Category: Orphanages

Nepal Children’s Organization — former head of NCO/Bal Mandir adoptions arrested for child rape

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Nepal Children’s Organization — former head of NCO/Bal Mandir adoptions arrested for child rape. Kathmandu Post: Two held on rape charge KATHMANDU: Two suspects have been arrested behind alleged rape of three young girls living in a public orphanage, Nepal Children’s Organisation, popularly known as Balmandir. Police arrested Rabin Shrestha, a former employee of Balmandir, and Rabin Chalise, the current …

Nexus of Intercountry Adoption of Nepali Children and Trafficking (National Human Rights Commission)

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Trafficking in Persons Especially on Women and Children in Nepal National Human Rights CommissionOffice of the Special Rapporteur on Trafficking in Women and ChildrenDecember 2012Section 2.8.3Nexus of Intercountry Adoption of Nepali Children and TraffickingNepal legalized intercountry adoption by amending the National Code of 1964 in 1976. Before it, only national adoptions were allowed. From 1976 to 2000, Nepal Children’s Organization …

Cashing in on Nepal’s youth (RT television)

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Cashing in on Nepal’s youth (RT television) Video: http://rt.com/news/orphanage-child-trafficking-nepal-761/ Published: 03 March, 2012 Child trafficking is rife in Nepal, with many unregistered orphanages in the capital, Kathmandu, housing thousands of trafficked children. The thriving market for illegal adoption has turned the practice into a highly lucrative business. Widespread corruption and a high demand from the West for adoptive children are …

Child care centres running illegally (The Himalayan Times)

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Child care centres running illegally The Himalayan Times 2012-01-29 SURENDRA KAFLE NEPALGUNJ: All the child protection centres established here to give shelter to neglected children have not met minimum standards. “District Children Welfare Committee Banke has found that the child centres were set up without meeting the set criteria,” said Child Welfare Officer Shova Shah. There are 14 children homes …

Great expectations gone awry (Republica)

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Great expectations gone awryRepublica:http://myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=41086 KALENDRA SEJUWALSURKHET, Jan 25: Twenty two children brought to the capital from several villages of Surkhet and Kalikot with the lure of top class education for negligible charges have been rescued by their parents after they found out that the kids were kept as captives in poor conditions at the school. The parents said they suspected …

Govt opens applications for inter-country adoption (Republica)

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***Please note: although Nepal has announced it is accepting applications for intercountry adoption, the US Suspension on processing I 600 petitions for abandoned children remains in place. See: http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2010/08/145767.htm Govt opens applications for inter-country adoption REPUBLICA ARJUN POUDEL KATHMANDU, Nov 29: After receiving no application for inter-country adoption in 2011, the government has asked prospective foreign parents to apply for …

Lost and found (The Kathmandu Post)

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Lost and found The Kathmandu Post Jenee Rai Nov. 11 The arrest of Goma Luitel—the infamous warden of the Mukti Nepal orphanage in Maharajgunj, one accused of sub-standard operations and child abuse—was a rare episode of victory for the Central Child Welfare Board (CCWB) and the families of the 20 children rescued. The story of dubious orphanages in Nepal, and …

Lt. Col. Philip Holmes explains why his charity rescued Nepali girls from the Michael Job Centre (video)

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Lt. Col. Philip Holmes explains why his charity rescued Nepali girls from the Michael Job CentreYouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHHHwdHVGnI&feature=youtu.be “In September 2011 UK children’s charity The Esther Benjamins Trust instigated and supported the rescue of trafficked Nepali girls from the Michael Job Centre in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, south India. After the girls’ return to Nepal the trafficker who had been involved, DB …