© 2009 Ghar Sita Mutu
Our Programs
Children’s Home. GSM provides a safe, loving and enriching home for up to 20 children.
The children attend a local school with the tuition paid for by sponsors. The home
also provides employment for several local people, including a house manager, part-
Women’s Training. Free sewing, knitting, felt making, and candle making classes are
taught to local women, who in turn are making items that are marketed mainly in the
U.S. Many women don’t have time to take the classes because they must earn a living,
so a program has been started, where some women are paid to take classes five days
per week with a goal of making the women self-
Family Outreach Program. We provide emergency help to families in need, as well as more formal charity programs such as our Goat Project, which provides a goat to a family to raise and breed, helping them to raise their standard of living.
Children’s Saturday Arts Program. Free dancing, drama and drawing classes are provided on Saturdays for local children. It is not unusual for 150 children to show up for the Saturday classes.
The Children’s Learning Centre provides daily classes for children whose parents can’t afford to send them to school. Forty children are currently served in the program.
The Ghar Sita Mutu family in 2009, including the children and staff members.
Children’s Learning Centre students.
These students receive not only an education, but also help with daily needs such as clothing donations.
Women in the knitting program.
The GSM home, bought & renovated with the help of generous friends.