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Minister leads rescue of children in non-profit shelter

Kathmandu, July 24 -- A video of Minister for Women, Children and Senior Citizens Sita Badi breastfeeding a rescued infant went viral on Thursday evening, July 23, drawing widespread public attention ... Read More


Bal Mandir rescue puts child care failures under scrutiny

Kathmandu, July 24 -- A video of Minister for Women, Children and Senior Citizens Sita Badi breastfeeding a rescued infant went viral on Thursday evening, July 23, drawing widespread public attention ... Read More


Government buses keep displaced children in school-but at what cost?

Kathmandu, July 23 -- At the holding centre inside the Bode Agriculture Training Centre in Bhaktapur, 15 children wake up every morning to prepare for school. By 8 am, a government vehicle arrives to ... Read More


Displaced squatters to be moved from Banepa holding centre to Ichangu Narayan

Kathmandu, July 22 -- Around 15 displaced squatter families staying at a holding centre at the Nepal Red Cross Society facility in Banepa are being relocated to another temporary shelter in Ichangu Na... Read More


Government to relocate Valley squatters to home districts

Kathmandu, July 20 -- The government has begun relocating landless squatters displaced from the riverbanks of the Kathmandu Valley to their permanent home districts, saying there is little land availa... Read More


Squatter children endure repeated displacement and a future in limbo

Kathmandu, July 13 -- A heartbreaking video circulating on social media platforms since Saturday morning captured the agony of displaced squatter children in Kathmandu. In the footage, nine-year-old B... Read More


Flood-hit evacuees from Kirtipur holding centre worry about children's education

Kathmandu, July 13 -- The government's emergency relocation of dozens of displaced landless families from a flooded holding centre in Kirtipur to temporary shelters in Bhaktapur has brought fresh anxi... Read More


Flood-hit evacuees from Kirtipur holding centre fear children's education

Kathmandu, July 13 -- The government's emergency relocation of dozens of displaced landless families from a flooded holding centre in Kirtipur to temporary shelters in Bhaktapur has brought fresh anxi... Read More


Floods at Kirtipur holding centre expose flaws in government's squatter relocation plan

Kathmandu, July 12 -- On April 24, Prime Minister Balendra Shah shared photographs of flooded riverside settlements on his social media page. He argued landless squatters living along the riverbanks w... Read More


After losing their homes, displaced families lose what little they had left

Kathmandu, July 11 -- It was 5 am. Outside the Radha Soami Satsang Beas holding centre in Kirtipur, families displaced by eviction sat awake after a sleepless night, surrounded by the few belongings t... Read More