Kathmandu, May 6: The second vice chairman of the United Nations Women Organisation and chairman of the Welfare Committee Miralu Shariff handed over to the general secretary of the organisation Ganesh Bhakta Shrestha a cheque for Rs. 117,000 for procuring educational materials and improving the mentally retarded children’s’ house and the Community Development Centre run under the Nepal Children’s Organisation (nco).

According to the nco, a sum of Rs 67,000 is received from the organisation for increasing the capacity of the mentally retarded children’s house at Panchkhal, Kavrepalanchowk by improving it.

Established last year, the children’s house has currently 19 children-eight of them mentally retarded.

Similarly, the organisation has also provided a financial grant of Rs 50,000 for improving the classrooms and procuring educational materials for the backward class children studying at the Community Development Centre, Thencho run under the nco. The centre has now 60 children from poor and helpless families.

The Bal Mandir has been receiving the service of volunteer Mrs. Lupita Farera from the organisation for the last three years.

The nco has been working for orphans and backward children in all 75 districts of the kingdom for the past 35 years through its district working committees.