Happy Kids Center: A Safe Place for Children to Grow, Learn, and Belong
What We Do
Happy Kids Center began as a safe space for children in Bhelukel. Today, it has grown into a community-based organization working to break cycles of child labor, child marriage, and poverty in Bhaktapur.
Happy Kids Center was first created as a place where children could escape the hardships around them and simply be children. That foundation remains at the heart of our work today. The Center provides a consistent, welcoming space where children can play, learn, build confidence, and experience the stability many do not have elsewhere.
Our mission is to break cycles of poverty, child labor, and child marriage within our community. We do this by supporting the whole child and responding to the realities families face, not through one single program, but through a community-based model grounded in safety, trust, and long-term support.
We work to expand what is possible for children from some of Bhaktapur’s most marginalized communities. Through education support, health and nutrition programs, meal days, and skill-building opportunities, HKC helps children and families access opportunities that can change the trajectory of their lives.
Happy Kids Center, is a community-based organization in Bhaktapur, Nepal working to break cycles of child labor, child marriage, and poverty. Our approach is holistic, supporting the whole child through safe spaces, education, health, and community-based programs. We recognize that when one of these areas falls short, it affects everything else, which is why our work is designed to support children in a consistent and connected way.
We support children from some of the most marginalized communities in Bhaktapur, including the Dyola community and families who have migrated from rural Nepal and Northern India. Many of these children grow up on the margins of society, where access to education is limited and child labor is common, shaping their lives from an early age.
We believe in the boundless power of compassion to change lives. By turning empathy into action, we aim to reduce suffering and bring hope to those in need. Together, we can make a meaningful difference in the lives of others.
School enrollment, tutoring, and ongoing support to help children stay in school and succeed
Daily school lunches, after-school snacks, personalized nutrition support, and regular health monitoring to ensure children are healthy enough to learn and thrive.
Community engagement and support systems that help keep girls in school and prevent early marriage.
We are delighted to have been able to provide Educational Essentials
Thank you Green Peace for the Scholarship and for giving me: Uniform, Shoes, Socks, Bag, Books, Math set, Pencils and Pens.
We are delighted to have been able to provide Educational Essentials
Thank you Green Peace for the Scholarship and for giving me: Uniform, Shoes, Socks, Bag, Books, Math set, Pencils and Pens.
Our organization truly believes that by working together, we can save more lives than ever before.
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Before meeting the HKC team, I already knew many of the children. I met them on the street where they asked me for money and rice for their families.
On my second visit to Nepal, I arrived expecting to find the children either searching for recyclables in the street bins or begging. I walked and walked all day, looking for them. They were nowhere to be found. Finally, I went down to the center at 4 p.m. and found them, in their new uniforms, returning from school.
The children had finished begging. They were clean, healthy, happy, and confident. That's when I realized the impact of HKC and how our programs had changed their lives.