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

Meal suspension at holding centres sparks criticism, government resumes food supply

Kathmandu, July 9 -- For nearly two days this week, the government stopped serving meals at all seven holding centres sheltering displaced landless families across Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and Kavrepalanc... Read More

Food aid ends at holding centres. Families face uncertainty

Kathmandu, July 7 -- On Monday morning, staff at the Nepal Red Cross holding centre in Banepa, Kavrepalanchok, told displaced squatters that the canteen would serve its last meal that day. "From tomo... Read More

Food aid ends at holding centres as displaced families face uncertainty

Kathmandu, July 6 -- On Monday morning, staff at the Nepal Red Cross holding centre in Banepa, Kavre, told displaced squatters that the canteen would serve its last meal today. "From tomorrow, the ca... Read More

For displaced children, returning to school remains an uphill battle

Kathmandu, June 26 -- At the Nepal Red Cross Society facility in Banepa, Kavrepalanchok, Kumari Lama's eighth-grade daughter's education has been thrown into disarray. She had been studying at a local... Read More

Fear and uncertainty grip displaced families as exit deadline nears

Kathmandu, June 24 -- Across holding centres in the Kathmandu Valley and Kavrepalanchok district, displaced families are facing renewed uncertainty after authorities issued a deadline requiring them t... Read More

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