school. They are all doing well and good health.

Supports to Parent Program

In this program forty children are being caring by PFN. Before caring us they all were in prisons with their parent but with the help of sponsored 20 USD per month per child they were released. In this program we are helping them financial assistance, medical care, stationary, school uniform and organized get together once a year in Kathmandu. This year also we are planning to get together.

Prisoner's Welfare Program:

We are providing daily newspaper 'Kantipure' for Syangja, Myagdi, Kaski, Lamjung, Tanahu and Palpa jails. In this way we are providing, tailoring machine, books for libraries, water tanks, according to their needs and request.

Literature Program

i.
Book released: The book called 'Life After Prison' of Nepali version was released on 8th Dec. 2003 at Central jail, Kathmandu. Prison Management Director of His Majesty's Government of Nepal was chief guest of ceremony. Jailers of different jails and representatives of different prison related NGOs were present in the Ceremony. We had also freely distributed the book to all the inmates of center jail. The writer of book are Mr. Dinesh Neupane and Mr. Roshan Prajapati. The book was printed with the help of donation from Panel Reform International. Now, we are planning to distribute in all 73 jails of Nepal. Please pray for fund to distribute in all 73 prisons

ii.
Counseling Course Book: We are prepareing book of counseling. We feel counseling is necessary for inmates pre-release and released prisoners to reconcile in their society. We are praying for fund to publish this book. We hope the book will very much helpful to pre-release and released prisoners. We are also planning to launch workshop to gather knowledge from expertise and prisoners to publish quality book on counseling. This will be a course book of counseling in jails. We had vision to launch counseling program in all jails of Nepal with counselor. This helps to decrease crime in society reconcile in their society, develop positive attitudes for society and maximum utilization of their prison time.

'Prison World' Bulletin:

We have felt communication gap between inmates and Prison Fellowship, Nepal. In Nepal, there are seventy-three prisons through out the country. There is no road access in many prisons specially north belt, mountain and Himalayan regions and it is true that there are no single volunteer and difficult to get devoted Christian volunteer. How can we reach there and link with them? To see this dire need we have created wonderful idea to publish 'Prison World' Bulletin in Nepali language. We are publishing this bulletin quarterly with thousands copy and distributing freely to prison and church and communities by mail. We hope that it will help to come closer, prison and community. Through this project we are able to link with inmates for help, information and encouragement with each others. It is like "Global Link" a publication of PFI to National ministry.

Prison Resource Center:

Prison Resource center was established in Model Rehabilitation Center. The Resource Center will be probably the first research center in Nepal those who want to research in prison sector. We are preparing different prison related books in Nepali version. All the books related to prison in Nepali and English Language will be kept in this center. On the behalf, we are requesting you to send information on prison related books or send the copies so that we can keep them in our Resource Center. We will highly appreciate your cooperation for this endeavour. We hope that in future it will be large research center of prison field.

Library Program:

Prison is a confined area bounded by stonewalls and steel bars. Prisoners have to spend day and night within that specific confined area. So, they spend most of their time by just sleeping and chatting with each other. Their mind become dull due to no work and learning. It is important to make their active mind in prison. Library is the most effective method to make mind sharp. They get daily news and gain knowledge that helps them to use that knowledge after released. Therefore, we are starting library projects in different jails and in our training center. The jails administrator is also highly demanding for library. But, due to our limited resources, we could not fulfill their demand in all jails. We had already established library in Gorkha, Tanahun, Nakhu, Female jail, Kathmandu, Jhapa and Pokhara jails.

Angel Tree Program:

On 21st Dec. 2003, there were big crowd in the prisons of Kathmandu and Pokhara valley. Many children of prisoners and their care takers were gather in the prisons, to receive angel tree gifts. In this way prison Fellowship Volunteer, staff and Board members were very busy to distribute gifts to the children of prisoners. Other visitors were asking "who is giving such gifts for these poor children !" Their families and inmates were also looking wonderly, "what I received in gift !" etc. Angel Tree Program 2003 was successfully completed with gift distributing to 450 prisoners children in Christmas. We raise gift from Norwegian school, British School, Local churches and International Church. The gifts were distributed in Central Jail, Nakhu Jail, Dillibazar, Female Jail, Dhulikhel, Bhadragol, Kaski and Tanahu jails.

Story of Roland Walder:

Roland Walder is Swiss citizen. He left his motherland before 25 years. He spent 5 years in Columbia and 15 years in Nepal. After that His Majesty's Government due to case of Fake currency arrested him. He was in jail for 5 years. Nobody of his family members had known about his condition. He was totally out of contact with his family for 25 years. At last stage he informed his condition to his family. His brother got the information and try to come Nepal. His wife denied going Nepal because she said that Nepal is not good country. But he said with his wife that he is my only one brother, many family members died and I must go to Nepal. So, this 3rd week of January, his brother came to Nepal to meet his 62 years old brother in prison. When they saw each other they could not recognize each other. After 25 years, he met his brother in prison of Nepal with cooperation of Dinesh Neupane, PF Nepal. He just knows that 5 members of his family were died within these years. In this way his father died in 1988 and mother died just last year. When he got the information of his family he could not stop his tear. He shared with his brother that now we are only left to die. He feels loneliness and realizes the importance of family. Now, PF Nepal is doing counseling and legal service for him.

By this newsletter PF Nepal requests to PF Switzerland to meet the inmate,s brother Mr. J.C. Walder, Ch. Chanellet 2, 1277 Borex, Switzerland. Tel. No.: 0041223671771, E-mail: jcwalder@freesurf.ch to encourage and further assistance.

Financial Information:

Our board approved the Budget for 2004. Rs. 4 million was allocated for different programs such as Model Rehabilitation Center, Peace Loving Children Home in Kathmandu and Pokhara, PFN West Chapter Pokhara and East Chapter Morang, Prisoners Welfare Program, Support to Parent Program, Library Project, Literature Program, Prison Resource Center.

In His Service Dinesh Neupane Director

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