You can keep a child in school for just pennies a day.
About See Change Foundation
The See Change Foundation believes the best way to empower communities is through giving them the tools to help themselves. Working closely with local community organizations, they provide scholarships to rural children, help fund essential medical care and engage in sustainable rural development projects.
Nearly 2 out of 3 Nepalese children do not finish primary school. The majority are needed by their parents at home in order to look after the fields or their younger siblings. The See Change Foundation has awarded over 50 students with scholarships in the last year, making it possible for more children to finish school.
With limited local budgets, it is not surprising that building facilities are not a top priority in rural Nepal. Many school buildings lack basic facilities like water tanks, stationery, and desks. The See Change Foundation has provided everything from laptops for free computer classes to water tanks to provide safe drinking water access.
90% of Nepal's doctors are located in urban cities while 80% of Nepal's population lives in rural areas. We help kids get treatment – from providing a heart valve transplant to basic vaccinations. The See Change Foundation works closely with local leaders to locate children who need medical help.
See Change Foundation Mission & Inspiration
In September 2010, Erik Bouchard left a generously paid job with an Investment Bank in Singapore. Donating his possessions until they fit into a hiking backpack, He departed to Nepal in hopes to find a way to give back to the world.
He went from one of the world's most expensive and rich cities to a small village in the Annapurna mountains where power outages were a daily event and people happily lived off the land. Touched by their generosity and happiness while having so little, He began helping donate school supplies which turned into building school rooms, a computer lab, and even funding a heart valve transplant for an 8-year-old boy.
See Change Foundation was born out of the current landscape of charitable giving where transparency, altruism and communication are far too often lacking.
The core beliefs of their team and donors are that helping others is a responsibility of everyone on the planet, and it must be done without the desire for personal gain or recognition.