tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60056160752495756702024-02-19T04:22:40.662-05:00PEAR Adoption Information - NepalPEARhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01768583173126899015noreply@blogger.comBlogger201125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6005616075249575670.post-66948770172698346282014-12-03T00:46:00.001-05:002014-12-03T00:46:36.234-05:00Two jailed for 17 years (The Kathmandu Post)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl7o51629vQPKBg3pV_i_6MxxDzTd9KHO7-2VjBV-LC_K2R-w_0Ll60pDjNaHDdy5a0zJiU_n69N2YSahi5usoJ7Tw2GTUiGOKf0gyyM19RM8DrHn68IypK0Va-Dl-NFaLvmhbvgXyvug/s1600-h/nepal_capsSQ.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl7o51629vQPKBg3pV_i_6MxxDzTd9KHO7-2VjBV-LC_K2R-w_0Ll60pDjNaHDdy5a0zJiU_n69N2YSahi5usoJ7Tw2GTUiGOKf0gyyM19RM8DrHn68IypK0Va-Dl-NFaLvmhbvgXyvug/s200/nepal_capsSQ.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358648442118926258" style="cursor: hand; float: left; height: 65px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 65px;" /></a><br />
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<b><i>The Kathmandu Post</i></b><br />
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The Kathmandu District Court on Monday slapped 17-year jail on two individuals for molesting orphans sheltered at Bal Mandir, a non-government network of orphanages across the country.<br />
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A single bench of Justice Pashupati Acharya convicted Rabin Shrestha, former head of adoptions at Bal Mandir, and Rabin Chalise, a former student who ran a Youth Club at the shelter, for sexually exploiting the minors there. Both will be locked up for 16-and-a-half years. The three victims also stand to receive Rs 100,000 each in compensation.<br />
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The duo has been in police custody since June 17. Initially, the case was handled by the Central Investigation Bureau of Nepal Police. The CIB probe showed that the duo molested the girls on numerous occasions. Medical reports and victims’ statements had clearly suggested that the girls were raped.<br />
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Activists from Action for Child Rights International-Nepal had presented testimonies of the abused to the CIB. In the complaint, they had said Shrestha and Chalise raped and molested the children, two of them autistic, repeatedly.<br />
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Almost one-and-a-half years ago, a visually impaired girl adopted by a foreigner had complained of similar sexual harassment by Shrestha. When her mother tried to file a case, she was barred citing the 35-day statute of limitations. Following the incident, the Forum for Women, Law and Development has filed a case in Supreme Court seeking a change in the 35-day time limit and action against Shrestha in the case.<br />
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For more on Rabin Shrestha & Rabin Chalise, see <b><i>Pound Pup Legacy</i></b>:<br />
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<b>Nepal Children's Organization (NCO/Bal Mandir) -- child trafficking, corruption and sexual abuse</b><br />
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<br />PEARhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01768583173126899015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6005616075249575670.post-86588610904123829832014-12-02T19:59:00.000-05:002014-12-02T20:09:03.706-05:00Two orphanage workers jailed for raping autistic girls (The Himalayan Times)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl7o51629vQPKBg3pV_i_6MxxDzTd9KHO7-2VjBV-LC_K2R-w_0Ll60pDjNaHDdy5a0zJiU_n69N2YSahi5usoJ7Tw2GTUiGOKf0gyyM19RM8DrHn68IypK0Va-Dl-NFaLvmhbvgXyvug/s1600-h/nepal_capsSQ.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl7o51629vQPKBg3pV_i_6MxxDzTd9KHO7-2VjBV-LC_K2R-w_0Ll60pDjNaHDdy5a0zJiU_n69N2YSahi5usoJ7Tw2GTUiGOKf0gyyM19RM8DrHn68IypK0Va-Dl-NFaLvmhbvgXyvug/s200/nepal_capsSQ.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358648442118926258" style="cursor: hand; float: left; height: 65px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 65px;" /></a><br />
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<b><i>The Himalayan Times</i></b><br />
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KATHMANDU: A court has jailed two men who worked at a prominent orphanage in Kathmandu for repeatedly raping three autistic girls in their care, an official said today.<br />
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A judge at Kathmandu District Court found the two men guilty of rape yesterday evening in a fast-track case that has cast a spotlight on Nepal’s massive orphanage industry.<br />
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“Justice Pashupati Acharya has sentenced Rabin Shrestha and Rabin Chalise to 16 and a half years of imprisonment each,” said court Spokesman Shree Prasad Sanjel. “He also ordered both of them to give 100,000 rupees as compensation to each of the victims,” Sanjel told AFP.<br />
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Shrestha, 43, worked as head of adoptions at Bal Mandir orphanage, while Chalise volunteered as a fund-raiser for the institution. The girls, aged 13, 14 and 15, complained to a rights group which alerted police in June to the attacks.<br />
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Activist Salina Tamang, 29, whose group Action for Child Rights International pushed the case, said the verdict sent a clear warning to other orphanage employees against wrongdoing. “We are happy with the court’s decision...I believe this verdict can be a lesson for those working at other orphanages in Nepal,” she said.<br />
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The defendants’ lawyer, Ganesh Adhikari, told AFP that he planned to file an appeal at a higher court within a month.<br />
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The case underscored the problems facing Nepal’s orphanages, some of which have been hit by allegations of sexual abuse, corruption and fraud in recent years.<br />
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Nepal has 797 orphanages, according to official records, but activists claim the actual figure is much higher, with employees passing off children — whose families are cheated into sending them to the centres for a good education — as orphans in a bid to raise donations.<br />
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“Many orphanages here are unregulated and unregistered... the government should draw up a serious action plan to monitor these institutions so such incidents are not repeated in the future,” Tamang told AFP.<br />
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Police in February arrested the owner of Kathmandu’s Happy Home orphanage on charges of fraud, kidnapping and torture. In August 2012 British charity worker Simon Jasper McCarty pleaded guilty to sexually abusing three boys he met in Kathmandu.<br />
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For more on Rabin Shrestha & Rabin Chalise, see <b><i>Pound Pup Legacy</i></b>:<br />
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<b>Nepal Children's Organization (NCO/Bal Mandir) -- child trafficking, corruption and sexual abuse</b><br />
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<a href="http://poundpuplegacy.org/node/73445">http://poundpuplegacy.org/node/73445</a><br />
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<br />PEARhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01768583173126899015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6005616075249575670.post-18347717005523555782014-12-02T14:28:00.000-05:002014-12-02T14:28:16.753-05:00Former Bal Mandir officials convicted of raping three autistic minors (Republica)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl7o51629vQPKBg3pV_i_6MxxDzTd9KHO7-2VjBV-LC_K2R-w_0Ll60pDjNaHDdy5a0zJiU_n69N2YSahi5usoJ7Tw2GTUiGOKf0gyyM19RM8DrHn68IypK0Va-Dl-NFaLvmhbvgXyvug/s1600-h/nepal_capsSQ.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl7o51629vQPKBg3pV_i_6MxxDzTd9KHO7-2VjBV-LC_K2R-w_0Ll60pDjNaHDdy5a0zJiU_n69N2YSahi5usoJ7Tw2GTUiGOKf0gyyM19RM8DrHn68IypK0Va-Dl-NFaLvmhbvgXyvug/s200/nepal_capsSQ.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358648442118926258" style="cursor: hand; float: left; height: 65px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 65px;" /></a><br />
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<b>Former Bal Mandir officials convicted of raping three autistic minors</b><br />
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KATHMANDU, Dec 3: The Kathmandu District Court on Monday convicted two former employees of Bal Mandir on the charge of repeatedly raping three autistic minor girls.<br />
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According to the Kathmandu District Court Registrar Shree Prasad Sanjel, a single bench of Justice Pashupati Acharya issued the verdict sentencing the two to sixteen and a half years in jail along with a fine of Rs 100,000 each.<br />
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The two convicted are -- Rabin Chalise, 29, chairman of a club of former NCO students and Rabin Shrestha, 43, former employee who headed the adoption department. “The two have been sentenced to sixteen and a half years in jail,” Registrar Sanjel said.<br />
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The two convicted had easy access to Bal Mandir, which is also known as Nepal Children´s Organization (NCO), one of the country´s oldest orphanages in the country.<br />
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The girls aged 13, 14 and 15 years had complained of being raped on June 14 this year. Following the complaints, the girls were rescued by child rights activists on June 17 from Bal Mandir with the help of Central Investigation Bureau (CIB). The two were arrested on June 20, 2014.<br />
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“The charge against them has finally been proven and we hope it would be a good lesson to other orphanages in the country,” Rama Shrestha, a lawyer, who fought the case for the victims, said.<br />
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Earlier, CIB under the leadership of DSP Kiran Bajracharya had found that the three minor girls were sexually exploited.<br />
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The minors were later shifted to CIWIN, in coordination with the Central Child Welfare Board (CCWB), from the Bal Mandir after an NGO, Action for Child Rights International (ACRI), made a complaint to the police.<br />
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ACRI Country Director Salina Tamang expressed happiness over the court´s verdict.<br />
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Published on 2014-12-02<br />
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For more on Rabin Shrestha & Rabin Chalise, see <b><i>Pound Pup Legacy</i></b>:<br />
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<b>Nepal Children's Organization (NCO/Bal Mandir) -- child trafficking, corruption and sexual abuse</b><br />
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<a href="http://poundpuplegacy.org/node/73445">http://poundpuplegacy.org/node/73445</a><br />
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<br />PEARhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01768583173126899015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6005616075249575670.post-12525151311047401502014-12-01T19:51:00.000-05:002014-12-01T19:51:42.170-05:00Nepal Children's Organization -- NCO/Bal Mandir child rapists sentenced to 16 years in prison<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl7o51629vQPKBg3pV_i_6MxxDzTd9KHO7-2VjBV-LC_K2R-w_0Ll60pDjNaHDdy5a0zJiU_n69N2YSahi5usoJ7Tw2GTUiGOKf0gyyM19RM8DrHn68IypK0Va-Dl-NFaLvmhbvgXyvug/s1600-h/nepal_capsSQ.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl7o51629vQPKBg3pV_i_6MxxDzTd9KHO7-2VjBV-LC_K2R-w_0Ll60pDjNaHDdy5a0zJiU_n69N2YSahi5usoJ7Tw2GTUiGOKf0gyyM19RM8DrHn68IypK0Va-Dl-NFaLvmhbvgXyvug/s200/nepal_capsSQ.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358648442118926258" style="cursor: hand; float: left; height: 65px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 65px;" /></a><br />
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<b>Nepal Children's Organization -- NCO/Bal Mandir child rapists sentenced to 16 years in prison</b><br />
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<b>From -- Action For Child Rights International (ACR-Int):</b><br />
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BREAKING NEWS: WE WON THE CASE AGAINST THE EX-EMPLOYEE AND EX-STUDENT OF BALMANDIR!!!<br />
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Case sexual of 3 minors<br />
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The judge, Honorable Pashupati Acharya, gave the final verdict on the case of three minors from Balmandir who were sexually abused by an ex employee and ex student. Both have been found guilty and have received 16 years imprisonment and in total each will pay Rs. 100,000 each to the three victims in compensation. We are extremely happy that the girls have been done justice by the court and we would like to thank FWLD, CWISH, CWIN and LACC for their support in this case. The girls can finally feel safe and hope that this will bring some relief for the pain and nightmares they went through. We will follow up the victims the best we can and make sure they receive appropriate guidance. We want to thank especially every person and organisation who showed their support towards the victims! We can't express how happy we are with this result!<br />
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For more on Rabin Shrestha & Rabin Chalise, see <b><i>Pound Pup Legacy</i></b>:<br />
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<b>Nepal Children's Organization (NCO/Bal Mandir) -- child trafficking, corruption and sexual abuse</b><br />
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<a href="http://poundpuplegacy.org/node/73445">http://poundpuplegacy.org/node/73445</a><br />
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Ethics, Transparency, Support<br />
~ What All Adoptions Deserve.<br />
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<br />PEARhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01768583173126899015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6005616075249575670.post-35879684231296647192014-11-02T14:05:00.002-05:002014-11-02T14:24:49.391-05:00Nepal Children's Organization (NCO/Bal Mandir) -- CIAA files forgery case against former section officer<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl7o51629vQPKBg3pV_i_6MxxDzTd9KHO7-2VjBV-LC_K2R-w_0Ll60pDjNaHDdy5a0zJiU_n69N2YSahi5usoJ7Tw2GTUiGOKf0gyyM19RM8DrHn68IypK0Va-Dl-NFaLvmhbvgXyvug/s1600-h/nepal_capsSQ.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl7o51629vQPKBg3pV_i_6MxxDzTd9KHO7-2VjBV-LC_K2R-w_0Ll60pDjNaHDdy5a0zJiU_n69N2YSahi5usoJ7Tw2GTUiGOKf0gyyM19RM8DrHn68IypK0Va-Dl-NFaLvmhbvgXyvug/s200/nepal_capsSQ.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358648442118926258" style="cursor: hand; float: left; height: 65px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 65px;" /></a><br />
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KATHMANDU: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority on Friday filed a fake credential case against Rabin Shrestha at the Special Court. The anti-graft body said that Shrestha, then section officer of Nepal Children’s Organisation, submitted a fake academic certificate of ‘Intermediate Level (ISc) acquired from Bihar Intermediate Education Board, Patna, India in 1995. The CIAA has demanded action against him as per Section 16(1) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 2002.<br />
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<b>CIAA files forgery case against former section officer </b><br />
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KATHMANDU, Oct 31 : The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has filed a forgery case at the Special Court against, former Section Chief Rabin Shrestha at Nepal Bal Sangathan on Friday.<br />
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Issuing a presss tatement the anti-graft body has charge sheeted Shrestha for submitting fake and forged certificate of Intermediate Level (I. Sc), acquired from Bihar Intermediate Education Board, Patna, India in the year 1995 AD for the purpose of promotion.<br />
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The Commission has sought maximum punishment under sec 12 and 29 of the former Corruption Control Act, 1961 and sec 16(1) of prevailing Prevention of Corruption Act 2002.<br />
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For more on <b>Rabin Shrestha</b>, see <b><i>Pound Pup Legacy</i></b>:<br />
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<b>Nepal Children's Organization (NCO/Bal Mandir) -- child trafficking, corruption and sexual abuse</b><br />
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<a href="http://poundpuplegacy.org/node/73445">http://poundpuplegacy.org/node/73445</a><br />
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Ethics, Transparency, Support<br />
~ What All Adoptions Deserve.<br />
<a href="http://www.pear-now.org/">http://www.pear-now.org/</a><br />
<br />PEARhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01768583173126899015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6005616075249575670.post-4231154152508454002014-07-09T20:52:00.002-04:002014-07-09T20:52:57.191-04:00Republica -- Bal Mandir minors 'sexually exploited repeatedly' <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl7o51629vQPKBg3pV_i_6MxxDzTd9KHO7-2VjBV-LC_K2R-w_0Ll60pDjNaHDdy5a0zJiU_n69N2YSahi5usoJ7Tw2GTUiGOKf0gyyM19RM8DrHn68IypK0Va-Dl-NFaLvmhbvgXyvug/s1600-h/nepal_capsSQ.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl7o51629vQPKBg3pV_i_6MxxDzTd9KHO7-2VjBV-LC_K2R-w_0Ll60pDjNaHDdy5a0zJiU_n69N2YSahi5usoJ7Tw2GTUiGOKf0gyyM19RM8DrHn68IypK0Va-Dl-NFaLvmhbvgXyvug/s200/nepal_capsSQ.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358648442118926258" style="cursor: hand; float: left; height: 65px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 65px;" /></a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="background-color: white;"><br style="color: #222222;" /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Kamal Pariyar</span></b><br style="color: #222222;" /><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><i>Involvement of accused yet to be verified</i></span><br style="color: #222222;" /><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">KATHMANDU, July 9: On the basis of medical examinations, the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) of Nepal Police on Wednesday submitted its investigation report to Kathmandu District Attorney with testimonies that three minor girls, students at Bal Mandir, were sexually exploited repeatedly. </span><br style="color: #222222;" /><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">"After a three-week intensified investigation, we have submitted our report with all the testimonies and handed the two accused over to the charge of attorneys for further legal action," SSP Uttam Karki, Acting Chief of CIB, said. "The minors were sexually abused to the full over and over again,” a police source said citing the investigation report. </span><br style="color: #222222;" /><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Police had arrested the two individuals previously associated with Bal Mandir, also known as Nepal Children´s Organization (NCO), one of the country´s oldest orphanages, and they were remanded to police custody for investigations into rape charges made against them by three minor girls, who are now at a different orphanage. </span><br style="color: #222222;" /><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">It has also come to light that the three girls were medically examined on October 10, 2013 at Patan Hospital. The hospital report also stated that the girls had been sexually abused since one year back.</span><br style="color: #222222;" /><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">“I knew that a medical examination was carried out by the then NCO Board, which has now collapsed, but I am sure such alleged abuse never took place within the compound of the Bal Mandir,” Subash Pokharel, general secretary of NCO, said.</span><br style="color: #222222;" /><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">There were many minor students that leave the Bal Mandir in the morning for studies and return in the afternoon, General Secretary Pokharel said adding that there were chances of their being abused while they are outside but not while inside the compound. </span><br style="color: #222222;" /><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">CIB had arrested a former NCO student and a former NCO employee -identified as Rabin Chalise and Rabin Shrestha - after the three minor girls living at the Naxal Bal Mandir complained of being sexually exploited. CIB, in coordination with the Central Child Welfare Board (CCWB), had shifted the three girls, who are below 15 years of age, from the Bal Mandir after an NGO, Action for Child Rights International (ACRI), drew the attention of police to the matter. </span><br style="color: #222222;" /><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">During the police investigation, the minor girls said they would be lured with sweets and had been facing exploitation for a long time, according to police. Though the sexual exploition has been proved medically, the involvement of the accused is yet to be verified medically, a police source said.</span><br style="color: #222222;" /><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Chalishe, the chairman of a club of former NCO students, and Shrestha, a former employee, had easy access to the Bal Mandir orphanages but they have been denying any involvement in abuse.</span><br style="color: #222222;" /><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">If the accused are proved guilty, they should be duly punished and long-term arrangements made for the education and future safety of the victimized girls, said Salina Tamang, country director of ACRI. </span><br style="color: #222222;" /><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Students of Bal Mandir last week protested against the public exposure of the 'sexual abuse' charges while CIB investigations were still under way. Police personnel involved in the investigations said Bal Mandir staff were indifferent to the investigations and ignored the complaints of the victims.</span><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> </span><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Published on 2014-07-10</span><br style="color: #222222;" /><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><a href="http://www.myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=78670">http://www.myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=78670</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Nepal -- Rabin Shrestha (alleged child rapist) & Action for Child Rights International</b></span><br />
