In Nepal, we estimate that there are over 100,000 children working in hazardous situations.

These children are extremely vulnerable and often suffer from physical, emotional and sexual abuse. We rescue children, keep them safe and reunite them with their families. Child Rescue Nepal has rescued and rehabilitated over 850 children but our work is far from over. We want to end child trafficking in Nepal and we won’t stop until every child is free.

Children being rescued in Nepal

Traffickers Expose Children To

Physical Exploitation

Abuse

Missed Education

Malnourishment

Poor Health

Injuries

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Child Rescue Nepal is one of a small handful of charities that physically rescue children from traffickers in Nepal.

With more people globally exploited for hard labour than at any other point in history, we know our work is desperately needed. Child Rescue Nepal is on the ground, removing children from factories, restaurants, hotels and construction sites where they are held captive. We take the children to our safe house and provide them with medical care and counselling. The next step is tracing their families and safely reuniting them, providing ongoing support where necessary.

 

So far we have rescued over 850 children and reunited the majority of those children with their families. We have also prevented 50,000 children from being trafficked through our education programmes. But there are thousands more who need our help.

2021 Achievements

  • 9 children rescued from metal factories, restaurants and hotels
  • 11 children reunited with their families
  • 20 rescued young people supported in vocational training and beyond
  • 31 rescued children cared for during lockdown
  • 1,352 children kept safe in school by receiving educational bursaries
  • 8 libraries and 8 bright and breezy pre-school classrooms to keep children in school
  • 870 families supported with emergency food parcels
  • 14,500 masks, 11,000 pairs of gloves and 280 litres of hand sanitiser supplied to rural health posts and schools
  • 13 anti-trafficking workshops delivered to 520 children and parents
  • 2 toilets and 7 taps built to make rural schools safer and more hygienic places for children

Conditions in Nepal mean that children living there are at particular risk of being trafficked.

As one of the world’s poorest countries, a quarter of Nepalis are living in poverty [1]. The developing economy is heavily reliant upon agriculture and tourism making Nepal particularly vulnerable to events such as the devastating earthquake of 2015, which claimed 9,000 lives and destroyed 500,000 [2] homes and livelihoods all over the country.

 

In addition to this, it is common in Nepal for children to begin working at a relatively young age to boost their family incomes. These factors combine to make Nepali children easy prey for traffickers, or families simply looking to improve their incomes and not realising the danger that they are sending their children into.

Click to view [1] CIA World Fact Book

Click to view [2] Nepal Earthquake Fact Sheet No 20

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Virtual Gifts

Child Rescue Nepal virtual gifts allow you to change the life of a child in Nepal. You can purchase these gifts on behalf of your friends and family to celebrate birthdays, Christmas or any other special occasion. When you purchase a virtual gift, we will send your loved ones a personalised card and gift certificate with information about their gift either through the post or via email. Every gift purchased will go straight towards helping us to end child labour in Nepal.

Once you’ve placed your order, please email info@childrescuenepal.org with details of the recipient and a personal message if you would like to include one.

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Nepal Fact File

    • Population: 29.6 million

 

    • GDP – per capita (PPP): $3,800 (ranked 32nd poorest country in the world)

 

    • Ethnic groups and languages over 125

 

    • Living in rural areas 79.2%

 

    • Population in poverty 25.2%

 

    • Thousands of deaths from Covid-19 and many more unreported

 

    • People living in modern trafficking over 230,000

 

    • Population living in modern trafficking 0.82%

 

    • Ranks 13 out of 167 countries for number of people living in modern day slavery

 

    • 41% of girls are married before the age of 18 and 10% before the age of 15

 

    • Earthquake in 2015 killed 9,000 and injured 22,000

News

We are very pleased to let you know that this week we rescued a 13-year-old boy and brought him to safety. He had been working in a dirty and dangerous metalwork factory. National lockdowns, Covid-19 ...

You may remember I wrote to you back in May explaining the desperate situation of families in Nepal who were facing starvation due to lockdown. It gives me great pleasure to let you know that with you...

We’ve really missed seeing you in person over the past 18 months, but we know that many of you live far away so our online meetings have actually brought us closer together. We have decided to conti...

We would like to invite supporters and friends of Child Rescue Nepal to join us by Zoom for another lunchtime briefing on Tuesday 16th June at 12.30pm. Things have moved on significantly since our las...

Two weeks ago we shared an update from Nepal and asked for your support. You overwhelmed us with your kindness, giving over £8,000 to our appeal. Your quick and generous response meant we could act f...

This week came the news that we were dreading. Coronavirus infections in Nepal are starting to rise and the first two deaths have been reported. The government says it expects cases to increase rapidl...

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