Children in Danger

After Civil War ravaged the countryside for ten years, rural Nepal communities were forever changed. War altered the structure of family life to the detriment of the children. Families were separated, torn apart by both the loss of homes and the destruction of the rural community infrastructure. Homes and businesses were lost. Heads of families were killed or wounded, and the innocent children were left to struggle alone.

Tragically, one generation, with the second emerging, is being lost to child abuse, child labor, and health problems.

Searching for survival, these abandoned and often times abused children gravitated from the countryside to the urban areas of Nepal. Although the countryside has calmed, there are still pockets of resistance and continued sporadic violence outside the cities.

The street kids became an almost invisible minority.

As the number of children grew, they became a more common sight on city streets. While the problem was initially acknowledged, the problems of these children has been ignored.

As the years have passed, this blot on Nepal's streets has become one of quiet acceptance.Those groups who do see the problem are usually International Non-governmental organizations (INGO's) or Nepalese non-governmental organizations (NGO's). Unfortunately, these agencies tend to be shut down for lack of funding or corrupt practices by staff members.

Since these children are usually not acknowledged by society, no real solution is being sought to help them.

To date, there hasn't been any concentrated effort, on a national level, to really address this problem.

Nepal struggles to reform and modernize its infrastructure: gaining adequate electricity (load sharing is practiced), improving communication, and updating road systems. With these vast public work projects, there is no money left over for the abandoned, street kids.

Except for the actions of social agencies in closing corrupt groups, no program is available to help the kids. These children (90% boys and 10% girls) are easy targets to child abusers, who kidnap these vulnerable kids for houses of prostitution in Northern India and Nepal.

Help us save the children of Nepal. In Nepal, there are hundreds of children living on the streets. These abandoned and abused children live and work on the streets and were driven there by political upheaval, domestic violence, and poverty. Over 90% of these Nepalese street children are boys, with no hope of a future other than begging and poverty.

You have a chance to change all that. You can make a difference in their lives.

You can give these children a chance at a better life. Protego-Nepal is dedicated to helping these children by giving them a safe place to sleep, protection from abuse, and by rehabilitating these young lives through teaching them new trades and giving them work.

Remember the saying "Give a man a fish and feed him for a day, teach a man to fish and feed him for life?" Protego-Nepal has taken this to heart, and you can help.

Visit our website Protego-Nepal.org to find out how you can help these children create a better life.

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