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<a href="http://poundpuplegacy.org/node/72721"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://poundpuplegacy.org/node/72721</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ethics, Transparency, Support</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">~ What All Adoptions Deserve.</span><br />
<a href="http://www.pear-now.org/"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://www.pear-now.org/</span></a><br />
<br />PEARhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01768583173126899015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6005616075249575670.post-2712536850970151802014-07-08T05:46:00.000-04:002014-07-08T06:36:33.202-04:00Child predators: Even compared to recent scandals in children’s homes, allegations of abuse at Bal Mandir are shocking (Nepali Times)<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl7o51629vQPKBg3pV_i_6MxxDzTd9KHO7-2VjBV-LC_K2R-w_0Ll60pDjNaHDdy5a0zJiU_n69N2YSahi5usoJ7Tw2GTUiGOKf0gyyM19RM8DrHn68IypK0Va-Dl-NFaLvmhbvgXyvug/s1600-h/nepal_capsSQ.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl7o51629vQPKBg3pV_i_6MxxDzTd9KHO7-2VjBV-LC_K2R-w_0Ll60pDjNaHDdy5a0zJiU_n69N2YSahi5usoJ7Tw2GTUiGOKf0gyyM19RM8DrHn68IypK0Va-Dl-NFaLvmhbvgXyvug/s200/nepal_capsSQ.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358648442118926258" style="cursor: hand; float: left; height: 65px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 65px;" /></a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When Sarah Robinson first came to Nepal with her son and niece in 2009, she took time out from sightseeing to visit <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Balmandir/126856557518147" target="_blank">Bal Mandir</a> in Naxal. At the squalid state-run orphanage, Sarah’s niece happened to pick up a five-year-old blind girl. Sarah, a special-needs teacher back in the UK, decided to adopt the child.<br /><br />Two years later, Sarah was back in Kathmandu to begin the lengthy and difficult adoption process. Whenever she visited Bal Mandir, the girl’s caretakers would warn her saying the child had “bad karma”, but Sarah was determined to adopt the girl, whom she now called Hope.<br /><br />One day Hope’s caretaker told Sarah she had spotted blood in the child’s underwear. Both assumed it was diarrhoea. But after examination, doctors at the TU Teaching Hospital said Hope had been raped. When they questioned her, Hope told them she and “Rabin uncle” loved each other.<br /><br />Rabin Shrestha was in charge of adoptions when Sarah applied for papers for Hope. “I tried to adopt her, but Shrestha told me I couldn’t do that. He wanted me to sponsor her instead and told me I would get a decision after she turned 16,” Sarah told Nepali Times.<br /><br />It had already crossed the 35-day statute of limitation on rape when <a href="http://www.nepalitimes.com/blogs/thebrief/2014/06/28/child-predators-detained/" target="_blank">Sarah finally filed a case against Shrestha</a> (she was afraid he could deny her Hope if she accused him) so she only filed an FIR with police on grounds of sexual abuse. Shrestha was issued a warning in 2012, but not arrested.<br /><br />On 16 June, Rabin Shrestha, now an ex-employee since a year and a half, and Rabin Chalise, an ex-student who ran a youth club at the shelter, were arrested by the <a href="http://cib.nepalpolice.gov.np/" target="_blank">Central Investigation Bureau (CIB)</a> again after child rights activists presented new evidence of repeated rape and abuse of other girls and boys at the orphanage.<br /><br />According to the testimony of three autistic girls, the men would introduce themselves to the children as Bollywood film stars Amitabh and Abhisek Bachchan and would lure them into drinking alcohol and watching pornography before abusing them, the latest incident occured three days before their arrest.<br /><br />They would organise ‘wedding ceremonies’ every Saturday and dress the girls in red saris and have them dance to brass-band wedding music. One of them would spray water on the girls, who would then be forced to take off their wet clothes. This occurred during the afternoons, when Shrestha got a free pass at the orphanage. In the evenings, Shrestha used to take the children to a bar in Thamel where they were groomed to be prostitutes, according to children’s accounts.<br /><br />These detailed testimonies were presented to the CIB by child rights activists from <a href="http://www.acr-int.org/index.php/en/" target="_blank">ACR-Int (Action for Child Rights International)</a>. The evidence was cross-checked for veracity, and was so compelling that Shrestha and Chalise were arrested right away, while a third man was questioned but couldn’t be detained because of lack of evidence.<br /><br />Lawyer Sapana Pradhan Malla, who is fighting Sarah’s case, says this new evidence might help them get the Supreme Court to order the police to register and file a rape case against Shrestha. They have also listed five other pleas: amendment to the 35-day limit, a mandamus order to not dismiss the case, to teach children about sexual abuse, to set up a child-abuse monitoring system at Bal Mandir and for the <a href="http://www.ccwb.gov.np/" target="_blank">Central Children’s Welfare Board</a> to come up with a manual for regulation. A hearing scheduled for 3 July at the SC was again postponed to 3 December.<br /><br />Shrestha and Chalise, both right now in police custody, have denied the allegations against them. We asked Subash Kumar Pokharel, General Secretary of Bal Mandir, how an ex-employee could go in and out of Bal Mandir, but he was evasive.<br /><br />Instead, he accused ACR-International of using Bal Mandir’s children against the institution that protected them. Some Bal Mandir alumni also protested outside the office of ACR-I in Kuleswor on Wednesday accusing activists of using the case for fund-raising.<br /><br />“Since the police are investigating this case, I don’t want to say anything and influence their decisions. But we have written to them that we will fully cooperate with the investigation,” Pokharel told us.<br /><br />The CIB refused to comment because it said investigations were ongoing. It has until 10 July to file a case, after which Shrestha and Chalise will have to be released.<br /><br /><i>Names of Sarah and Hope have been changed for safety and privacy reasons.
</i><br />________________________________<br /><br /><b>Sacred to profane</b><br /><br />Established in 1964 to take care of orphans and abandoned children, Bal Mandir was a powerful institution with royal patronage. With Queen Ratna at the helm, it put together buildings and 50 ropanis of property which are now prime real estate.<br /><br />Administered by the quasi-NGO, Nepal Children’s Organisation (NCO), Bal Mandirs across the country today take care of over 600 children in 11 homes. Since the loss of its royal backing, the NCO has been plagued by political interference and corruption. Its buildings and property have been leased out to private individuals, amidst allegations of huge kickbacks to political appointees in the NCO.<br /><br />In 2011, the Public Accounts Committee of the legislature parliament ordered the NCO to systematise its lease process. Seeing the conditions at Bal Mandir, the Australian charity <a href="http://www.mitrataa.org/" target="_blank">Mitrataa Foundation</a> agreed to manage the orphanages for five years in 2009, but pulled out within 12 months because of widespread corruption and mismanagement at the NCO.<br /><br />‘We had to cancel the project as we were not confident that we would be able to deliver on the objectives without risking Mitrataa’s reputation as an organisation that refuses to pay bribes,’ the charity says in an <a href="http://poundpuplegacy.org/node/48144" target="_blank">online post</a>. One former Bal Mandir employee says the shelter has been involved in “selling babies” in the guise of adoptions, with its managers taking a cut.<br /><br />When allegations of child trafficking made international headlines, the government suspended inter-country adoptions in 2007 before lifting the self-imposed ban in 2009. In February 2010, the <a href="http://www.hcch.net/index_en.php?act=text.display&tid=45" target="_blank">Hague Conference on Private International Law, released a report</a> saying Nepal’s adoption system had gross irregularities and fell short of Hague Convention standards. Among other recommendations, the report advised better regulations of children’s homes and elimination of ‘financial gain from inter-country adoption’. Eleven countries including the US and UK then banned adoptions from Nepal.<br /><br />The NCO’s Subash Kumar Pokharel denies all allegations of corruption and abuse. He says: “There is no other orphanage in Nepal better run than Bal Mandir. If any one finds proof of corruption or abuse, I will resign.”<br /><br />Read also:<br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.nepalitimes.com/blogs/thebrief/2014/06/28/child-predators-detained/" target="_blank">Child predators detained</a>, Sunir Pandey and Trishna Rana<br /><br /><a href="http://nepalitimes.com/article/nation/child-abuse-kidnapping-happy-home,1143" target="_blank">(Un)happy homes</a>, Sunir Pandey<br /><br /><a href="http://nepalitimes.com/article/nation/fake-orphanage-exploit-children-in-nepal,1277" target="_blank">Selling sympathy</a>, Bhrikuti Rai<br /><br /><a href="http://nepalitimes.com/regular-columns/Here-We-Go/At-the-mercy-of-mercenaries,249" target="_blank">At the mercy of mercenaries</a>, Trishna Rana</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://nepalitimes.com/article/nation/bal-mandir-rape-allegations,1495">http://nepalitimes.com/article/nation/bal-mandir-rape-allegations,1495</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For more on the scandal, see <b><i>Pound Pup Legacy</i></b>:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Nepal — Rabin Shrestha (alleged child rapist) & Action for Child Rights International</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://poundpuplegacy.org/node/72721">http://poundpuplegacy.org/node/72721</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ethics, Transparency, Support</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">~ What All Adoptions Deserve.</span><br />
<a href="http://www.pear-now.org/"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://www.pear-now.org/</span></a><br />
<br />PEARhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01768583173126899015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6005616075249575670.post-63466797127919943522014-06-29T19:45:00.002-04:002014-07-01T09:12:26.523-04:00CIB investigating sexual abuse of Balmandir girls (The Himalayan Times)<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl7o51629vQPKBg3pV_i_6MxxDzTd9KHO7-2VjBV-LC_K2R-w_0Ll60pDjNaHDdy5a0zJiU_n69N2YSahi5usoJ7Tw2GTUiGOKf0gyyM19RM8DrHn68IypK0Va-Dl-NFaLvmhbvgXyvug/s1600-h/nepal_capsSQ.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl7o51629vQPKBg3pV_i_6MxxDzTd9KHO7-2VjBV-LC_K2R-w_0Ll60pDjNaHDdy5a0zJiU_n69N2YSahi5usoJ7Tw2GTUiGOKf0gyyM19RM8DrHn68IypK0Va-Dl-NFaLvmhbvgXyvug/s200/nepal_capsSQ.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358648442118926258" style="cursor: hand; float: left; height: 65px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 65px;" /></a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><b>CIB investigating sexual abuse of Balmandir girls</b></span><br style="color: #222222;" /><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><b>Says it is gathering supportive documents</b></span><br style="color: #222222;" /><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><b><i>The Himalayan Times</i></b></span><br style="color: #222222;" /><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><b>2014-06-28</b></span><br style="color: #222222;" /><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">KATHMANDU: The Central Investigation Bureau of Nepal police has said it is collecting supportive documents in relation to an alleged sexual abuse case in Balmandir, a children’s home based in Kathmandu.</span><br style="color: #222222;" /><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Following a complaint lodged by Action for Child Rights International-Nepal (ACRI-Nepal), an INGO, the apex investigating body of the law enforcement agency on June 17 had detained Rabin Shrestha, a previous employee of Balmandir, and Rabin Chalise, incumbent president of Balmandir Club, an NGO, on charge of sexually abusing three young girls of Balmandir. “We are collecting supportive documents. If they are found guilty, they will certainly face legal action,” said SP Suresh Bikram Shah of CIB said. “Investigation into the case is under way.” Kathmandu District Court has already remanded the duo to custody.</span><br style="color: #222222;" /><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">“As per the law, we can put the accused in custody for a maximum of 25 days. If they are found guilty in course of investigation, we will produce them before court within next 20 days,” added SP Shah, stopping short of giving further details on ongoing investigation.</span><br style="color: #222222;" /><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">According to ACRI-N, it had reported the case after receiving the ‘testimonies’ of three young girls, who were living in Balmandir, with allegations of repeated rape and abuse. Acting on the report, </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">CIB had earlier arrested three main suspects for interrogation but had later released one.</span><br style="color: #222222;" /><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><a href="http://www.thehimalayantimes.com/fullNews.php?headline=CIB+investigating+sexual+abuse+of+Balmandir+girls&NewsID=419648">http://www.thehimalayantimes.com/fullNews.php?headline=CIB+investigating+sexual+abuse+of+Balmandir+girls&NewsID=419648</a></span><br style="color: #222222;" /><br style="color: #222222;" /><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">For more on the scandal, see<i style="font-weight: bold;"> Pound Pup Legacy</i><b>:</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><br style="color: #222222;" /></b></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><b>Nepal — Rabin Shrestha (alleged child rapist) & Action for Child Rights International</b></span><br style="color: #222222;" /><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><a href="http://poundpuplegacy.org/node/72721">http://poundpuplegacy.org/node/72721</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ethics, Transparency, Support</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">~ What All Adoptions Deserve.</span><br />
<a href="http://www.pear-now.org/"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://www.pear-now.org/</span></a><br />
<br />PEARhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01768583173126899015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6005616075249575670.post-6958192523301427742014-06-29T16:43:00.000-04:002014-07-01T09:10:09.836-04:00Child predators detained (Nepali Times)<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl7o51629vQPKBg3pV_i_6MxxDzTd9KHO7-2VjBV-LC_K2R-w_0Ll60pDjNaHDdy5a0zJiU_n69N2YSahi5usoJ7Tw2GTUiGOKf0gyyM19RM8DrHn68IypK0Va-Dl-NFaLvmhbvgXyvug/s1600-h/nepal_capsSQ.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl7o51629vQPKBg3pV_i_6MxxDzTd9KHO7-2VjBV-LC_K2R-w_0Ll60pDjNaHDdy5a0zJiU_n69N2YSahi5usoJ7Tw2GTUiGOKf0gyyM19RM8DrHn68IypK0Va-Dl-NFaLvmhbvgXyvug/s200/nepal_capsSQ.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358648442118926258" style="cursor: hand; float: left; height: 65px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 65px;" /></a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br style="color: #222222;" /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Two men working in an orphanage in Kathmandu have been arrested and are facing trial next week accused of sexually abusing children in their charge.</span><br style="color: #222222;" /><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Rabin Shrestha, former head of the adoptions at Bal Mandir, and Rabin Chalise, an ex-student who ran a Youth Club at the shelter, were arrested by the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) last week after child rights activists presented evidence of repeated rape and abuse of girls and boys at the orphanage.</span><br style="color: #222222;" /><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Shrestha had been arrested before in 2012 after a British woman lodged a complaint against him for allegedly raping a five-year-old blind girl that she was going to adopt.</span><br style="color: #222222;" /><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">“I tried to adopt her, but Shrestha told me I couldn’t do that. He wanted me to sponsor her instead and told me I would get a decision after she turned 16,” the mother told Nepali Times this week.</span><br style="color: #222222;" /><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">A Bal Mandir caretaker had informed her then that the girl was bleeding, and after examination a doctor confirmed she had been raped. Shrestha and Chalise are now also accused of also raping three other autistic girls at Bal Mandir, using other orphans for prostitution, and also abusing two young boys. Another unknown accomplice is at large.</span><br style="color: #222222;" /><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">The three men introduced themselves to the children as Bollywood film stars Amitabh and Abhisek Bachchan and would lure them into drinking alcohol and watching pornography before abusing them, activists say.</span><br style="color: #222222;" /><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">They would organise 'wedding ceremonies' every Saturday and dress the girls in red saris and play brass-band wedding music. One of them would spray water on the girls, who would then be forced to take off their wet clothes. This occurred during the afternoons, when Shrestha got a free pass at the orphanage. In the evenings, Shrestha used to take the children to a bar in Thamel where they were groomed to be prostitutes, according to children's accounts.</span><br style="color: #222222;" /><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">These detailed testimonies were presented to the CIB by child rights activists from <a href="http://www.acr-int.org/index.php/en/" target="_blank">ACR-Int (Action for Child Rights International)</a>. The evidence was cross-checked for veracity, and was so compelling that Shrestha and Chalise were arrested right away.</span><br style="color: #222222;" /><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">The British woman, who did not want to be named, also says her vision-impaired adopted daughter was tortured while in the shelter and suffered psychological trauma. She used to be tied up and hung from a tree, or lowered into a hole in the ground.</span><br style="color: #222222;" /><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Both Shrestha and Chalise have denied the allegations and the Nepal Children’s Organisation that runs the Bal Mandir orphanage says neither men are involved with the orphanage. This is contrary to the British woman’s testimony that Shrestha had met her about adoption procedures. The CIB refused to comment because it said investigations were still ongoing.</span><br style="color: #222222;" /><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Shrestha and Chalise were remanded in custody for another week on Thursday, and are due to appear in court on 3 July. The scandal follows a series of reports of <a href="http://nepalitimes.com/article/nation/child-abuse-kidnapping-happy-home,1143" target="_blank">abuse and trafficking</a> at <a href="http://nepalitimes.com/article/nation/fake-orphanage-exploit-children-in-nepal,1277" target="_blank">orphanages and shelters</a> in Kathmandu.</span><br style="color: #222222;" /><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">The Bal Mandir is responsible for over 600 children in 11 homes across Nepal and is administered by the Nepal Children’s Organisation which has been mired in charges of corruption and abuse. In 2010, the Australian charity Mitrataa Foundation which had agreed to manage the orphanages pulled out because of corruption and mismanagement.</span><br style="color: #222222;" /><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">'Unfortunately, due to severe corruption within NCO, we had to cancel the project as we were not confident that we would be able to deliver on the objectives without risking Mitrataa’s reputation as an organisation that refuses to pay bribes,' the charity says in an <a href="http://poundpuplegacy.org/node/48144" target="_blank">online post</a>.</span><br style="color: #222222;" /><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><b>Sunir Pandey and Trishna Rana</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ethics, Transparency, Support</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">~ What All Adoptions Deserve.</span><br />
<a href="http://www.pear-now.org/"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://www.pear-now.org/</span></a><br />
