About AAROH
AAROH is a non-governmental organization (NGO) officially registered under the Society Act with the District Administration Office in Kathmandu (459). It is affiliated with SWC, the Social Welfare Council (affiliation number- 38685) licensed under the Nepal Government Act . It was established in January 29, 2014.
AAROH is dedicated towards taking positive actions to transform the lives of underprivileged children and women through education. We offer support and facilitation of various projects that enhances and bring growth in a community.
Vision
Our vision is “to be the primary support for the education and skill development to the unprivileged children and women for a sustainable growth.”
Mission
“Lightening the lamp in the dark corners of society, by planting the seeds of life in the light of love, care and knowledge.”
Objectives
- To help in promoting women and children education for the unprivileged and financially unsound.
- To help in improving primary and secondary school standards.
- To help in ensuring healthcare for the children and their families and to concentrate on children and women rights.
Our Concern
Amidst the Nepal’s political turmoil and decade long conflict, the country is in its hard struggle to establish a stable economy. Although every part of the society has been affected by the economic and environmental challenges, we are all aware that underprivileged children and women of rural areas are the most vulnerable to every crisis a community faces.
Every year hundreds of of women and children experience poverty, discrimination, suppression, mal- treatment and violence throughout the world. It is even worse for women and children of one of the poorest countries like Nepal. Thousands of Nepali women and children are deprived from their basic rights to education, protection, expression, healthcare, development, and many times even the very survival is in question. The economy highly depends upon agriculture and forestry with a whopping 1/3rd of GDP of Nepal (World Health Organization Nepal, 2015). The development policies of the past have contributed to some growth in the modern sector largely based in urban areas. However the growth in agriculture has stagnated for about five decades (Sharma, 2006). There has also been decline in poverty rate since 1996 from 42% to 25%, the rural parts of the country still suffers tremendously (Wagle 2015). For 96% of the poor that are living in rural areas, life is harsh (World Health Organization, 2013). There is meager literacy rate of only 48.6% in Nepal, of which 62.7% are males and 34.9% are females (World Population Review, 2015). Women – especially poor women – are often trapped in a cycle of ill health exacerbated by childbearing and hard physical labor (WHO, 2000).
