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The need of temporary shelters in rural areas: Jhapa experience

As the world continues to drift away from models of institutionalization to person centered family-based care systems for children at risk, Nepal still falls behind in implementing sustainable strategies to ensure well rounded development for children. Despite the obligation of the state to provide special protection and assistance to children who are temporarily or permanently […]

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The issue of shelter and foster homes for children at risk

Years of political instability, internal armed conflict accompanied by natural disasters and extreme poverty, have contributed to an increasing number of orphaned and vulnerable children in Nepal. A third of Nepal’s 12.6 million children are living below the poverty line with an estimated 5,000 street children among whom the majority are boys who escape from

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Millions of children affected by devastating flooding in South Asia: UNICEF

Over 4 million children are currently estimated to be impacted and in urgent need of life-saving support, with many millions more at risk, UNICEF has said. Weeks of torrential monsoon rains, widespread flooding and deadly landslides in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal have affected millions of children and families. “Even for a region that is

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The need of temporary shelters in rural areas: Jhapa experience

The issue of shelter and foster homes for children at risk

Millions of children affected by devastating flooding in South Asia: UNICEF

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