<br />PEARhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01768583173126899015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6005616075249575670.post-75644630514858816472014-06-27T21:13:00.000-04:002014-07-01T09:26:15.081-04:00Nepal adoptions chief raped and groomed orphans for prostitution (The Daily Telegraph)<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl7o51629vQPKBg3pV_i_6MxxDzTd9KHO7-2VjBV-LC_K2R-w_0Ll60pDjNaHDdy5a0zJiU_n69N2YSahi5usoJ7Tw2GTUiGOKf0gyyM19RM8DrHn68IypK0Va-Dl-NFaLvmhbvgXyvug/s1600-h/nepal_capsSQ.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl7o51629vQPKBg3pV_i_6MxxDzTd9KHO7-2VjBV-LC_K2R-w_0Ll60pDjNaHDdy5a0zJiU_n69N2YSahi5usoJ7Tw2GTUiGOKf0gyyM19RM8DrHn68IypK0Va-Dl-NFaLvmhbvgXyvug/s200/nepal_capsSQ.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358648442118926258" style="cursor: hand; float: left; height: 65px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 65px;" /></a></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nepal adoptions chief raped and groomed orphans for prostitution, claims British teacher</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-weight: bold;">A British woman who adopted a five year old blind girl from a Nepalese orphanage believes she uncovered an abuse and vice ring after her new daughter said she’d been raped every Saturday</span><br /><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">By Dean Nelson, New Delhi and Anil Giri in Kathmandu</span><br style="color: #222222;" /><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">27 Jun 2014</span><br style="color: #222222;" /><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">The former head of international adoptions at Nepal’s largest orphanage is in custody over allegations that he raped young girls and groomed them as prostitutes in Kathmandu dance bars.</span><br style="color: #222222;" /><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">One of the alleged victims was a five-year-old blind girl who who was later adopted by a British teacher. Three others suffer from autism and severe learning difficulties.</span><br style="color: #222222;" /><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">According to the girls, they and two young boys at the orphanage were sexually abused and raped every Saturday when the adoptions chief, Rabin Shrestha and his friend throw ‘birthday’ and ‘wedding’ parties at Kathmandu's Bal Mandir children’s home.</span><br style="color: #222222;" /><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">The older girls, aged 13 and 14, were dressed in bridal gowns and then made to consummate their "marriages" with Shrestha and an associate. They were also forced to sexually abuse two four year old boys, it is claimed.</span><br style="color: #222222;" /><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">The allegations emerged after a British special needs teacher visited the orphanage and became concerned for a five-year-old blind girl who was neglected by staff. She and her niece were told not to hold the girl because her blindness would bring “bad karma”.</span><br style="color: #222222;" /><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><b>Related Articles</b></span><br style="color: #222222;" /><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/8856050/The-Indian-preacher-and-the-fake-orphan-scandal.html">Indian preacher and the fake orphan scandal </a></span><br style="color: #222222;" /><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">28 Oct 2011</span><br style="color: #222222;" /><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1545289/Nepal-admits-half-its-orphanages-selling-children-for-adoption-by-couples-abroad.html">Nepal admits half its orphanages 'selling' children for adoption by couples abroad </a></span><br style="color: #222222;" /><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">12 Mar 2007</span><br style="color: #222222;" /><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1545098/Orphanages-in-children-for-sale-racket.html">Orphanages in 'children for sale' racket </a></span><br style="color: #222222;" /><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">10 Mar 2007</span><br style="color: #222222;" /><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">The teacher, who married a Nepali man in the early 1990s, later adopted the girl but during the adoption process a female "house mother" told her the girl had been bleeding heavily from her genitals.</span><br style="color: #222222;" /><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">The girl initially said she had fallen but later told her that she and Shrestha were lovers who fed each other plums. “’I know Rabin uncle and he is my lover, he feeds me plums and I feed him plums and he touches me and I touch him’, she told me”, the teacher told campaigners.</span><br style="color: #222222;" /><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">When her daughter was alone with him, he threw "birthday tea" parties at which he sexually abused and raped her, and when she was with the older girls he would stage "wedding ceremonies" in which they would be raped and forced to abuse two young boys.</span><br style="color: #222222;" /><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">The experience had left her daughter psychologically damaged. “She now thinks that every Saturday is her birthday”, she said, and is terrified by the sound of Nepali wedding bands. “If she hears the band in the street she covers her ears and crouches down on the ground and screams”, she told children’s rights activists.</span><br style="color: #222222;" /><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">The girls were regularly taken to "dance bars" in Kathmandu’s seedy Thamel red light district where they were given alcoholic drinks and groomed as prostitutes.</span><br style="color: #222222;" /><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Mr Shrestha and another orphanage official were arrested and taken into custody last week after the campaign group Action for Child Rights International (ACR-Int) handed over a dossier of evidence to the police.</span><br style="color: #222222;" /><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Superintendent Pitamber Adhikari of Nepal’s Central Investigation Bureau confirmed the arrests and said the two men are under investigation. They have denied the allegations against them while the Bal Mandir home rejected any connection with them. The suspects are expected to appear in court next week.</span><br style="color: #222222;" /><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">The British teacher said she could not comment on the case until after next week’s hearing.</span><br style="color: #222222;" /><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Lieutenant-Colonel (Rtd) Philip Holmes, a leading anti-child abuse trafficking campaigner said the sexual abuse alleged at Bal Mandir was widespread in Nepal.</span><br style="color: #222222;" /><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">“This case is by no means unique and we will continue to support ACR-Int as it rescues children and brings paedophiles to justice”, he said.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For more on the scandal, see <b><i>PEAR Nepal</i></b>:</span><br />
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<a href="http://pearadoptinfo-nepal.blogspot.com/2014/06/nepal-childrens-organization-former.html"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://pearadoptinfo-nepal.blogspot.com/2014/06/nepal-childrens-organization-former.html</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ethics, Transparency, Support</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">~ What All Adoptions Deserve.</span><br />
<a href="http://www.pear-now.org/"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://www.pear-now.org/</span></a><br />
<br />PEARhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01768583173126899015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6005616075249575670.post-4945757157289616432014-06-23T11:34:00.000-04:002014-07-01T11:22:43.577-04:00Nepal Children's Organization -- former head of NCO/Bal Mandir adoptions arrested for child rape<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl7o51629vQPKBg3pV_i_6MxxDzTd9KHO7-2VjBV-LC_K2R-w_0Ll60pDjNaHDdy5a0zJiU_n69N2YSahi5usoJ7Tw2GTUiGOKf0gyyM19RM8DrHn68IypK0Va-Dl-NFaLvmhbvgXyvug/s1600-h/nepal_capsSQ.jpg"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl7o51629vQPKBg3pV_i_6MxxDzTd9KHO7-2VjBV-LC_K2R-w_0Ll60pDjNaHDdy5a0zJiU_n69N2YSahi5usoJ7Tw2GTUiGOKf0gyyM19RM8DrHn68IypK0Va-Dl-NFaLvmhbvgXyvug/s200/nepal_capsSQ.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358648442118926258" style="cursor: hand; float: left; height: 65px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 65px;" /></span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Nepal Children's Organization -- former head of NCO/Bal Mandir adoptions arrested for child rape.</b><br /><br /><br /><b style="color: #222222;"><i>Kathmandu Post</i>:<br /><br />Two held on rape charge</b><br /><br /><span style="color: #222222;">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 president of Balmandir Club, following the complaints of rape and sexual abuse at the orphanage lodged by Action for Child Rights International-Nepal. (PR) </span><br /><br /><span style="color: #222222;">Posted on: 2014-06-21 08:54</span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.ekantipur.com/the-kathmandu-post/2014/06/20/news/news-digest/264130.html" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">http://www.ekantipur.com/the-<wbr></wbr>kathmandu-post/2014/06/20/<wbr></wbr>news/news-digest/264130.html</a><br /><br /><br /><b style="color: #222222;">Action for Child Rights International Nepal</b><br /><br /><span style="color: #222222;">Press Release:</span><br /><br /><b style="color: #222222;">Police Investigate Rape at Orphanage</b><br /><br /><span style="color: #222222;">KATHMANDU, June 20th, 2014. Action for Child Rights International-Nepal (ACRI/Nepal) feels obliged to break the silence regarding the current police investigation into the alleged abuse of three young girls, due to the ongoing harassments directed at the organization.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: #222222;">On Tuesday, June 17th, 2014, ACRI/Nepal received the testimonies of three young girls who are residents of Nepal Children’s Organization, Balmandir, with allegations of repeated rape and abuse. Due to the severity of the allegations, ACRI/Nepal felt it necessary to report the incidents to the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) immediately.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: #222222;">Based on the horrific nature of the testimonies given by the girls, describing the vulgar acts repeatedly taken upon them, the CIB brought the three main suspects in for questioning that same day.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: #222222;">The initial investigation and medical evidence proved strong enough for the police to arrest two of the suspects; Rabin Shrestha, a previous employee of Balmandir, and Rabin Chalise, the current president of the NGO Balmandir Club and previous student of Balmandir. Both are currently being held in custody as the investigation continues.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: #222222;">Although ACRI/Nepal is greatly impressed by the professionalism and drive of the CIB investigators working on the case, we are concerned about the onslaught of harassments directed toward them and our own team.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: #222222;">After receiving the testimonies of the young girls, ACRI/Nepal considered it our ethical duty and responsibility to report such information to the authorities, as it would be of any other person or organization.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: #222222;">Regardless of how shocked those involved may be at the moment, we have faith that all parties will fully cooperate with the CIB and police and take the responsibility of supporting the investigation. Not only to prosecute the accused and support the victims, but to ensure the safety to all of the other young girls currently living in Balmandir.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: #222222;">Therefore, ACRI/Nepal requests that all those involved will regain their composure and immediately stop the unnecessary harassments directed toward the CIB, police and our team. The only thing being asked is the opportunity for the police to carry out a professional investigation. There are no ulterior motives or personal attacks directed toward any specific person or organization. The only concern of ACRI/Nepal is that of the victims and their right to justice.</span><br /><br /><b style="color: #222222;">About Action for Child Rights International Nepal</b><br /><br /><span style="color: #222222;">Action for Child Rights International Nepal is a nonprofit organization dedicated to defending the rights of children and their families in Nepal. Our main focus is on children whose rights have been violated while under the care of child care institutions. With teams in Antwerp and Kathmandu, ACRI/Nepal utilizes its international strength to apply pressure where needed and take the necessary actions to defend each victim individually. Through strategic public campaigns, both locally and internationally, ACRI/Nepal strives to inform the public on the ongoing issues facing child protection issues and provide solutions and resources for those in need. For more information, please visit: </span><a href="http://www.acr-int.org/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">www.acr-int.org</a><br /><span style="color: #222222;"></span><br /><b style="color: #222222;">Media Information</b><br /><br /><span style="color: #222222;">Contact: Salina Tamang</span><br /><span style="color: #222222;">Email: </span><a href="mailto:tamang.actionforchildrights@yahoo.com" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">tamang.actionforchildrights@<wbr></wbr>yahoo.com</a><br /><span style="color: #222222;">Website: </span><a href="http://www.acr-int.org/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">www.acr-int.org</a><br /><span style="color: #222222;">Address: Chunnebhairab Marg, Kuleshwor, Kathmandu, Nepal</span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.acr-int.org/images/Police%20Investigate%20Rape%20at%20Orphanage.pdf" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">http://www.acr-int.org/images/<wbr></wbr>Police%20Investigate%20Rape%<wbr></wbr>20at%20Orphanage.pdf</a><br /><br /><br /><b style="color: #222222;">Ex-Bal Mandir Employee, Student Held On Rape Charge<br /><br /><i>Republica</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222;">KATHMANDU, June 18: Two individuals previously associated with Nepal Children's Organization (NCO), one of the country's oldest orphanages, have been taken under control by police for investigations into a rape charge leveled against them by three minor girls.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />The Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) of Nepal Police arrested a former NCO student and a former NCO employee - identified as Rabin Chalise and Rabin Shrestha respectively - after three minor girls living in NCO´s Naxal orphanage, also known as Nepal Bal Mandir, complained about being sexually exploited.<br /><br />SP Pitambar Adhikari, spokesperson for the CIB, confirmed the arrest of Chalise and Shrestha but refused to divulge details. "Both are now in our custody for investigations," said Adhikari. "But, we are not yet in a position to divulge any details."<br /><br />A team of CIB officials had arrested the two on Tuesday. The same day, the CIB, in coordination with the Central Child Welfare Board (CCWB), shifted the three minor girls to a safe house run by some other NGO. All three girls are believed to be below 15 years of age. They say they had been facing exploitation for a long time but mustered the courage to speak up only recently.<br /><br />Subash Pokharel, general secretary of NCO, however, maintained that none of the girls living in any Bal Mandir orphanage has had to be rescued in recent weeks. "All the girls are with us," he said. He also claimed that neither Chalishe nor Shrestha are associated with the NCO. "I don´t know what ties they had with NCO in the past," he said. "They are currently not affiliated with us. Whether they had any ties with the NCO in the past makes no difference. Whatever they do should not be linked with us."<br /><br />However, sources said that Chalishe is chairman of a club of former NCO students and enjoyed easy access to the Bal Mandir orphanages. As for Pokharel´s denial of rescue of the three minor girls, a CIB official involved in the investigation said that the girls are officially still with NCO. "They have been shifted just for the time being," said the official. "We did it considering the possibility that their continuing stay at the same orphanage might affect our investigations in some way."<br /><br />The CIB swung into action after Action for Child Rights International (ACRI), an NGO, drew police attention to the matter. In a statement issued on Friday, ACRI said that initial investigations and medical evidence were strong enough ground for the police to arrest Chalishe and Shrestha.<br /><br />Published on 2014-06-20 22:00:00</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Rabin Shrestha </b>(one of the alleged child rapists) was the longtime head of NCO/Bal Mandir adoptions.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bal Mandir, Naxal, P.O. Box: 6967 Kathmandu Nepal Tel: 977-1-4410844 Fax: 977-1-4414485</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Email: <a href="mailto:rabinshresthanp@yahoo.com" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">rabinshresthanp@yahoo.com</a> <a href="mailto:info@nconepal.org" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">info@nconepal.org</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Even back in 2004, Rabin was working for NCO -- here helping an American family adopt a son:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">KATHMANDU, Nepal - It was almost two years to the day after we started taking adoption classes that Yogendra first pointed his smile directly at us. A human sunbeam. After flying halfway around the world, we were jet-lagged, over-caffeinated and jumpy. After two years of frustration, filling out forms and riding an emotional roller coaster, we were finally in Bal Mandir orphanage (pronounced "Ball Mandeer"). When you climb out of the car at the orphanage's front doors, adorable children rush up to you shouting, "What country? What country?" "America," we responded. "Ah, America!" they replied. "Who are you here for?" "Yogendra," we answered. "Yogendra is going to America!" they shout excitedly to each other, bouncing up and down. A child brought to Bal Mandir the same day as Yogendra was on his way to Italy. Another girl they know is on her way to Spain. A girl from another orphanage, whose adopting parents were on the same flights to Kathmandu as we were, is in Oklahoma. She seemed happy to go. They all seem happy to go. Chatting nervously with orphanage director Rabin Shrestha in his office, I caught a glimpse out of the corner of my eye: A tiny boy appeared from around the corner, materializing all eyes and smile. He stood smiling for a moment, crawled into my lap, put his head on my shoulder and whispered, "daddy." We hugged and I passed him over to my wife. He put his arms around her neck and whispered, "mommy." We passed him over to our 13-year-old daughter, Morgan. He wrapped his arms around her and whispered "diddi," the Nepalese word for older sister.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was a puddle, everyone was in tears, even Rabin who sees this every day. I looked at Yogi and said, of all things: "What color car do you want?" Adopting an older child from a foreign country is a little like picking up a lay-away package. You pay some fees, fill out a couple final forms and they hand him over. From that moment on, he's yours. The problems this one came with were medical and minor, not emotional, though all the experts tell us he's supposed of have a bunch of abandonment and attachment issues. About an hour and a half later, my daughter, Morgan, was carrying him in her arms out Bal Mandir's front doors while I followed, filming the event. He smiled and waved to the camera, he smiled and waved to the other kids, he smiled and waved to the staff. He jumped into the car to leave forever. Moments later, the driver motored out Bal Mandir's front gates with Yogendra in the back seat facing forward toward his new life. He did not look back. He did not stop smiling. Bleak choices About 10 days later, the night before we were to fly to Colorado on the other side of the world, we struck up a conversation with a bellman in our hotel. He asked Yogendra if he knew what was happening the next day. In Nepalese he replied, "I'm getting on an airplane and going to America with my family." That bellman was about the only Nepali Yogendra would talk to, so we asked him to prod the boy for a little of his life's story. It's not a happy story. As close as anyone can place it, he's 5, which means he's not old enough to remember much of the turmoil engulfing the country - the Maoist revolution to overthrow Nepal's government. His home province, however, was one of the first places the Maoists swept through. He said his parents are old, although it's not clear if he's talking about his Nepali parents or us. He said his mother is dead, and that a man - some sort of male authority figure - brought him to Kathmandu.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He told the bellman, in Nepalese, that he's from a part of Nepal called Jumla. He said it took a long time to travel. "Days," he said, although he is not sure how many. We scrambled for a map and with the bellman's help we learned that Jumla is both a province and a village in remote western Nepal. The bellman patiently explained that the village is at least a two-day walk from the nearest passable road. Yogendra and the man who hauled him had to get to that road, where they could catch a bus. They rode that bus at least two days to reach Kathmandu. It took a day or so for the man to learn the best part of the city in which he could leave Yogendra so the boy would be found quickly. With a Himalayan winter approaching and unrest all around, the choices appeared bleak: freeze to death or starve to death. Whoever this man was - maybe his father - he did the tough thing: He transported this boy to safety and a chance at life. No one knows how long it really took them to get to Kathmandu, how long it took to find the correct part of the city, how long they were there together, how long Yogendra was alone - or if that's what happened at all. No one knows what happened to that brave man. No one will ever know. All anyone knows for certain is that when the police finally found Yogendra, huddled in a concrete corner, he was crying, screaming and all he could tell them was his first name. And we know that he is ours, and that we're just as lucky as he. The police picked up six other kids the same day in the same part of the city. That was Nov. 1, 2003. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now <b>Nepal Children's Organization</b> (Nepal Bal Sangathan -- commonly known as Bal Mandir) is arguably the most controversial NGO in South Asia.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"It is known that in the process of selling children and taking commission present office secretary Rajeshwor Niraula, President Rita Singh Baidya, employee Ram Krishna Subedi, some police personnel and some child trafficking agents are involved."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Terre des hommes/Image Ark documentary on adoption trafficking in Humla (reputed NCO/Bal Mandir kidnappings). Some Humli children ended up in India -- others in the inter-country adoption trade.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Unfortunately, due to severe corruption within NCO, we had to cancel the project as we were not confident that we would be able to deliver on the objectives without risking Mitrataa’s reputation as an organisation that refuses to pay bribes."</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ashaok Jashwal</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bir Singh Karki</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bishnu Bahadur Shahi</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chij Kumar Shrestha</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dharmendra Paswan</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dhurba Kunwar</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kamal Deep Shrestha</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kiran Babu Shrestha</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Krishna Shankar Shah</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Menuka Joshi</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Raju Aryal</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Narayan Shrestha</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sanat Karki</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Reeta Singh Vaidya </b>is the sister of <b>Prakash Man Singh</b> (the current Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal and the General Secretary of the Nepali Congress Party):</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Reeta and Prakash Man Singh are children of the late <b>Ganesh Man Singh</b> -- the "Father of Democracy" in Nepal:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Reeta Singh Vaidya (also known as Rita Singh Vaidya, Rita Singh Baidya, Reeta Singh Baidya, Rita Singh Baidhya, or Reeta Singh Baidhya) is a member of the <b>Child NGO Federation Nepal</b>, another controversial organization in Kathmandu.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She is listed as the contact for the:</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mrs. Reeta Singh Baidya<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(A trust in memory of the late Ganesh Man Singh.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>The Kathmandu Post</i>:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On the occasion of the 96th birth anniversary of the late Nepali Congress leader, Bir Ganeshman Singh Children’s Talent Award Trust on Saturday announced to honour 10-year-old Bipaswi Poudyal.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Organising a press conference, Rita Singh Baidhya, president of the executive committee of the Trust, said that Poudyal would be given the Bir Ganeshman Singh Children’s Talent Award 2011 for showing extraordinary talent in the world stage and bagging the titles of Little Miss World Nepal 2011 and Little Miss World 2011. "She has contributed a lot in increasing the country’s pride," she said.</span></div>
