BCH Leadership & Governance
Leadership & Governance
Blessed Children’s Home is small, but the responsibility we carry is large.
Children’s safety, donor trust, and compliance with Nepali law all depend on who leads and how decisions are made.
This page explains, in plain language, who is responsible for the home, how we are governed in Nepal, and what structures are in place to keep this ministry accountable.
Our leadership approach is simple:
- Local first: led and governed inside Nepal, not remotely controlled from abroad
- Team-based: no one person makes serious decisions alone
- Accountable: to God, to the children, to the law, and to those who support us
- Transparent: willing to be checked, audited, and questioned
We are not trying to build personalities. We are trying to build a safe, stable home that can be trusted.
Babu – Founder & Director
Babu is the founder and overall director of Blessed Children’s Home.
Originally from southern India, he moved to Nepal in the early 1990s with a call to serve children who had no stable home or access to education.
He has spent more than three decades in Nepal, building and leading children’s work, schools, and local church ministry.
He oversees the overall direction, ensures compliance with legal requirements, and remains directly involved with the children and staff.
He carries both the “big picture” and many of the daily burdens of the home.
Sabitri – Co-Founder & “House Mother”
Sabitri is co-founder of the home and is known by many as a mother figure to the children.
She has been involved from the very beginning—caring for the first two girls taken into the home, and then for many more over the years.
She focuses especially on the girls and younger children, helping with emotional needs, discipline, and daily routines.
She plays a key role in mentoring female staff and modeling a steady, Christ-shaped home life.
Her presence gives the home a consistent “family feel,” not just an organizational structure.
While the founders carry overall responsibility, Blessed Children’s Home runs on the strength of a local team who live and work on-site.
Key team members include:
Thomas: senior staff / administrator
- Assists with daily operations, logistics, and oversight when Babu is away.
Daud: staff & trained counselor
- Completed a government-recognized counseling course.
- Helps address children’s emotional and behavioral needs in line with child-protection requirements.
Tara: long-term live-in staff
- Has served the children for decades.
- Provides day-to-day care, supervision, and stability in the home.
Bijay: support staff
- Assists with practical tasks and general operations around the compound.
Sarika: kitchen & household
- Helps ensure the children are fed and the home is kept clean and orderly.
- Additional female staff are brought on as needed, always with careful attention to character, calling, and child-safety standards.
In Babu’s absence, Thomas and Daud share primary on-the-ground leadership for the home.
Blessed Children’s Home operates under a registered Nepali NGO.
The Children’s Home is one project under this organization.
Local Board
- The NGO is overseen by a local board of Nepali Christians from the same city.
- Board members bring experience from church, community, and professional backgrounds.
The board is responsible for:
- Approving budgets and major financial decisions
- Ensuring legal compliance and documentation
- Reviewing reports and audits
- Providing guidance and accountability to the director
- This structure ensures that Blessed Children’s Home is rooted in Nepal, governed by people who live in and understand the local context.
We function under the laws and regulations of Nepal, including those related to:
- Children’s homes and residential care
- NGOs and foreign funding
- Child protection and safeguarding
- Financial reporting and auditing
Each year, we are required to:
- Submit audited financial statements prepared by a certified auditor in Nepal.
- Renew registrations and approvals with the appropriate government offices.
- Participate in social audits, where local community leaders and officials review:
Sources of funds
- How those funds were used (e.g., food, education, staff, operations)
- We cooperate fully with these processes. They are not always easy, but they are important for transparency and legitimacy.
We take a structured approach to financial decisions.
Budgeting & Spending
- Leadership and key staff discuss expected needs for:
- Food and daily care
- School fees and education costs
- Staff support
- Maintenance and repairs
- The board reviews and approves budgets and major expenditures within the NGO framework.
- We prioritize essentials first (food, education, basic operations), then address other needs as funds allow.
Audits & Records
- All income and expenses are recorded and documented.
- A certified auditor reviews the accounts annually and issues a formal report.
- These reports are submitted to the relevant government authorities in Nepal.
- We also provide appropriate reporting to trusted international partners who help facilitate donations in their own countries.
Leadership and governance are not just about money and meetings. They are also about how people behave, especially around children.
Under the oversight of the NGO and board, we maintain:
- A code of conduct for staff and volunteers
- Clear rules around:
- Appropriate and inappropriate touch
- Supervision and boundaries with children
- Visitor behavior, photography, and social media
- A defined process for reporting and responding to any concerns or allegations related to child safety
- For details, see our Safeguarding & Child Protection page.
Although Blessed Children’s Home is locally led and governed in Nepal, we are also supported by trusted partner organizations in other countries.
These partners:
- Help receive and process donations in their own countries
- Provide tax receipts where possible, according to local law
- Offer counsel, encouragement, and accountability in relationship with the leadership
- They do not control the daily running of the home, but they do walk with us in mutual trust and transparency.
For children and families in Nepal, governance means:
- A home that stays open
- Leaders who can be held accountable
- Systems that protect them from abuse and exploitation
- For supporters and churches abroad, governance means:
- You are not giving into a vague or private effort
- There are real checks, records, and audits
- There is a local structure that can continue beyond any one person
- For us as leaders, good governance is a way of:
- Honoring God
- Obeying the laws of the country where we serve
- Loving the children and supporters with integrity
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