Mukti Nepal rescue photo (Nepali Times): http://www.nepalitimes.com/gallery/mainphoto.php?id=1259 LET US OUT: Human Rights Organisations recently rescued 20 children from Mukti Nepal, an orphanage in Maharajgunj. The orphanage had failed meet even the minimum requirements, housing 24 boys and girls, aged between 7 to 15, in a single room. PHOTO: BIKRAM RAI Posted on: 22 MARCH 2011 For the story of the …
Category: Orphanages
Terms and Conditions for Adoption (December 2010)
Government of Nepal Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare Terms and Conditions and Process for Granting Approval for Adoption Of Nepali Child by Alien (First Amendment), 2010 (Publication in Nepal Gazette: 20 December 2010) Whereas, it is expedient to amend to the Terms and Conditions and Process for Granting Approval for Adoption of Nepali Child by Alien, 2065 (2008); …
Govt Amends Inter-country Adoption Process (Republica)
Govt Amends Inter-country Adoption Process (Republica): http://www.myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=26672 KATHMANDU, Dec 31 Amidst serious concern in the international community that inter-country adoption from Nepal was subject to widespread abuse, the Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare (MoWCSW) has amended the conditions and procedures relating to inter-country adoption. The amendment that came into effect recently adopts new measures to ensure that children …
MEDIA: 4,000 children await rescue from inferior orphanages
REPUBLICA: KATHMANDU, Nov 2: Two and half years ago, the government itself pointed the need to rescue children living in group “D” category orphanages. But more than 4,000 children living in such orphanages are yet to be rescued. In June 2008, the Central Child Welfare Committee (CCWC) had conducted a survey on the conditions of the orphanages across the country. …
Prachanda Raj Pradhan — head of the Child NGO Federation Nepal (CNFN)
Prachanda Raj Pradhan (the head of the CNFN — the Child NGO Federation Nepal) is a controversial figure in Nepali adoptions. For allegations regarding unethical conduct by Pradhan, see Nchild posts: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nchild/message/11331 and http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nchild/message/10459 (In order to respect the terms of service for Yahoo groups and Nchild in general, specific content of messages cannot be reprinted here. However, membership in …
Nepal — 6 more homes licensed for adoption
Nepal — 6 more homes licensed for adoption: 1. Nepal Child Welfare Service Centre — Godawari, Lalitpur 2. Community Child Rescue Centre — Imadol, Lalitpur 3. Nepal Child Protection Home — Khusibu, Kathmandu 4. Subharramva Child Home — Gothathar 5. Child Base Nepal — Gothathar 6. National Widow and Child Home for Helpless — Banepa http://www.mowcsw.gov.np/opensection.php?secid=483 Scroll to document entilted …
Nepali adoptions — the French warnings
Nepali adoptions — the French warnings. In recent years, the French Foreign Service has posted warnings about four adoption homes — Nepal Children Welfare Service Center (NCWSC), Swastik Women and Children Protection Organization (SWCPO), Nepal Children’s Organization (NCO — also known as Bal Mandir or Balmandir), and the Children Welfare Home (CWH). This sort of public blacklisting of children’s homes …