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<a href="http://www.ekantipur.com/the-kathmandu-post/2011/10/29/metro/ganeshman-singh-trust-to-award-bipaswi/227629.html" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://www.ekantipur.com/the-<wbr></wbr>kathmandu-post/2011/10/29/<wbr></wbr>metro/ganeshman-singh-trust-<wbr></wbr>to-award-bipaswi/227629.html</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Former NCO/Bal Mandir board member and controversial adoption facilitator <b>Prachanda Raj Pradhan</b> represents the Ganeshman Singh Trust on the CNFN Executive Committee:</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mr. Prachanda Raj Pradhan, I P President</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.cnfnepal.org/ex_comm.php" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">http://www.cnfnepal.org/ex_<wbr></wbr>comm.php</a><b><br /></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In 2010, eight embassies wrote asking that the CNFN be removed from all adoption related activities. Pradhan, then head of the CNFN, accused the embassies of being "revengeful."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For more on the Child NGO Federation Nepal, see <i>PEAR Nepal</i>:</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Prachanda Raj Pradhan -- head of the Child NGO Federation Nepal (CNFN) </span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://pearadoptinfo-nepal.blogspot.com/2010/03/prachanda-raj-pradhan-head-of-child-ngo.html" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">http://pearadoptinfo-nepal.<wbr></wbr>blogspot.com/2010/03/<wbr></wbr>prachanda-raj-pradhan-head-of-<wbr></wbr>child-ngo.html</a><b><br /></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pradhan is currently Vice-chairman of the <b>Nepal Law Commission</b>:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">While current CNFN Vice-chairman <b>Dilli Ram Giri</b> heads the <b>Central Child Welfare Board</b>:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Mr. Bhanu Bhakta Dhakal</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Mr. Kedar Dahal</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Mr. Prachanda Raj Pradhan, I P President</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Mr. Dhirendra Lamsal</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Mr. Maniraj Shrestha</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Mrs. Aruna Karmacharya</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Mrs. Sulochana Sharma Sigdel</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Mr. Suresh Kumar Bhatta</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Ms. Sushma Pokharel</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Mrs. Sadhana Ghimire</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Mr. Yubaraj Bidrohi</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Ms. Chandra Prabha Upadhaya</b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">For more on the scandal, see<i style="font-weight: bold;"> Pound Pup Legacy</i><b>:</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><br style="color: #222222;" /></b></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><b>Nepal — Rabin Shrestha (alleged child rapist) & Action for Child Rights International</b></span><br style="color: #222222;" /><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><a href="http://poundpuplegacy.org/node/72721">http://poundpuplegacy.org/node/72721</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ethics, Transparency, Support</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">~ What All Adoptions Deserve.</span><br />
<a href="http://www.pear-now.org/"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://www.pear-now.org/</span></a><br />
<br />PEARhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01768583173126899015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6005616075249575670.post-72823421260739574172013-07-23T08:34:00.002-04:002013-07-23T08:34:20.775-04:00DoS Notice: No U.S. Adoption Service Providers Currently Authorized to Facilitate Adoptions in Nepal<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl7o51629vQPKBg3pV_i_6MxxDzTd9KHO7-2VjBV-LC_K2R-w_0Ll60pDjNaHDdy5a0zJiU_n69N2YSahi5usoJ7Tw2GTUiGOKf0gyyM19RM8DrHn68IypK0Va-Dl-NFaLvmhbvgXyvug/s1600-h/nepal_capsSQ.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358648442118926258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl7o51629vQPKBg3pV_i_6MxxDzTd9KHO7-2VjBV-LC_K2R-w_0Ll60pDjNaHDdy5a0zJiU_n69N2YSahi5usoJ7Tw2GTUiGOKf0gyyM19RM8DrHn68IypK0Va-Dl-NFaLvmhbvgXyvug/s200/nepal_capsSQ.jpg" style="cursor: hand; float: left; height: 65px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 65px;" /></a><br />
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The Nepali Ministry of Women and Child Social Welfare (MWCSW) informed the U.S. Embassy in Kathmandu that as of July 1, 2013, no U.S. adoption service providers (ASP) are authorized to facilitate adoptions in Nepal. According to the MWCSW, the authorization of all adoption service providers expired on December 31, 2012. The Ministry also informed the Department that no U.S. ASPs have submitted a new application or an application to renew their authorization for the two-year period beginning on January 1, 2013. </div>
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While Nepal's adoption regulations (the Terms and Conditions and Process for Granting Approval for Adoption of Nepali Children by an Alien, 2008) permit Nepali authorized ASPs and foreign missions to submit dossiers on behalf of prospective adoptive parents, the U.S. Embassy in Kathmandu cannot execute "cover letters" or submit dossier documents to the Ministry of Women and Child Social Welfare (MWCSW) on behalf of prospective adoptive parents or otherwise serve as a de facto ASP for prospective adoptive parents. Therefore, it will not be possible for prospective adoptive parents to file an application to adopt a Nepali child until a U.S. ASP applies for and receives authorization to facilitate adoptions in Nepal in 2013-2014.</div>
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Prospective adoptive parents should also be aware that, on August 6, 2010, the U. S. Department of State and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) suspended processing of new adoption cases from Nepal involving children reported as abandoned because documents presented in support of the abandonment of these children in Nepal were unreliable. Cases involving relinquishment by known birth parent(s) were not affected by the suspension.</div>
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The U.S. Embassy in Kathmandu continues to encourage the Government of Nepal to work with the international community, including the Hague Permanent Bureau, to implement the Hague Adoption Convention and reform its adoption process to protect children and families. </div>
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We will continue to provide updates through <a href="http://adoption.state.gov/index.php" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #707292; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">adoption.state.gov</a> as additional information is received. This link will also provide additional information and past adoption notices and alerts on the detailed concerns found in Nepal adoptions.</div>
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<a href="http://www.pear-now.org/">http://www.pear-now.org/</a><br />
<br />PEARhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01768583173126899015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6005616075249575670.post-30170862422511403482013-06-30T20:00:00.001-04:002013-06-30T20:00:40.849-04:00Nexus of Intercountry Adoption of Nepali Children and Trafficking (National Human Rights Commission)<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl7o51629vQPKBg3pV_i_6MxxDzTd9KHO7-2VjBV-LC_K2R-w_0Ll60pDjNaHDdy5a0zJiU_n69N2YSahi5usoJ7Tw2GTUiGOKf0gyyM19RM8DrHn68IypK0Va-Dl-NFaLvmhbvgXyvug/s1600-h/nepal_capsSQ.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358648442118926258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl7o51629vQPKBg3pV_i_6MxxDzTd9KHO7-2VjBV-LC_K2R-w_0Ll60pDjNaHDdy5a0zJiU_n69N2YSahi5usoJ7Tw2GTUiGOKf0gyyM19RM8DrHn68IypK0Va-Dl-NFaLvmhbvgXyvug/s200/nepal_capsSQ.jpg" style="cursor: hand; float: left; height: 65px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 65px;" /></a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Nepal 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 (Bal Mandir) was the only entity mandated to conduct adoption. In 2000, the Terms and Conditions issued by the Government of Nepal opened up intercountry adoption to child centers other than Bal Mandir and by 2008, 47 child centers conducted adoption. In 2011, the Government allowed 29 Child Centers for conduction of intercountry adoption for the period of 2011- 2013 (Box 2.1).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Box 2.1 Child Homes Allowed for Intercountry Child Adoption for the Year 2011- 2013</b></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Bal Bhabisya Sangathan Nepal, Kathmandu (Child Future Organization)</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Sagarmatha Bal Griha, Kathmandu (Sagarmatha Child Home)</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Bal Sewa Griha, Lalitapur (Child Service Home)</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Nepal Prerana Samaj, Kathmandu (Assocatioin of Nepal Prerana)</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Buddhist Bal Griha, Kathmandu (Buddhist Child Home)</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Barosa Nepal, Lalitapur (Believable Nepal)</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Prayash Nepal, Kathmandu (Attempt Nepal)</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Sanjiwani Bal Griha, Bhaktapur (Sanjiwani Child Home)</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Nepal Bal Griha, Lalitpur (Nepal Child Home)</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Mitrata Ko Bagaicha, Lalitapur (Friends of Garden)</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Nepal Bal Sangathan, Kathmandu (Nepal Child Association)</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Aanatha Balbalika Sangathan, Lalitapur (Orphan Children Association)</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Aasahaya Balbalika Shichhya Kendra, Kathmandu (Abandonded Children Protection Center)</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Aasahaya Balbalika Sangrachhayan Foundation, Lalitapur (Abandonded Children Protection Foundation)</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Surya Bal Kalyan Sewa Kendra, Kathmandu (Surya Child Welfare Service Center)</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Bal Ujyul Bhabisya Nepal, Lalitapur (Child Bright Future Nepal)</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Hamro Har Nepal, Lalitapur (Our Home Nepal)</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Nepal Asahaya Bal Har, Nepal (Nepal Abandonded Child Home)</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Show Griha, Lalitapur (Self-Home)</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Bal Griha, Lalitapur (Child Home)</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Matriwatsalya Nepal, Lalitapur (Maternal Love to Children Nepal)</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Hopped Bal Thatha Mahila Uttathan Samaj, Lalitapur (Hopped Children and Women Promotion Society)</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Kathmandu Bal Bikash Samaj, Kathmandu (Kathmandu Child Development Society)</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Pancha Kanya Bal Bikash Shangha, Bhaktapur (Pancha Kanya Child Development Association)</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Bal Chhahari, Lalitapur (Child Umbrella)</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Samudaya Batawaran Thatha Bal Bikash Shangha, Kathmandu (Community Environment and Child Development Society)</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Sahayogi Samaj Nepal, Kathmandu (Help Society Nepal)</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Shristhi Nepal, Lalitapur (Shristhi Nepal)</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Kanti Bal Griha, Lalitapur (Kanti Child Home)</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Source: Note of Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare about the Renewal of Child Homes on September 4, 2011</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Since January 2009 to 2011, there were 344 intercountry adoptions – 224 girls and 120 boys. Among the 344 intercountry adoptions, 104 were adopted in Italy, 99 USA, 63 Spain, 24 France, 17 Denmark, 10 Norway, 8 Sweden, 7 Belgium, 5 each in Switzerland and United Kingdom and 2 in Canada (Table 2.16).</span><br />
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<tr><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Belgium</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">5</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">2</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">7</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Canada</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">2</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">0</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">2</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">2</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">2</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Denmark</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">8</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">9</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">17</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">France</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">12</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">12</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">24</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Italy</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">59</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">45</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">104</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">India</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">0</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">0</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">0</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">1</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">1</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Norway</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">7</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">3</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">10</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Spain</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">44</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">19</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">63</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Sweden</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">6</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">2</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">8</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Switzerland</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">4</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">1</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">5</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">United Kingdom</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">4</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">1</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">5</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">1</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">1</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">United States of America </span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">73</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">26</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">99</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Total</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">224</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">120</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">344</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">2</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">2</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">4</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Source: CCWB, 2012.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Review by Next Generation Nepal (2012) provided a review report about combating trafficking for exploitation within children’s home to NHRC. The Report defines trafficking for exploitation within the children’s homes, also deals with the demand factors, reviews</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">governmental responses in relation to protection, prosecution and prevention aspects. The Report concludes that trafficking and exploitation takes place in many Child Care Homes by involving children as beggars, forced child labor in handicraft production, abuses by the foreigners as well as those who are involved in running the Child Care Homes. The Report argues that as there is elements of trafficking and exploitation in the Child Care Homes but the cases are prosecuted under the Children’s Act rather than under the HTTCA 2007. Intercountry adoptions is, therefore, linked to trafficking of children – mainly because the ‘means’ used for adoptions involves deception, fraud or abuse of power or of a position of vulnerability and ‘an action’ involves that children have already been transferred from their birth place to Child Home and from Child Home to abroad. There is no research on the condition of adopted child and hence the ‘purpose (exploitation)’ of intercountry adoptions has yet to be studied. A study conducted by the Hague Conference on Private International Law (2009) about the situation of intercountry adoptions in Nepal found a number of irregularities associated with adoption processes and violation of the Purposes, Principles and Safeguards set forth in the <i>1993 Hague Intercountry Adoption Convention</i>. It commented that the principle of the best interests of the child was completely absent – having no criteria for determining whether a child was adopted or not and the biological parents were not informed or counseled about the legal effects of giving up their child for adoption. Further, the study found that use of false documents, statements about the child's abandonment, origins, age and status, lack of transparency and accountability as other major irregularities prevailed in intercountry adoptions process in Nepal. The case of Srimiti (Case 2.5) represents how intercountry adoption involves irregularities and how Child Care Home takes advantages of a position of vulnerability of parents.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Case 2.5 Trafficking of children by intercountry adoptions</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Srimiti was admitted in a Prayas Nepal. At the time, she was about 5 year of age. Prayas Nepal published notice about her heir. When no one claimed her as heir, intercountry adoption process was conducted with the decision of Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare and she was adopted by an Italian man.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">After two years, Srimiti’s mother living in Santi Nagar, Kathmandu – a squatter settlement – claimed that Srimiti was her biological daughter and that she would not like to surrender her child to the Child Home and she want to see her daughter’s face. This case was filed in CCWB. CCWB asked the details of the case and Prayas Nepal responded to CCWB that Srimiti was adopted by an Italian man by completing the legal process. Prayas Nepal also submitted an agreement paper signed by two parties (Srimiti’s mother that Prayas Nepal). The agreement paper reads: i) Prayas Nepal shall attempt to contact Srimiti through Internet within one month to show the face of Srimiti’s to her mother and ii) that condition of Srimiti shall be reported annually to Srimiti’s mother by Prayas Nepal.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Source: CCWB Office Record, October, 2012 (case developed based on letter sent by Prayas Nepal to CCWB about the child)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">In this case, it appears that there is violation of definition of child who could be adopted according to the <i>Terms and Conditions and Process for Granting Approval for Adoption of Nepali Child by Alien 2008</i> (Chapter 3, Sub-section 3). Accordingly, ‘an alien may be granted approval to adopt a child who has stayed at least ninety days in a child welfare home, orphanage or children's organization if the child is: i) orphan child or ii) if the child is voluntarily committed. Srimiti is neither an orphan child nor she was voluntarily committed by her parents.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>Child Care Homes and Nexus of Trafficking of Children</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">According to CCWB (2012), there are 743 Child Care Homes in 32 districts in the country. Of the total 743 Child Care Homes, Kathmandu alone has 422 or 57 per cent of the total Child Care Homes in the country. This is followed by Lalitapur (28), Kaski (57), Chitawan (24) and Bhaktapur (21). The number of Child Homes ranges from 5 to 10 for eight districts. There are nine districts with 2 to 4 child districts and 10 districts have one Child Care Home in each (Table 2.17).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Table 2.17 Number of Child Care Homes by districts, Nepal, 2012</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">No. of Child Care Homes per district </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Total Child Care Homes </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">% of Child Care Homes</span><br />
