Kopila, a Nepalese orphanage (3).
Children on a mission at the Kopila orphanage (No. 3 in the trilogy).
Contact our partners and associations at the bottom of the page. These children need everything: material help, financial aid, medical care. We would like to ask anyone who can help to contact the following associations directly .
This third orphanage, Kopila, represents the end of my self-imposed work as a tribute to the children children and the dedicated staff who look after the establishments on a daily basis. All the children got their portrait, a total of 29 for Kopila, 15 for Helpless and 15 for Gonkyap, for a total of 59 children. This is small compared with the number ofchildren likely to be in orphanages , i.e. around 15,000 children in 2015 after the earthquake.
In this orphanage , as in the other two, children take part in household chores as part of their training.
Even if these children need urgent help , it ‘ s important not to do it in a haphazard way, and basic precautions are necessary to ensure that the help arrives at the right place. Thank you for these children.
Kathmandu (Nepal)
To contact the associations :
Inspire Nepal
E-mail : info@inspirenepal.com
Phone : +977-984-1614175
Galery
Kopila Children’s Gallery
UNICEF strengthens its protection interventions – UNICEF Report 2015.
UNICEF has drawn attention to several issues concerning Nepalese children who still suffered many losses during the earthquakes. At least 245 children were intercepted before being trafficked and unnecessarily unnecessarily or illegally placed in child protection homes, since the first earthquake struck Nepal almost two months ago, says UNICEF.
The children’s organization collaborates with the Ministry of Women’s Affairs, Welfare and the Central Commission for Child Welfare (CCWB), as well as the Ministry of Home Affairs, the Nepal Police and Immigration Services to minimize the risk of trafficking through various measures and an immediate response.
“UNICEF fears a rise in trafficking cases following the two earthquakes”, explains Tomoo Hozumi, UNICEF Representative in Nepal. ” The loss of livelihoods and deteriorating living conditions make it easy for traffickers easily convince parents to leave their children children to what they think is a better life. Traffickers promise to provide them with education, meals, and a better future. But in reality, many of these children could end up being exploited and abused.”
Trafficking was rife in Nepal long before the April 25 earthquake, with an estimated 12,000 Nepalese children trafficked toIndia each year, according to a 2001 study by the International Labour Organization. Young girls who do not fall into prostitution are likely to be sold into domestic slavery domestic slaves in India or other countries , and young boys forced into labor. Following disasters such as earthquakes, the risk of trafficking increases.
Families can also be easily persuaded to place their children in their children in orphanages in Kathmandu and Pokhara, a phenomenon that began after the civil war, with promises of safety and education. Before the earthquake in Nepal, some 15,000 children were living in homes, and were at risk of poorly supervised adoptions, exploitation and abuse. Over 85% of these children have at least one living parent.
UNICEF has been working with the Nepalese government to accelerate and strengthen action to prevent child trafficking.
UNICEF is also concerned about “orphanage voluntourism” as many families around the world express their wish to help Nepal’s children through adoption or visits to orphanages. “In some cases, children are deliberately separated from their families and placed in orphanages in order to be used to attract adoptive families, volunteers and donors,” said Mr. Hozumi. “Although many volunteers in orphanages are well-intentioned, they are not always aware that they may be harming children. In addition, checks on volunteer profiles are not always carried out, which can increase the risk of child exploitation and sexual abuse.
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To raise awareness of the negative consequences of orphanage voluntourism, UNICEF worked closely with the tourism and volunteer sectors. 40 national and international agencies recruiting volunteers for orphanages in Nepal have been identified and encouraged to suspend their volunteer programs. Eight of them have already suspended their programs in Nepal.
“Rebuilding rural communities and keeping families together is the best way to help children in Nepal recover from the earthquake,” concluded Tomoo Hozumi.
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