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

June 23, 2014 pearLeave a comment

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 …

A Nepalese child trafficker issues death threats (video)

November 17, 2011 pearLeave a comment

A Nepalese child trafficker issues death threats YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ogfdb69FI4U&feature=youtu.be For background, see: Dal Bahadur Phadera & the suppressed UNICEF report http://pearadoptinfo-nepal.blogspot.com/2011/11/dal-bahadur-phadera-suppressed-unicef.html Ethics, Transparency, Support~ What All Adoptions Deserve.http://www.pear-now.org/

Dal Bahadur Phadera & the suppressed UNICEF report

November 15, 2011 pearLeave a comment

Dal Bahadur Phadera & the s uppressed UNICEF report UNICEF Nepal’s suppressed Humla report is now available on the web. The reason UNICEF Nepal suppressed (i.e., never published) their 2005 report is unclear. Nor is it clear why trafficked Nepali children were left at the Michael Job Centre, Tamil Nadu, for over six years. UNICEF FWLD Displacement of Children From …

Are They Orphans? (The American Prospect)

November 8, 2011 pearLeave a comment

Are They Orphans? The American Prospect E.J. Graff Beware of overseas orphanages seeking donations. If you’re not careful, you may become the victim of an orphanage scam—in which a savvy entrepreneur in a poor country hustles up some children so that he or she can ask developed-world humanitarians for money for the children’s support. In some of the notorious cases, …

Duelling videos — Humla trafficker Dal Bahadur Phadera

November 4, 2011 pearLeave a comment

Duelling videos on Humla trafficker Dal Bahadur Phadera First, from the Esther Benjamins Trust: 23 Nepali girls rescued from ‘mission’ Our September rescue operation which freed 23 Nepali girls has been vindicated by the Child Welfare Council (CWC) in India. The CWC has ordered the closure of the centre from which the children were freed. The girls were in The …

‘Orphan’ girls rescued from TN (Hindustan Times)

October 30, 2011 pearLeave a comment

‘Orphan’ girls rescued from TN Hindustan Times Utpal Parashar & KV Lakshmana, Kathmandu/Chennai October 30, 2011 For parents in Humla, a remote district in mid-western Nepal, Dala Bahadur Phadera was something of an angel. Worried about their children’s future during the civil war, they found Phadera’s proposal to send them to Kathmandu for safety and a good education a blessing …

The Indian preacher and the fake orphan scandal (Daily Telegraph)

October 29, 2011 pearLeave a comment

The Indian preacher and the fake orphan scandal Daily Telegraph An Indian missionary charity falsely portrayed young Buddhist girls from Nepal as “orphans” of murdered Christians in a global fund-raising operation involving British and American churches. [Photo — Dr PP Job, a well-known evangelist, admitted that many of the girls were not orphans] By Dean Nelson, New Delhi 28 Oct …

Paper Orphans documentary posted on the web

October 14, 2011 pearLeave a comment

Nepal — Paper Orphans documentary posted on the web: Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1B5QiFFxAu4 Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0adJdVBPvtoPart 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsUWaToRWuQPart 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95Fyy3UY_U0 It would be useful if the FBI and Interpol took a good look at the Western organizations that worked with these homes. Some background to the TDH/Image Ark documentary Paper Orphans. The Terre des hommes/Image Ark documentary Paper Orphans was a …

Swiss National Radio on Nepali adoptions (English translation)

October 6, 2011 pearLeave a comment

Swiss National Radio on Nepali adoptions (English translation): Soundbite Music Kamala Tamang lives in a mountain village far off Katmandu. She is the mother of two sons and one girl. After divorce, she went to the city where she found work in a hotel. She gave her children to an orphanage because she believed that they would get good education …

Better Sit By the River Than Be a Bird of Cage (Terre des hommes)

July 15, 2011 pearLeave a comment

– Published by Darcissac, Marion From our delegate in Nepal, Joseph Aguettant A new publication highlights new ways to support families in rural areas instead of institutions such as orphanages and children’s homes (mostly in urban areas). The news came as an earthquake in the world of child care: Naxal’s Bal Mandir, the oldest orphanage in Nepal, was taken over …