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<tr><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Kathmandu</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">1</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">422</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">422</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">56.8</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Lalitapur</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">1</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">128</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">128</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">17.2</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Kaski</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">1</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">57</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">57</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">7.7</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Chitawan</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">1</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">24</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">24</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">3.2</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Bhaktapur</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">1</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">21</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">21</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">2.8</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Banke</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">1</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">10</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">10</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">1.3</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Kailali and Rupandehi</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">2</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">8</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">16</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">2.2</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Makwanpur</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">1</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">7</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">7</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">0.9</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Kaski and Nawalparasi</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">2</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">6</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">12</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">1.6</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Sindhupalchok and Surkhet</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">2</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">5</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">10</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">1.3</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Humla, Jhapa and Sunsari</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">3</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">4</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">12</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">1.6</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Morang and Rolpa</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">2</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">3</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">6</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">0.8</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Bara, Dhankuta, Kanchanpur and Parsa</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">4</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">2</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">8</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">1.1</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Achham, Dhanusa, Dolakha, Illam, Jumla, Kapilbastu, Lamjung, Myagdi, Rautahat and Siraha</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">10</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">1</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">10</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">1.3</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Total</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">32</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">743</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">100.0</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Source: CCWB, 2012, pp. 65.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">In 2011, the numbers of Child Care Homes were reported to be 602 with 15,095 children residing in the Homes. The number of Children residing in the 743 Child Care Homes recorded in 2012 was not provided. Table 2.18 presents the distribution of children residing in Child Homes (n=602 in 38 districts) in the year of 2011 by age and sex. Data reveal that there are more boys residing in Child Care Homes against girls (56% vs. 44%). According to age groups, children residing in the Child Care Homes are from the less than three-years of age to 16 years and above. Of the total children, 7 per cent were below 3 years of age, 18.5 per cent below 6 years of age, nearly 40 per cent below 9 years of age, 64 per cent below 13 years of age and 89 per cent below 16 years of age.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Table 2.18 Distribution of children residing in Child Care Homes, 2011, Nepal</b></span><br />
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<tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="2" style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Age groups (in years) </span></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="1" style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Number</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="1" style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Per cent</span><br />
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<tr><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Boys </span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Girls </span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Total </span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">%of total</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> Cumulative %</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">under 3</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">531</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">542</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">1,073</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">7.1</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> 7.1</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">3-5</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">866</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">851</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">1,717</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">11.4</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> 18.5</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">6-8</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">1,800</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">1,414</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">3,214</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">21.3</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> 39.8</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">9-12</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">2,147</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">1,566</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">3,713</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">24.6</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> 64.4</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">13-15</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">2,100</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">1,590</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">3,690</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">24.4</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> 88.8</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">16 and above</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">1,004</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">684</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">1,688</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">11.2</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> 100.0</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Total</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">8,488</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">6,647</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">15,095</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">100.0</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Row %</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">56.0</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">44.0</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">100.0</span></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td><td style="border: 0.479531pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Source: CCWB, 2011, pp. 50.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Child Care Homes are supposed to provide an alternative care for abandoned children and children without parental care. But there is no information about whether all the children in Child Care Homes are abandoned or children without parental care – who require an alternative care outside the family. There has been report that children from the remote areas such as from Mugu, Humla districts are lured to Child Care Homes in Kathmandu by the agents by promising good education. CCWB monitoring and investigation reports show that some Child Care Homes do not comply with the minimum requirements of the Child Care Homes provisioned by the Government and not all children are actually in need of alternative care.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">The Government has issued <i>Standards for Operation and Management of Residential Child Care Homes (2012a)</i>. It has identified 78 standards to be complied by the Child Care Homes in relation to the following:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Entry Process and Admission Procedures of Children:</b> consider Child Care Home as the final recourse of child’s care; prepare and update personal profile of children residing the Child Care Home; if children victims of violence, abuse, torture and discrimination admitted, they should be provided immediate health check-up, psychosocial counselling, and legal aid as necessary; children admitted in the Child Care Home should be provided adequate food, shelter and clothing; formulate policy and rule of the Child Care Home about admission process of children, facilities and services available in the Home,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">p. 55</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">responsibilities and duties of staff and children, privacy, discipline and plan for farewell of children and monitoring; provide information about children if parents were found; take responsibility of protection of child’s property, inheritance property if any in coordination with concerned Government organization.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Residential Care Facilities, Infrastructure and Environment: </b>the building of the Child Care Home should be with minimum standards and accessible to children; provide safe, easy and sound sleeping facilities for children; arrange separate toilets and bath rooms for girls and boys; arrange safe water for drinking and other personal use; have separate reading room, First Aid room, kitchen, dining room; arrange adequate playing ground for children to play; manage garbage in the Child Care Home adequately; have adequate physical facilities of the Child Care Home against earth quick, fire and other natural disaster.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Realization of Basic Rights of Children Living in Residential Care Homes:</b> <u>Related to Food</u>- provide adequate fresh and nutritious and balance diet to children; regularly monitor the nutritional status of children; arrange clean and easily accessible kitchen to children; arrange adequate drinking water for all children; don’t force children to eat and not to eat unless children are sick; don’t provide food from outside the Child Care Home. <u>Related to Education</u> - arrange formal education for children according to their age; arrange training to children about civic education, better life options, vocational skills and socialization; have separate room for reading and library; regularly monitor the child’s progress in education and update the information; staff must take the responsibility as guardian of children. <u>Related to Health</u> - provide regular health check-up to children from an authorized medical doctor; arrange adequate First Aid materials, drugs and health related human resources; arrange adequate health treatment to children if they are injured; arrange health insurance for all children; arrange appropriate medical treatment if a child is psychological problem; don’t target particular children to examine STIs or HIV/AIDS; inform parents/guardians or children’s desired persons if children are seriously ill or injured or died; ensure that the children are not used for any medical research/or libratory work.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">p. 56</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><u>Related to Entertainment and Play</u> - have adequate facilities for regular physical exercise of children; ensure that the child to participate in games, literature, songs etc completion inside the Child Care Homes or outside it; ensure safety for children while they participate in games or any other completion; allow children to watch cinema, video, television and use of computer and internet according to their age; arrange adequate entertainment room and play ground for children; formulate plan for playing or entertainment with the participation of children. <u>Related to Psychosocial Counselling</u>- arrange psychosocial counselling services to all children as necessary; ensure that the privacy of the child is maintained while counselling to other children; aim to reunite the child while counselling.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Pre-requisite for Running a Child Care Home and its Management, Finance and Human Resources: </b>(arrange adequate residence facility for children, constitutions of the organization must reveal that it works for child care; no staff should be employed who have criminal history; make provision of volunteers, internship and training, employ child friendly staff and develop operation guideline of the child care home.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Children’s departure, reintegration or reunion plan</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Mechanism and procedure for monitoring of residential child </span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">care homes</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">In order to effectively monitor the Child Care Homes as per the new Standards, the Government has provisioned of Central Monitoring Committee under the Chair of Executive Director of CCWB at the Central level and Assistant CDO at the district level.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">CCWB monitored some of the Child Care Homes whether or not they complied with the Minimum Standards of 2060 (2003). The Report reads as (paraphrased based on the Monitoring Report by CCWB)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Children are brought without the permission of the concerned authorities in Child Care Homes and children with parents. Of the total 454 Child Care Homes, 392 were running without fulfilling the Minimum Standards of 2060 (2003). These Homes did not have</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">p. 57</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">trustworthy sources of income thereby increasing the risk of children for exploitation and trafficking at any time.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />It appears that Child Care Homes become as profit making enterprises rather than service oriented ones as many of the Homes have been established for the purpose of adoption.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Some of the Child Care Homes were reported to be running without registration with 2 to 4 children placed in a house. There are cases of renewals of Child Care Homes by the CDO office without the recommendation from CCWB. It is also found that Child Care Homes consider volunteers as donors and children are transferred from one place to another and one Child Care Home to another without permission from either CDO office or from DCWB or CCWB. The transfer happens when any disputes arise among the persons who run the Child Care Homes. Many of the Child Care Homes have maintained records of personal profile of children residing in - which may result to trafficking of children.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">The Monitoring Reports of CCWB point out the problems related to foreign volunteers in the Child Care Homes (Case 2.6). They were found to be residing in some Child Care Homes and engaged in abusing children using drugs and vulgar words. It is reported that Child Care Homes receive US $ 1000 from a volunteer but only Rs. 5000 to Rs. 7000 is recorded in the account of Child Care Homes. There are 5-7 volunteers in some Child Care Homes whereby considering volunteers as the sources of income for the Child Care Homes. Although foreign volunteers are involved in teaching, playing or cleaning of the children, some of them were found to be sleeping with a child, taking a child for a visit and giving the gifts only to a child who they favour of. This has created feeling of discrimination among children residing in the Homes. It is reported that volunteers attempt to convince the donors on their self-interest and thereby increasing funding instability in the Child Care Homes. Volunteers generally do not show the details of donation they collected. Foreigners come to Nepal in Tourist Visa and work as volunteers. They bring the Photos of Nepali children and collect donation.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">The Managing Director of Abinash Anatha Ashram, Dev Daha, Rupandehi was accused of sexually abusing two girls for the last one and half year. The girls were of 11 year olds old. He was also accused of committing rape of two girls of about 15 years. He was abusing the girls time and again. In addition to sexual exploitation to the children, the Managing Director used to make children massage in his body and show the pornography to the children.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">This news was published in Kantipur Daily on June 12, 2012. The DCWB Rupandehi informed about it to the CCWB and Ministry of Women and Children and Social Welfare for necessary action to the culprit and to rescue the children from the Home. The CCWB wrote to the DCWB that all children residing in the Child Care Home should be transferred to another Home. At the time, there were 33 children (18 boys and 15 girls) who were referred to another Child Care Home. Among the 33 children, two were below 5 years of age, 9 were in the age range of 5-9 years and 21 were 10 years and above.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Source: Kantipur Daily June 12, 2012 and Letter of Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare to the CCWB dated July 3, 2012 (2069/3/3) and Letter of District Child Welfare Board, Rupandehi to CCWB dated July 1, 2012.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">On the complain that Morning Star Children’ Charity Home has violated the Minimum Standards of Operation of the Child Home, CCWB utilizing the power of Children’s Act 1990 (Sec. 44, Sub-sec 1) and Child Regulation 1993 (Sec. 8, Sub-sec. 6) monitored the Home in April 19, 2012 and observed the following:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">There were 41 children residing in the Home. Since three years, the Managing Director has raped four girls time and again. In addition, the Director used to sexually abuse other girls above 11 years of age by touching their sexual organs, making them nude, going to see while they are on a bath, using the vulgar words to the children. The Director’s wife compelled girls to have sex with her husband one-by- one and when she used to go to the maternal house, she also compelled girls to sleep with her husband’s sleeping room.