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EveryChild in Nepal
Nepal is a landlocked country located between India and China. Although most famous for its spectacular Himalayan scenery, Nepal boasts eight of the world’s highest mountains, half of the country is actually lowland, known as the Terai.
Nepal is home to almost 30 million people. The country is still recovering from a decade-long conflict which led to the abolition of the monarchy and formation of a republic in 2008.
Although Nepal is a popular holiday destination it is actually one of the world’s poorest countries with over half the population living on less than 80 pence a day. This poverty often impacts most on children, particularly in rural areas where families struggle to make ends meet and where there is poor access to healthcare or education.
Children frequently leave home in search of a better life, their destination is usually the capital city, Kathmandu. Sadly, many children end up as domestic workers on very low wages or on the streets where they are exposed to violence, abuse and exploitation.
EveryChild works with two local partners in Nepal to help improve the lives of child domestic workers and children living on the street.
EveryChild is working to improve the lives of child domestic workers in Nepal.
There are around 62,000 child domestic workers under 14 in Nepal. Working with a Nepalese organisation, Children and Women in Social Service and Human Rights (CWISH), and with funding from Comic Relief, we are enabling hundreds of children to leave domestic work and return to their families, and preventing many more from leaving their rural homes for work. We also work with the Nepalese government to end child labour and improve access to education in rural areas.
Most importantly, we promote children’s rights in vulnerable communities and challenge the belief that domestic work is appropriate for young children.
EveryChild and children living on the streets in Kathmandu
EveryChild’s partner, Voice of Children, supports children living on the streets of Kathmandu. They work to get children off the streets and back to their families or communities where they belong. Voice of Children currently run a drop-in centre which allows them to meet and support children living on the streets. Through this centre they work with children to reunite them with their families. However, not every child has a safe family to return to and so EveryChild and Voice of Children are developing a new project which aims to ensure that these children can still enjoy their childhood surrounded by the care and protection of a family.
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