© 2009 Ghar Sita Mutu

Beverly Bronson, the organization’s founder and director, splits her time between Nepal and New York. In the U.S. She administers the organization, working with a few volunteers. She oversees a small paid staff in Nepal.

 

Ghar Sita Mutu is a very lean organization with a small amount of overhead. Funding comes mainly from individual donors and some grants, as well as proceeds from the sale of items made by the GSM women in the training program.
 

Ghar Sita Mutu currently operates with a fiscal sponsor, The Candy Jernigan Foundation for the Arts, which receives and distributes its donations. As an non-governmental organization (NGO), Ghar Sita Mutu has an advisory board in Nepal.

Nepal is a country struggling with poverty and political instability. The per capita income is just $322, and there is no government safety net for citizens. Few charitable groups operate where so many people are in need.     

Countless children live on the streets of the capital Kath-mandu, having run away from indentured servitude or been abandoned by parents. Education is not compulsory and only families who can afford to do so send their children to school. Children as young as five are indentured.

 

The status of women is low in the society, contributing to frequent abuse and abandon-ment of wives and children. Women and girls in families often receive fewer resources in terms of food, medical care and education.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Few employment opportunity exist for women, with the main source being low-paying job in carpet factories. Childcare is not available, and sometimes babies are shut up in a room, left alone for long hours. It is not unusual to see children too young to even care for themselves left in charge of their younger siblings.  

 

 

Ghar Sita Mutu was founded as a charity in 2001 by Beverly Bronson, a volunteer social worker in Nepal, when she found two abandoned brothers aged two and five huddled together outside their tin hut in the streets of Kathmandu, Nepal.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unable to find anyone to care for the children, Beverly became their guardian and admitted them into hostel attached to a school. The boys did not thrive in this bleak environment, and she dreamed about starting a charity to provide a home for them and other abandoned children that would also help support and train destitute mothers.

 

After some initial fundraising and a financial commitment from friends, Beverly returned to Nepal and rented a 12-room house. Ghar Sita Mutu opened its doors in April of 2001.

 

In 2004 a house and land were purchased with the help of generous donors to provide a permanent home for the organization. Major renovations were made to former carpet factory to house up to 20 children plus staff members and provide space for an education center serving neighborhood women and children.

Our Story

Babu (2) & Krishna (5) when Beverly found them in 2001.

It is typical that very young children are put in charge of their siblings.

The Ghar Sita Mutu children are all ready for school.

GSM founder and director Beverly Bronson with baby Sujita.