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Children were beaten by burning firewood and rode and it was found that two children hands were broken. Children were forced to work as domestic servants – washing of cooking posts, cleaning rooms and washing of clothes of the Director and his wife. Although the children were sexually exploited for the last 2 or 3 years, they were afraid of complaining it because of fear of revictimization. Some six years ago, the Director forced Sunita to abort her child and now she was not in the Home</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Given these facts, the CCWB recommends that children from the Home must be transferred to other Child Care Homes for their proper safety and an immediate need of providing psychosocial counselling to them. It decides that this Child Care Home shall not be permitted to run in the coming fiscal year as its management and environment was found to be against the best interest of the child.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Pursuant to Children’s Act 1990 (Sec. 44, Sub-sec 1) and Child Regulation 1993 (Sec. 8, Sub-sec. 6), CCWB and DCWB of Kathmandu and Bhaktapur monitored and observed Rasuwa-Lamtang Liring Aanatha Sastha in May 27, 2010 to understand the situation of children in the Home and it observed and recommended the following:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">There were 18 children in the Child Care Home. It was not running as per the Operation Guideline of Child Care Home. It was not renewed since 2007/08. Children were frequently transferred from one place to another without informing and taking permission from District Administrative Offices of Kathmandu and Bhaktapur, and DCWB and CCWB. The physical environment of the Home was very dirty and bad smelling coming up. The rooms were not cleaned and toilet smelt very badly. There was no sign board and the Home has not had house rent agreement, either. The Director collected donation from Baudda Gumba of Kathmandu, Musjid of Rani Pokhari, Saibaba temple of Anamnagar and Rs. 15,000 per child annually from Australia but no office account is maintained.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">It is suspected that the Child Care Home conducted unauthorized intercountry adoptions in time and again. The Home has not maintained details records of children – their address, name and age and sex of the child, parental status – making it difficult to know whether children residing in the House were really abandoned and/or without parental care. The Director of the Home confessed that some two years ago, he brought eight children to Bangalore, India but he did not have the details records of them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Of the 18 children reported in the Child Care Home, only 13 children were attending schools while the rest were not attending in school.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Given these facts, CCWB’s monitoring team decides that the Director of the Child Care Home should be brought to justice. It recommends to the Kathmandu and Bhaktapur District Administration Offices for necessary action to the Director.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Pursuant to Children’s Act 1990 (Sec. 44, Sub-sec 1) and Child Regulation 1993 (Sec. 8, Sub-sec. 6), CCWB and DCWB of Kathmandu and Bhaktapur monitored and observed Mukti Nepal in April, 2010 to understand the situation of children the Child Care Home and observed the following:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">There were 24 children in the Home. All children – boys and girls – were residing in a single room. The Home was so dirty that it was as like a public toilet. Goods were messy; the gate of the house and water pond inside the Home was opened. The sleeping bed was so dirty that it could easily cause communicable diseases. There were no staff to take care of children; children cooked themselves and washed pots.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">The Director of the Home refused to provide the personal profile of children residing in the Home (name, address, age, sex, schooling and medical status). There was no medical report of the child who died some six months ago due to physical torture in the Home. Further, a child referred by Community Police to Nirantar Bikash Sastha was found in this Child Care Home – revealing that children are transferred from one Child Care Home to another for business purposes. The organization was renewed in CDO office Kathmandu. But, a question arises how it was renewed as violated the minimum standards of operation of the Child Care Home.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Given these facts and testimony results from the children themselves, the monitoring team recommends to the concerned authorities for the necessary action to the Child Care Home. The records of the CCWB show that all the 24 children were transferred to Sri Himali Nawin Samaj, Bishnu Budanilakanthak, and Kathmandu for their protection.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Drawing on the narratives of the children residing in the Mukti Nepal Child Care Home which was developed by CCWB monitoring team, the Director of Mukti Nepal (a woman) appears to be very cruel and inhuman and was involved in trafficking of children in the name of intercountry adoption. The following are some of the examples of offences committed by her against children residing in the Home.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Girls had to massage the Director’s body – her pelvic area during her menstruation and her big fat belly. Girls were treated as domestic servants – forcing them to wash clothes, clean the rooms and toilet and not allowed to study.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">It is reported that the Director stole two children while they were on the school and the family did not find these children. One child was illegally adopted and when the child’s father claimed for his child, he was beaten. One child was adopted in Spain but parents know about it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">For more on <b>Mukti Nepal</b> -- see <b>Victims of Balmandir</b> (<b>Pound Pup Legacy</b>):</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">For more on <b>Prayas Nepal </b>-- see </span><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Fake police document to adopt a girl</b> (<b>Kantipur</b>):</span></span></div>
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Notice: U.S. Department of State Continues to Recommend Against Adopting from Nepal</h2>
The Nepali Ministry of Women and Child Social Welfare (MWCSW) informed the U.S. Embassy in Kathmandu that as of December 2012, there are seven U.S. adoption service providers authorized to facilitate adoptions in Nepal at this time, and another ten U.S. adoption service providers whose authorization is pending payment of a $5000 fee to the Nepal Child Right Fund. According to the MWCSW, the authorization of all adoption service providers, including those currently authorized and those with pending authorization requests, expires on December 31, 2012. The MWCSW is currently soliciting new or renewed accreditation by international adoption service providers for dossiers submitted during a two-year period beginning on January 1, 2013.<br />
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Before embarking on an adoption in Nepal, prospective adoptive parents are strongly urged to confirm with the MWCSW that their adoption service provider is authorized to facilitate adoptions in Nepal. Contact information for the MWCSW may be found on the <a href="http://adoption.state.gov/country_information/country_specific_info.php?country-select=nepal">Country Information Sheet for Nepal</a>. A copy of the MWCSW’s current list of Nepali authorized foreign adoption service providers may be obtained by writing to the U.S. Embassy at <a href="mailto:adoptionsnepal@state.gov">adoptionsnepal@state.gov</a>.<br />
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By way of background, on August 6, 2010, the U. S. Department of State and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) suspended processing of new adoption cases from Nepal involving children claimed to have been found abandoned because documents presented in support of the abandonment of these children in Nepal were unreliable. Cases involving relinquishment by known birth parent(s) were not affected by the suspension. In December 2011, the Government of Nepal informed the U.S. Department of State that there may be a small number of children who will be found eligible for intercountry adoption by the Government of Nepal as relinquishment cases. The U.S. Department of State continues to strongly recommend that prospective adoptive parents refrain from adopting children from Nepal due to grave concerns about the reliability of Nepal’s adoption system and credible reports that children have been stolen from birth parents, who did not intend to irrevocably relinquish parental rights as required by INA 101(b)(1)(F). We also strongly urge adoption service providers not to accept new applications for adoption from Nepal.<br />
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The U.S. Embassy in Kathmandu continues to encourage the Government of Nepal to work with the international community, including the Hague Permanent Bureau, to implement the Hague Adoption Convention and reform its adoption process to protect children and families.<br />
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We will continue to keep you updated through <a href="http://adoption.state.gov/index.php">adoption.state.gov</a> as additional information is received. This link will also provide additional information and past adoption notices and alerts on the detailed concerns found in Nepal adoptions. Please refer to USCIS.gov for <a href="http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.5af9bb95919f35e66f614176543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=63e5fc74884b8310VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCRD&vgnextchannel=ecab18a1f8b73210VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCRD">Special Instructions for How and When to File Adoption Petitions on Behalf of Nepali Children</a>.</div>
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SOLUKHUMBU: A teacher at Balmandir located in the district headquarters, Salleri, has not got her salary after the end of monarchy in the country.<br />
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The teacher, Sunita Kayastha, has not got her salary since 2062 BS. The Balmandir was established in 2039 BS.<br />
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Denied salary for the past seven years, she has now been visiting the Department of Education and Central Office of Nepal Children's Organization (NCO) asking for salary.<br />
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The District Education Office (DAO) had given recognition of Primary level to the Balmandir in 2045 BS. After that, the DAO had provided one teacher in quota and day meal was provided to one teacher and students by the NCO, but the teacher could not get salary and students could not get the day meal for all these seven years.<br />
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Teacher Kayastha said that she worked with the assurances of getting salaries but was not successful so far.<br />
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She added that the DAO has been providing Rs. 1,800 per month under EDC class.<br />
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According to the District Education Officer, Devendra Raj Khanal, the DAO did not provide the salary as the Balmandir is under the Nepal Children's Organization. There are 21 students in the Balmandir.<br />
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<br />PEARhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01768583173126899015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6005616075249575670.post-79101568698361794242012-08-03T15:10:00.000-04:002012-08-03T15:10:17.493-04:00USCIS Revised Country Information for Nepal<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl7o51629vQPKBg3pV_i_6MxxDzTd9KHO7-2VjBV-LC_K2R-w_0Ll60pDjNaHDdy5a0zJiU_n69N2YSahi5usoJ7Tw2GTUiGOKf0gyyM19RM8DrHn68IypK0Va-Dl-NFaLvmhbvgXyvug/s1600-h/nepal_capsSQ.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358648442118926258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl7o51629vQPKBg3pV_i_6MxxDzTd9KHO7-2VjBV-LC_K2R-w_0Ll60pDjNaHDdy5a0zJiU_n69N2YSahi5usoJ7Tw2GTUiGOKf0gyyM19RM8DrHn68IypK0Va-Dl-NFaLvmhbvgXyvug/s200/nepal_capsSQ.jpg" style="cursor: hand; float: left; height: 65px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 65px;" /></a> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">USCIS has published an updated version of its country information for Nepal. According to USCIS<i>, </i></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">"These revisions do
not present any significant updates on adoptions in
Nepal . Rather, they consolidate existing
information and explain the current process for adopting children from
Nepal.
As this information is intended to help the public, p</span></i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>lease feel free to share
this information.</i>"</span></span></span></span></span>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">The revised text of the country information section on Nepal is as follows:</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<i>The U.S. Government is currently adjudicating intercountry adoption
petitions filed on behalf of Nepali children who have been relinquished
by a known birth parent(s) whose identity and relationship can be
confirmed. The U.S. Government is not adjudicating adoption petitions
filed for Nepali children who are described as having been abandoned.
On August 6, 2010, the U. S. Department of State and U. S. Citizenship
and Immigration Services (USCIS) suspended processing of new adoption
cases from Nepal involving children claimed to have been found abandoned
because documents presented in support of the abandonment of children
in Nepal have proven unreliable. </i><br />
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USCIS and the U.S. Department of State continue to strongly recommend
that prospective adoptive parents refrain from adopting children from
Nepal due to grave concerns about the reliability of Nepal’s adoption
system. We also strongly urge adoption service providers not to accept
new applications for adoption from Nepal.</i><br />
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The U.S. Government continues to encourage the Government of Nepal to
work with the international community, including the Permanent Bureau of
the Hague Conference on Private International Law, to implement the
Hague Adoption Convention and reform its adoption process to protect
children and families. </i><br />
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There are special filing instructions in place for adoption petitions
under the orphan system involving Nepali orphans. For more information,
please see the page called “<a href="http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.5af9bb95919f35e66f614176543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=63e5fc74884b8310VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCRD&vgnextchannel=ecab18a1f8b73210VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCRD">Special Instructions for How and When to File Adoption Petitions on Behalf of Nepali Children</a><a href="http://./">.</a></i><br />
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<i><strong>USCIS and Department of State Roles</strong></i><br />
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USCIS is responsible for the adjudication of the Form I-600, <em>Petition to Classify Orphan as an Immediate Relative</em>.
In overseas locations where USCIS does not have an office, such as
Nepal, USCIS has delegated limited authority to Department of State
consular officers at U.S. embassies and consulates to accept in-country
filings of Forms I-600 in certain circumstances and to approve petitions
that are clearly approvable. Form I-600 petitions found by the
consular officers to be “not clearly approvable” are then forwarded to
the USCIS office overseas with jurisdiction over that location for
adjudication. The USCIS office in New Delhi, India, has jurisdiction
over petitions filed with the U.S. Embassy in Kathmandu, Nepal.</i><br />
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<i><strong>Recent History</strong></i><br />
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On August 6, 2010, the Department of State and U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services jointly decided to suspend adjudication of new
adoption petitions and related visa issuances for children who
purportedly were abandoned in Nepal. </i><br />
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In early August 2010, a joint assessment team from the U.S. Department
of State and USCIS travelled to Nepal and performed a detailed analysis
of the evidence being presented to document the abandonment of children
in Nepal. The team found that information presented in support of
orphan petitions included vague and self-contradictory testimony and
documents. Local officials were often uncooperative or appeared to
purposefully mislead or deter investigations. The U.S. Government
committed to complete the processing of the 65 cases where U.S. families
had received an official referral of a Nepali child before the
announcement of the suspension (these cases are referred to as
“pipeline” cases).</i><br />
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On January 5, 2011, Nepal’s Ministry of Women, Children and Social
Welfare announced that children found by the police and considered
abandoned will not be available for intercountry adoption until further
notice.</i><br />
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In January 2012, Nepal’s Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare
announced on its website that there may be children who could be
considered eligible for intercountry adoption by the Government of Nepal
as relinquishment cases (meaning that the children had become orphans
by virtue of having been relinquished by their birth parent(s)). Due to
the concerns regarding the reliability of Nepal's adoption system, any
future relinquishment cases received by the U.S. Embassy in Kathmandu
will require thorough investigations, which may include birth parent
interviews and DNA testing. USCIS cannot estimate the time any
investigations may take to complete. Prospective adoptive parents
should be aware that investigations may require significant time and
would likely result in an increased financial burden.</i><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></span></span></span><br />
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<br />PEARhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01768583173126899015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6005616075249575670.post-36733914853685902702012-06-17T22:02:00.001-04:002012-06-17T22:12:29.798-04:00Where healthy babies are bought illegally, disabled are slighted (Kantipur)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl7o51629vQPKBg3pV_i_6MxxDzTd9KHO7-2VjBV-LC_K2R-w_0Ll60pDjNaHDdy5a0zJiU_n69N2YSahi5usoJ7Tw2GTUiGOKf0gyyM19RM8DrHn68IypK0Va-Dl-NFaLvmhbvgXyvug/s1600-h/nepal_capsSQ.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358648442118926258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl7o51629vQPKBg3pV_i_6MxxDzTd9KHO7-2VjBV-LC_K2R-w_0Ll60pDjNaHDdy5a0zJiU_n69N2YSahi5usoJ7Tw2GTUiGOKf0gyyM19RM8DrHn68IypK0Va-Dl-NFaLvmhbvgXyvug/s200/nepal_capsSQ.jpg" style="cursor: hand; float: left; height: 65px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 65px;" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>KATHMANDU, JUN 12 -</b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Laxmi Maharjan (name changed) of Kalimati paid an undisclosed amount of cash for a male child three years back when she and her husband “bought” him from a capital-based hospital. The seemingly well-off couple in their mid thirties, who had been long wishing to adopt a baby, paid around Rs 30,000 to a hospital staff for the baby.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kanchi Rai (name changed), wife of a Hanumandhoka-based porter, who already had four </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">children, agreed to hand over her new born baby to a prospective parent through a middleman from an orphanage for Rs 50,000. The handover of the baby, otherwise to be sent to an orphanage, is recorded nowhere.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">However, a disabled baby, who was abandoned at the Kanti Children Hospital in August 2011, had to wait for months before the hospital staff requested an NGO to take the child. The hospital </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">never traced the whereabouts of the parents. These are few examples of how the “unregulated” child adoption system in Nepal has been giving rise to some serious anomalies. In the absence of a proper legal framework, healthy newborn babies are being traded illegally, while the disabled ones are being ignored. A duty officer at Kanti Hospital told the Post that they have serious problems finding NGOs or some foster home for the disabled children. “While we have difficulties seeking homes for disabled babies, we have problems managing a huge number of prospective parents who are ready to do anything for a healthy baby,” the duty officer said, seeking anonymity.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Twelve disabled babies were abandoned last year alone. They remained in the hospital for over two months and were later handed over to the Bramahastani Samaj,” the officer said.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Police records show that in an average, 20-30 disabled babies are abandoned yearly in different hospitals in Kathmandu.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Existing laws do not make it binding for NGO-run orphanages or any other foster homes to adopt disabled babies.Police records show that in an average, 20-30 disabled babies are abandoned yearly in different hospitals in Kathmandu.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Existing laws do not make it binding for NGO-run orphanages or any other foster homes to adopt disabled babies. The state-run children’s home—Bal Mandir—does not adopt disabled children. “We have no provision to adopt disabled babies,” said Assistant director of Bal Mandir, Balkrishna Dangol. The orphanage received just seven children below five this year. Sources said healthy babies are being secretly handed over to willing parents and most dealings do not reach the police. Some hospitals in the Capital openly hand over the kids to prospective parents in the presence of the police, while some others do it covertly. “This has led to a slump in the flow of babies in orphanages and unclear statistics on adoption of abandoned children,” Dangol said. Head of the Thapathali Maternity Hospital Dr Shila Berma said her hospital does not keep prospective parents’ list, but hands over all abandoned babies to Bal Mandir. The hospital receives a maximum of 6-7 abandoned infants a year.Informed internal sources told the Post that the number of infants abandoned in hospitals are high. They said many babies are handed over by hospital staff based on their personal relationship. Many prospective parents also visit the hospitals, strike deals with staffers and take away the babies. Administrative head of Teaching Hospital Chandra Rai said prospective parents in the “adoption list” are given the babies in the presence of the police. Legal Officer at the Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare, Sher Jung Karki, said the anomalies can be checked if provisions on domestic adoption in the Muluki Ain (civil code) are implemented. “The law allows domestic adoption but unless the procedure is made transparent, the anomalies cannot be checked,” he said.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">• Hospitals say they have serious problems finding NGOs or foster homes for disabled children who are abandoned</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">• Existing laws do not make it binding for NGO-run orphanages or any other foster homes to adopt disabled babies</span><br />
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<br />PEARhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01768583173126899015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6005616075249575670.post-38111196274369867242012-03-04T20:59:00.002-05:002012-03-04T21:14:26.237-05:00Cashing in on Nepal’s youth (RT television)<span style="font-family: arial;font-size:100%;" ><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl7o51629vQPKBg3pV_i_6MxxDzTd9KHO7-2VjBV-LC_K2R-w_0Ll60pDjNaHDdy5a0zJiU_n69N2YSahi5usoJ7Tw2GTUiGOKf0gyyM19RM8DrHn68IypK0Va-Dl-NFaLvmhbvgXyvug/s1600-h/nepal_capsSQ.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 65px; float: left; height: 65px;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358648442118926258" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl7o51629vQPKBg3pV_i_6MxxDzTd9KHO7-2VjBV-LC_K2R-w_0Ll60pDjNaHDdy5a0zJiU_n69N2YSahi5usoJ7Tw2GTUiGOKf0gyyM19RM8DrHn68IypK0Va-Dl-NFaLvmhbvgXyvug/s200/nepal_capsSQ.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cashing in on Nepal’s youth (RT television)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"> Video:</span><br /><br /><a href="http://rt.com/news/orphanage-child-trafficking-nepal-761/">http://rt.com/news/orphanage-child-trafficking-nepal-761/</a><br /><br />Published: 03 March, 2012<br /><br />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.<br /><br />Widespread corruption and a high demand from the West for adoptive children are fuelling the growing trade.Now it has emerged that 80 per cent of children put up for adoption already had parents.<br /><br />Child rights organizations estimate that there are currently around 15,000 children living in orphanages in Kathmandu. The numbers are very difficult to keep track of given that many of the capital’s orphanages are unregistered and as such, not regulated by the government.<br /><br />Child-traffickers will often travel to far-flung rural areas of Nepal where they prey on poor families, drawing them in with promises of a better life and education for their children. Traffickers can reportedly buy a child for as little as $15 and then turn a profit selling them to one of Kathmandu’s 500 children’s homes.<br /><br />An orphaned child can then fetch up to $25,000 if sold on to families from abroad.<br /><br />Conditions in the capital’s orphanages are abysmal with widespread reports of abuse and children being forced into work.<br /><br />Chinmohan Chaudhary, a Nepalese boy who had lived in one of the orphanages, told RT’s Priya Sridar that the homes would be given rations for the children but the caretakers would take half the food for themselves while giving the kids only a small portion.<br /><br />“They would also get drunk and would beat us,” he added.<br /><br />The Nepalese government currently has a freeze on child adoption to Western countries due to rampant cases of abuse, fake documents and false statements.<br /><br />Ramesh Bhomi from Nepal’s Children Organization says the government ban has only tackled part of the problem.<br /><br />Ramesh is the owner of 11 legal orphanages across the country which had previously received revenue of $5,000 for every child that was adopted from abroad which went towards the running of the organization.<br /><br />“It has been difficult for us to run the homes after the suspension of international adoption because we still have to provide for the daily necessities of every child in the home and take care of their medical bills too,” he said.<br /><br />In the absence of revenue from foreign adoption, Nepalese orphanages have found another revenue stream. Volunteers, tricked through Internet scams into donating money to fake orphanages, are providing a new cash flow fuelling child-trafficking.<br /><br />The Nepalese government has done relatively little to curtail the trade in children. At the moment, there is no policy that effectively regulates children’s homes in Nepal. Moreover, the state does not provide funding to orphanages, forcing them to make ends meet however they can.<br /><br /><br />Ethics, Transparency, Support<br />~ What All Adoptions Deserve.<br /><a href="http://www.pear-now.org/">http://www.pear-now.org/</a><br /><br /></span>PEARhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01768583173126899015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6005616075249575670.post-58005288693106958802012-02-29T17:50:00.003-05:002012-02-29T17:55:21.558-05:00Child care centres running illegally (The Himalayan Times)<span ><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl7o51629vQPKBg3pV_i_6MxxDzTd9KHO7-2VjBV-LC_K2R-w_0Ll60pDjNaHDdy5a0zJiU_n69N2YSahi5usoJ7Tw2GTUiGOKf0gyyM19RM8DrHn68IypK0Va-Dl-NFaLvmhbvgXyvug/s1600-h/nepal_capsSQ.jpg" style="font-weight: normal; "><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 65px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 65px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358648442118926258" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl7o51629vQPKBg3pV_i_6MxxDzTd9KHO7-2VjBV-LC_K2R-w_0Ll60pDjNaHDdy5a0zJiU_n69N2YSahi5usoJ7Tw2GTUiGOKf0gyyM19RM8DrHn68IypK0Va-Dl-NFaLvmhbvgXyvug/s200/nepal_capsSQ.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Child care centres running illegally</b><br /><br /><b>The Himalayan Times</b><br /><br />2012-01-29<br /> <br />SURENDRA KAFLE<br /><br />NEPALGUNJ: All the child protection centres established here to give shelter to neglected children have not met minimum standards.<br /><br />“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.<br /><br />There are 14 children homes in Banke. Among them, seven are permanent, four temporary, two for the visually impaired and one in the process of registration.<br /><br />More than 150 children are getting shelter in the homes.<br /><br />Social Development Promotion Centre, Tanwipriya Women and Children Relief Centre, Maya Sadan, Orphanage Madras Gausiya Jyabul Islam, Nawajiwan Centre, Mangal Prasad Higher Secondary School, Shelter House, CIWIN Helpline, Children Rehabilitation Help Centre and Apostal Children Home are among the child protection centres being operated in the district.<br /><br />Mangal Prasad Higher Secondary School and Tribhuwan Higher Secondary School are providing shelter to visually impaired kids.<br /><br />As per the survey conducted by the welfare committee, CIWIN Helpline is in B category, whereas others have been categorised C and D, said Shah.<br /><br />“None of the children homes are running satisfactorily,” she added. She also informed that necessary action will be taken against the homes running illegally.<br /><br />She said, “Orphans should be kept with their paternal relatives like uncle, grandparents or with maternal kin. Children homes are the last option.”<br /><br />Shah informed that the United Nations also proposed to discourage children homes as they are being misused.</span><div style="font-weight: normal; "><span ><br style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "></span><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><a href="http://www.thehimalayantimes.com/fullNews.php?headline=Child+care+centres+running+illegally&NewsID=318410"><span >http://www.thehimalayantimes.com/fullNews.php?headline=Child+care+centres+running+illegally&NewsID=318410</span></a></div><span ><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></span></div><span style="font-weight: normal; "><br /><br /><br />Ethics, Transparency, Support<br />~ What All Adoptions Deserve.<br /><a href="http://www.pear-now.org/">http://www.pear-now.org/</a><br /></span>PEARhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01768583173126899015noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6005616075249575670.post-11608667411985475012012-02-25T21:25:00.002-05:002012-02-25T21:30:50.478-05:00Govt extends deadline for inter-country adoptions (The Himalayan Times)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl7o51629vQPKBg3pV_i_6MxxDzTd9KHO7-2VjBV-LC_K2R-w_0Ll60pDjNaHDdy5a0zJiU_n69N2YSahi5usoJ7Tw2GTUiGOKf0gyyM19RM8DrHn68IypK0Va-Dl-NFaLvmhbvgXyvug/s1600-h/nepal_capsSQ.jpg" style="font-weight: normal; "><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 65px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 65px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358648442118926258" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl7o51629vQPKBg3pV_i_6MxxDzTd9KHO7-2VjBV-LC_K2R-w_0Ll60pDjNaHDdy5a0zJiU_n69N2YSahi5usoJ7Tw2GTUiGOKf0gyyM19RM8DrHn68IypK0Va-Dl-NFaLvmhbvgXyvug/s200/nepal_capsSQ.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: -webkit-auto; "><b>Govt extends deadline for inter-country adoptions</b></span><br style="font-family: arial; text-align: -webkit-auto; "><br style="font-family: arial; text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: -webkit-auto; "><b>The Himalayan Times</b></span><span style="font-weight: normal; font-family: arial; text-align: -webkit-auto; "> </span><span style="font-weight: normal; font-family: arial; text-align: -webkit-auto; "> </span><br style="font-family: arial; text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-weight: normal; font-family: arial; text-align: -webkit-auto; "> </span><br style="font-family: arial; text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: -webkit-auto; "><b>2012-02-25</b></span><br style="font-family: arial; text-align: -webkit-auto; "><br style="font-family: arial; text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-weight: normal; font-family: arial; text-align: -webkit-auto; ">KATHMANDU: The Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare has extended the deadline for applications from foreigners to adopt Nepali children after it received only a handful of requests.</span><br style="font-family: arial; text-align: -webkit-auto; "><br style="font-family: arial; text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-weight: normal; font-family: arial; text-align: -webkit-auto; ">Foreign parents who want to adopt Nepali children now have two more months to file their application, which was due by mid-February for this year.</span><br style="font-family: arial; text-align: -webkit-auto; "><br style="font-family: arial; text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-weight: normal; font-family: arial; text-align: -webkit-auto; ">“We extended the deadline after we received only around four applications from Indian and Japanese nationals,” said Sher Jung Karki, member-secretary at the Inter Country Adoption Management Committee of the ministry. </span><br style="font-family: arial; text-align: -webkit-auto; "><br style="font-family: arial; text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-weight: normal; font-family: arial; text-align: -webkit-auto; ">Before the system of applying to the government for adopting Nepali children came into effect, interested couples would approach orphanages directly and select children. They would pay huge sums to the orphanages to take away the children of their choice. But now couples can only choose the gender and age of children.</span><br style="font-family: arial; text-align: -webkit-auto; "><br style="font-family: arial; text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-weight: normal; font-family: arial; text-align: -webkit-auto; ">The application has to come through embassies, diplomatic missions and international adoption agencies concerned, said the ministry. Couples seeking to adopt a Nepali child also need to submit documents showing that their government has granted permission to adopt the children.</span><br style="font-family: arial; text-align: -webkit-auto; "><br style="font-family: arial; text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-weight: normal; font-family: arial; text-align: -webkit-auto; ">Karki said the number of foreign nationals, who want to adopt Nepali children, has fallen after the Permanent Bureau of The Hague Conference on Private International Law raised questions over documents of children up for adoption. He said the ministry did not receive a single application for the adoption in 2011 due to pending applications from 2009/10. </span><br style="font-family: arial; text-align: -webkit-auto; "><br style="font-family: arial; text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-weight: normal; font-family: arial; text-align: -webkit-auto; ">The European countries’ baning of adoption of Nepali children after ‘extensive cases of abuse, fake documents and false statements’ has also driven interest in Nepali children down. Italian, French and Spanish nationals were enthusiastic about raising a child from Nepal before the ban. The ministry received around 500 such applications each year from those countries and the US.</span><br style="font-family: arial; text-align: -webkit-auto; "><br style="font-family: arial; text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-weight: normal; font-family: arial; text-align: -webkit-auto; ">Karki informed that the US launched a probe into 65 cases of adoption for a year, but did not find irregularities.</span><br style="font-family: arial; text-align: -webkit-auto; "><br style="font-family: arial; text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-weight: normal; font-family: arial; text-align: -webkit-auto; ">HIMALAYAN NEWS SERVICE</span><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: -webkit-auto; "></span><div style="font-weight: normal; font-family: arial; text-align: -webkit-auto; "><br /></div><div style="font-weight: normal; font-family: arial; text-align: -webkit-auto; "><a href="http://www.thehimalayantimes.com/fullNews.php?headline=Govt+extends+deadline+for++inter-country+adoptions&NewsID=322004">http://www.thehimalayantimes.com/fullNews.php?headline=Govt+extends+deadline+for++inter-country+adoptions&NewsID=322004</a></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><br /><br />Ethics, Transparency, Support<br />~ What All Adoptions Deserve.<br /><a href="http://www.pear-now.org/" style="font-weight: normal; ">http://www.pear-now.org/</a>PEARhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01768583173126899015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6005616075249575670.post-83017631542636381702012-01-25T14:46:00.007-05:002012-01-25T14:56:27.712-05:00Great expectations gone awry (Republica)<span ><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl7o51629vQPKBg3pV_i_6MxxDzTd9KHO7-2VjBV-LC_K2R-w_0Ll60pDjNaHDdy5a0zJiU_n69N2YSahi5usoJ7Tw2GTUiGOKf0gyyM19RM8DrHn68IypK0Va-Dl-NFaLvmhbvgXyvug/s1600-h/nepal_capsSQ.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 65px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 65px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358648442118926258" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl7o51629vQPKBg3pV_i_6MxxDzTd9KHO7-2VjBV-LC_K2R-w_0Ll60pDjNaHDdy5a0zJiU_n69N2YSahi5usoJ7Tw2GTUiGOKf0gyyM19RM8DrHn68IypK0Va-Dl-NFaLvmhbvgXyvug/s200/nepal_capsSQ.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><br /></span></span><div><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span ><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span ><br /></span></span></div><div><span ><b><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto; ">Great expectations gone awry</span><br style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><br style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto; ">Republica:</span></b><br style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><br style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><a href="http://myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=41086">http://myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=41086</a></span><br style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "> </span><br style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><br style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto; ">KALENDRA SEJUWAL</span><br style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><br style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto; ">SURKHET, 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. </span><br style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><br style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto; ">The parents said they suspected that their children would have been sold had they not intervened on time. </span><br style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><br style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto; ">"We were told that our children would be admitted to a branch school of Budhanilkantha school where they could study till the higher level for just Rs 40,000,” said Dhanbahadur Khadka of Sipkhana, Kalikot. </span><br style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><br style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto; ">“The children sounded as if they were under some distress when we called them. We then visited the school to see if everything was all right and the truth came to surface,” he added. According to him, the parents were not allowed to go inside the school at first. “But we forced our way in and found that the children were crammed in a single room that was dark and very small.” </span><br style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><br style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto; ">Khadka had handed over his son to his relative Netra Bahadur on November 19 along with the demanded amount of Rs 40,000 which he had borrowed against a very high interest. The children were rescued from the school on January 11 under Khadka's initiation. </span><br style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><br style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto; ">According to the parents, the school principal Dayalaxmi Shrestha was the mastermind of the plot. With the help of Prem Saud, Netrabahadur, Birendra Dhami and Mahesh, all of them residents of Kalikot district, Shrestha was able to gather the children at the school situated in Siddhartha Banasthali area and went by the name of MBS High School. </span><br style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><br style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto; ">In the month of November alone, 84 children from Seuna, Sikhana, Mumra, Mehalmudi and other villages, were brought to the school. </span><br style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><br style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto; ">The children who have returned home with their parents painted a hellish picture of the life inside the school. “We were never given fresh and enough food,” said nine years old Charitra Sahakari. “We took care of all their household chores. We were made to work like slaves,” added 10-year-old Rasila Yogi. </span><br style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><br style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto; ">The children were found to be in a very poor health condition. “Many of them suffer from dysentery and diarrhea,” said Khadka. </span><br style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><br style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto; ">On the other hand, the government has kept quiet despite being aware of the ongoing situation at the school. According to Khadka, the children were rescued with the help of an education officer Suresh Shahi. </span><br style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><br style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto; ">“Shahi had asked the principal Shrestha to produce legal documents of the school which she could not,” Khadka said, adding, “however, no action has been taken against her yet.”</span><br style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><br style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "> </span><br style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto; ">Published on 2012-01-25</span><br /><br /><br />Ethics, Transparency, Support<br />~ What All Adoptions Deserve.<br /><a href="http://www.pear-now.org/">http://www.pear-now.org/</a><br /></span><br /></div>PEARhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01768583173126899015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6005616075249575670.post-13304683765469037852012-01-19T22:57:00.008-05:002012-01-20T00:40:34.375-05:00DOS Adoption Notice - Nepal Relinquishment Cases<span ><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl7o51629vQPKBg3pV_i_6MxxDzTd9KHO7-2VjBV-LC_K2R-w_0Ll60pDjNaHDdy5a0zJiU_n69N2YSahi5usoJ7Tw2GTUiGOKf0gyyM19RM8DrHn68IypK0Va-Dl-NFaLvmhbvgXyvug/s1600-h/nepal_capsSQ.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 65px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 65px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358648442118926258" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl7o51629vQPKBg3pV_i_6MxxDzTd9KHO7-2VjBV-LC_K2R-w_0Ll60pDjNaHDdy5a0zJiU_n69N2YSahi5usoJ7Tw2GTUiGOKf0gyyM19RM8DrHn68IypK0Va-Dl-NFaLvmhbvgXyvug/s200/nepal_capsSQ.jpg" border="0" /></a></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 8px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 12px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "><div id="yui_3_2_0_17_1327035620143111"><b><span >Nepal</span></b></div><div id="yui_3_2_0_17_1327035620143111"><b><span ><br id="yui_3_2_0_17_132703562014376">January 19, 2012</span></b></div><div id="yui_3_2_0_17_1327035620143111"><b><span ><br id="yui_3_2_0_17_132703562014381">Notice: U.S. Department of State Continues to Recommend Against Adopting from Nepal</span></b></div><div id="yui_3_2_0_17_1327035620143111"><span ><br id="yui_3_2_0_17_132703562014386">On August 6, 2010, the U. S. Department of State and United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) suspended processing of new adoption cases from Nepal involving children claimed to have been found abandoned, because documents presented in support of the abandonment of these children in Nepal were unreliable. Cases involving relinquishment by known birth parent(s) were not affected by the suspension.</span></div><div id="yui_3_2_0_17_1327035620143111"><span ><br id="yui_3_2_0_17_132703562014391">Recently, the Government of Nepal informed the U.S. Department of State that there may be a small number of children who will be found eligible for intercountry adoption by the Government of Nepal as relinquishment cases in 2012. The U.S. Department of State continues to strongly recommend that prospective adoptive parents refrain from adopting children from Nepal due to grave concerns about the reliability of Nepal’s adoption system and credible reports that children have been stolen from birth parents, who did not intend to irrevocably relinquish parental rights as required by INA 101(b)(1)(F). We also strongly urge adoption service providers not to accept new applications for adoption from Nepal.</span></div><div id="yui_3_2_0_17_1327035620143111"><span ><br id="yui_3_2_0_17_132703562014396">Due to the concerns regarding reliability of Nepal's adoption system, any future relinquishment cases received by the Embassy in Kathmandu will require complex investigations which may include birth parent interviews and DNA testing. Although we have not yet received these cases, and cannot estimate the amount of time for any investigation, we caution that they may require significant time and expenses that would likely raise the overall costs for prospective adoptive parents.</span></div><div id="yui_3_2_0_17_1327035620143111"><span ><br id="yui_3_2_0_17_1327035620143101">The U.S. Embassy in Kathmandu continues to encourage the Government of Nepal to work with the international community, including the Hague Permanent Bureau, to implement the Hague Adoption Convention and reform its adoption process to protect children and families. </span></div><div id="yui_3_2_0_17_1327035620143111"><span ><br id="yui_3_2_0_17_1327035620143106">We will continue to keep you updated through adoption.state.gov as additional information is received. This link will also provide additional information and past adoption notices and alerts on the detailed concerns found in Nepal adoptions.</span></div><div id="yui_3_2_0_17_1327035620143111"><span ><br /></span></div><div id="yui_3_2_0_17_1327035620143111"><span ><a href="http://adoption.state.gov/country_information/country_specific_alerts_notices.php?alert_notice_type=notices&alert_notice_file=nepal_4">http://adoption.state.gov/country_information/country_specific_alerts_notices.php?alert_notice_type=notices&alert_notice_file=nepal_4</a> </span></div></div><span ><br /><span>Ethics, Transparency, Support<br />~ What All Adoptions Deserve.<br /><a href="http://www.pear-now.org/">http://www.pear-now.org/</a></span></span>PEARhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01768583173126899015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6005616075249575670.post-33450132141114022652011-12-29T09:02:00.002-05:002012-01-20T00:47:55.088-05:00PEAR Website Announcement<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl7o51629vQPKBg3pV_i_6MxxDzTd9KHO7-2VjBV-LC_K2R-w_0Ll60pDjNaHDdy5a0zJiU_n69N2YSahi5usoJ7Tw2GTUiGOKf0gyyM19RM8DrHn68IypK0Va-Dl-NFaLvmhbvgXyvug/s1600-h/nepal_capsSQ.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 65px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 65px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358648442118926258" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl7o51629vQPKBg3pV_i_6MxxDzTd9KHO7-2VjBV-LC_K2R-w_0Ll60pDjNaHDdy5a0zJiU_n69N2YSahi5usoJ7Tw2GTUiGOKf0gyyM19RM8DrHn68IypK0Va-Dl-NFaLvmhbvgXyvug/s200/nepal_capsSQ.jpg" border="0" /></a> Our website will be down December 26 to January 6 for a redesign. Due to this, our web comments, membership forms and donate buttons will be inoperable.<br /><br /><br />Please direct your correspondence to the following board members:<br /><br />Comments and requests for assistance:<br />Gina Pollock<br />Vice President Advocacy and NGO/Government Relations<br />rmprhp@yahoo.com<br /><br />Membership Issues:<br />Shanna Wright<br />Secretary and Membership Chair<br /><span class="email">shanjwright@gmail.com</span><br /><br />Donations and financial issues:<br />Margaret Weeks<br />Treasurer<br />meweek@aol.com<br /><br />All other correspondence:<br />Kimberly Kennedy<br />President<br />kackennedy_2000@yahoo.com<br /><span title=""></span><br />Thank you for your continued patience and support!<div><br /></div><div><br />Ethics, Transparency, Support<br />~ What All Adoptions Deserve.<br /><a href="http://www.pear-now.org/">http://www.pear-now.org/</a></div>PEARhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01768583173126899015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6005616075249575670.post-69774604629263638282011-12-17T09:55:00.018-05:002012-01-20T00:52:51.246-05:00Govt opens applications for inter-country adoption (Republica)<span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl7o51629vQPKBg3pV_i_6MxxDzTd9KHO7-2VjBV-LC_K2R-w_0Ll60pDjNaHDdy5a0zJiU_n69N2YSahi5usoJ7Tw2GTUiGOKf0gyyM19RM8DrHn68IypK0Va-Dl-NFaLvmhbvgXyvug/s1600-h/nepal_capsSQ.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 65px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 65px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358648442118926258" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl7o51629vQPKBg3pV_i_6MxxDzTd9KHO7-2VjBV-LC_K2R-w_0Ll60pDjNaHDdy5a0zJiU_n69N2YSahi5usoJ7Tw2GTUiGOKf0gyyM19RM8DrHn68IypK0Va-Dl-NFaLvmhbvgXyvug/s200/nepal_capsSQ.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102); font-style: italic;">***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: <a href="http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2010/08/145767.htm">http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2010/08/145767.htm</a></span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;"><b><br /></b></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;"><b>Govt opens applications for inter-country adoption</b></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;"><b>REPUBLICA</b></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:arial;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:arial;"><b>ARJUN POUDEL</b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:arial;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:arial;"><b>KATHMANDU, Nov 29:</b> After receiving no application for inter-country adoption in 2011, the government has asked prospective foreign parents to apply for adopting Nepali orphans for the year 2012.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:arial;">The Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare (MWCSW) has formally invited applications through concerned embassies, diplomatic missions and international adoption agencies for the first time after inter-country adotption was suspended in 2009.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:arial;">The ministry had suspended inter-country adoption following disclosure of rampant irregularities in the process. Some European countries including USA had also suspended adoption of Nepali children indefinitely after revelation of irregularities. Before the suspension, the ministry used to receive more than 500 such applications each year.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:arial;">“We have completed listing eligible children for adoption for 2012. Altogether 252 children are eligible for adoption,” the legal officer at the ministry, Sher Jung Karki, said. Children formally relinquished by the family will also be put on offer for adoption, he said.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:arial;">Some of the children´s homes had stopped providing shelter to newcomer orphans since a year after foreign countries stopped taking in Nepali children. The children´s homes cited financial problems for stopping providing shelter to newcomer orphans. Foreign adoption is one of the main financial sources of the orphanages.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:arial;">The government has also introduced strict measures after reports of irregularities in adoption were disclosed.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:arial;">Karki said that the foreign parents seeking to adopt Nepali children cannot approach the children directly. “Prospective parents cannot visit Nepal to select children without the consent of the Nepal government. They have to apply through the Internet,” the legal officer at the ministry, Karki, stated. The ministry has asked foreign parents to submit application within three days from November 17.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:arial;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:arial;">He also said the adopting parents need to submit documents concerning permission from their respective governments for adoption and should apply through registered adoption agencies.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:arial;">The government had also fixed fee for adoption. Adopting parents have to pay US$ 8,000 and the orphanage will get only US$ 5,000 per child. The US$ 3,000 will go to the state and it will be spent for the welfare of children.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:arial;">Previously adopting parents would approach the concerned orphanage directly and select a child. They would pay huge amount to the orphanages to take away the children of their choice. Karki said that adopting parents from now on will be able to choose only gender and age of the children.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style=" text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:arial;">The ministry says 29 orphanages have renewed their licenses for inter-country adoption. Seven new orphanages have acquired licenses for adoption. Parents from around 72 countries adopt Nepali children.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:arial;">Published on 2011-11-29</span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://www.myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=38929" style="font-family: arial; text-align: -webkit-auto; ">http://www.myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=38929</a><br /><br /><br />Ethics, Transparency, Support<br />~ What All Adoptions Deserve.<br /><a href="http://www.pear-now.org/">http://www.pear-now.org/</a><br /></span><br /></div></div></div>PEARhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01768583173126899015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6005616075249575670.post-5177724061806872922011-12-07T21:35:00.008-05:002011-12-07T21:46:48.695-05:00Reforms made by the Government of Nepal on Inter-country adoption system (MOWCSW)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl7o51629vQPKBg3pV_i_6MxxDzTd9KHO7-2VjBV-LC_K2R-w_0Ll60pDjNaHDdy5a0zJiU_n69N2YSahi5usoJ7Tw2GTUiGOKf0gyyM19RM8DrHn68IypK0Va-Dl-NFaLvmhbvgXyvug/s1600-h/nepal_capsSQ.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 65px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 65px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358648442118926258" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl7o51629vQPKBg3pV_i_6MxxDzTd9KHO7-2VjBV-LC_K2R-w_0Ll60pDjNaHDdy5a0zJiU_n69N2YSahi5usoJ7Tw2GTUiGOKf0gyyM19RM8DrHn68IypK0Va-Dl-NFaLvmhbvgXyvug/s200/nepal_capsSQ.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 51, 102); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><a href="http://www.mowcsw.gov.np/uploads/Reforms%20and%20process%20of%20ICA%20in%20Nepal11.doc" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 51, 102); font-weight: bold; ">Reforms made by the Government of Nepal on Inter country adoption system</a></p><p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 51, 102); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "> </p><hr style="color: rgb(0, 51, 102); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><p style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(0, 51, 102); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "> </p><p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 51, 102); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="text-decoration: underline; ">Status of Children handed over in 2009 & 10</span></p><p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 51, 102); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><strong>Number of children in 2009</strong></p><table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 102); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><tbody><tr><td width="123" valign="top"><p style="padding-left: 30px; "><strong>Country</strong></p></td><td width="109" valign="top"><p><strong>Female</strong></p></td><td width="102" valign="top"><p><strong>Male</strong></p></td><td width="102" valign="top"><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td width="123" valign="top"><p>Belgium</p></td><td width="109" valign="top"><p>6</p></td><td width="102" valign="top"><p>2</p></td><td width="102" valign="top"><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td width="123" valign="top"><p>Canada</p></td><td width="109" valign="top"><p>2</p></td><td width="102" valign="top"><p>0</p></td><td width="102" valign="top"><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td width="123" valign="top"><p>Denmark</p></td><td width="109" valign="top"><p>8</p></td><td width="102" valign="top"><p>9</p></td><td width="102" valign="top"><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td width="123" valign="top"><p>France</p></td><td width="109" valign="top"><p>12</p></td><td width="102" valign="top"><p>12</p></td><td width="102" valign="top"><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td width="123" valign="top"><p>Germany</p></td><td width="109" valign="top"><p>2</p></td><td width="102" valign="top"><p>0</p></td><td width="102" valign="top"><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td width="123" valign="top"><p>Italy</p></td><td width="109" valign="top"><p>40</p></td><td width="102" valign="top"><p>32</p></td><td width="102" valign="top"><p>72</p></td></tr><tr><td width="123" valign="top"><p>Norway</p></td><td width="109" valign="top"><p>7</p></td><td width="102" valign="top"><p>3</p></td><td width="102" valign="top"><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td width="123" valign="top"><p>Spain</p></td><td width="109" valign="top"><p>32</p></td><td width="102" valign="top"><p>14</p></td><td width="102" valign="top"><p>46</p></td></tr><tr><td width="123" valign="top"><p>Sweden</p></td><td width="109" valign="top"><p>6</p></td><td width="102" valign="top"><p>2</p></td><td width="102" valign="top"><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td width="123" valign="top"><p>Switzerland</p></td><td width="109" valign="top"><p>4</p></td><td width="102" valign="top"><p>1</p></td><td width="102" valign="top"><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td width="123" valign="top"><p>United Kingdom</p></td><td width="109" valign="top"><p>4</p></td><td width="102" valign="top"><p>1</p></td><td width="102" valign="top"><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td width="123" valign="top"><p>USA</p></td><td width="109" valign="top"><p>74</p></td><td width="102" valign="top"><p>26</p></td><td width="102" valign="top"><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td width="123" valign="top"><p> </p></td><td width="109" valign="top"><p>197</p></td><td width="102" valign="top"><p>102</p></td><td width="102" valign="top"><p>299</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(0, 51, 102); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "> </p><p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 51, 102); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><strong>Number of children in 2010</strong></p><table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 102); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><tbody><tr><td width="115" valign="top"><p><strong>Country</strong></p></td><td width="111" valign="top"><p><strong>Female</strong></p></td><td width="104" valign="top"><p><strong>Male</strong></p></td><td width="105" valign="top"><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td width="115" valign="top"><p>Brazil</p></td><td width="111" valign="top"><p>1</p></td><td width="104" valign="top"><p>0</p></td><td width="105" valign="top"><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td width="115" valign="top"><p>India</p></td><td width="111" valign="top"><p>0</p></td><td width="104" valign="top"><p>0</p></td><td width="105" valign="top"><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td width="115" valign="top"><p>Japan</p></td><td width="111" valign="top"><p>1</p></td><td width="104" valign="top"><p>0</p></td><td width="105" valign="top"><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td width="115" valign="top"><p>Mauritius</p></td><td width="111" valign="top"><p>0</p></td><td width="104" valign="top"><p>0</p></td><td width="105" valign="top"><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td width="115" valign="top"><p>Italy</p></td><td width="111" valign="top"><p>21</p></td><td width="104" valign="top"><p>13</p></td><td width="105" valign="top"><p>34</p></td></tr><tr><td width="115" valign="top"><p>Spain</p></td><td width="111" valign="top"><p>13</p></td><td width="104" valign="top"><p>5</p></td><td width="105" valign="top"><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td width="115" valign="top"><p> </p></td><td width="111" valign="top"><p><strong>36</strong><strong> </strong></p></td><td width="104" valign="top"><p><strong>18</strong><strong> </strong></p></td><td width="105" valign="top"><p><strong>54</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 51, 102); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "> </p><p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 51, 102); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><strong><br /></strong></p><hr style="color: rgb(0, 51, 102); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><p style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(0, 51, 102); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><strong><br /></strong><span style="text-decoration: underline; ">Data regarding the Child Protection and Family Support Program</span></p><p style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(0, 51, 102); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "> </p><p style="color: rgb(0, 51, 102); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><strong>1. </strong><strong>Rehabilitation program for double orphans</strong></p><table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 102); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><tbody><tr><td width="176" valign="top"><p><strong>Activities</strong></p></td><td width="86" valign="top"><p><strong>Number</strong></p></td><td width="217" valign="top"><p><strong>Rehabilitation support</strong></p></td><td width="158" valign="top"><p><strong>Responsible Ministry</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td width="176" valign="top"><p>Double Orphan (Lost both their parents in conflict) support program until they reach 18 years</p></td><td width="86" valign="top"><p>121 children</p></td><td width="217" valign="top"><p>NRs. 5000 Per Month</p></td><td width="158" valign="top"><p>Ministry of Peace and Reconstruction</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: right; color: rgb(0, 51, 102); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><strong><span style="font-size: xx-small; ">Source: Ministry of Peace and Reconstruction (MOPR)</span></strong></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 51, 102); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><strong><span style="font-size: xx-small; "> </span></strong><strong>2. </strong><strong>Family Preservation under the Women Empowerment Program</strong></p><table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 102); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><tbody><tr><td width="176" valign="top"><p><strong>Activities</strong></p></td><td width="162" valign="top"><p><strong>Working Areas</strong></p></td><td width="142" valign="top"><p><strong>Support</strong></p></td><td width="158" valign="top"><p><strong>Responsible Ministry</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td width="176" valign="top"><p>Family preservation under the Women Empowerment Program</p></td><td width="162" valign="top"><p>3045 Village Development Committees and 35 Municipalities</p></td><td width="142" valign="top"><p>Seed Money worth at NRs. 750 Million in total</p></td><td width="158" valign="top"><p>Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: right; color: rgb(0, 51, 102); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><strong><span style="font-size: xx-small; ">Source: Department of Women and Children</span></strong></p><p style="text-align: right; color: rgb(0, 51, 102); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "> </p><p style="color: rgb(0, 51, 102); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><strong>3. </strong><strong>Mobilization of Social Volunteers </strong></p><table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 102); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><tbody><tr><td width="176" valign="top"><p><strong>Activities</strong></p></td><td width="162" valign="top"><p><strong>Working Areas</strong></p></td><td width="142" valign="top"><p><strong>Number of volunteers</strong></p></td><td width="158" valign="top"><p><strong>Responsible Ministry</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td width="176" valign="top"><p>Mobilization of Social Volunteers for awareness raising for women and children</p></td><td width="162" valign="top"><p>75 Districts at community level</p></td><td width="142" valign="top"><p>857</p></td><td width="158" valign="top"><p>Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: right; color: rgb(0, 51, 102); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><strong><span style="font-size: xx-small; ">Source: Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare</span></strong></p><p style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(0, 51, 102); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "> </p><div><a href="http://www.mowcsw.gov.np/inter-country-adoption-15-en.html">http://www.mowcsw.gov.np/inter-country-adoption-15-en.html</a></div><br /><br /><br />Ethics, Transparency, Support<br />~ What All Adoptions Deserve.<br /><a href="http://www.pear-now.org/">http://www.pear-now.org/</a>PEARhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01768583173126899015noreply@blogger.com0