EmpowerHER: Rights, Protection and Hope

Due to the current situation we are still not able to open the transit home - travel between the districts keeps getting restricted and many of the government workers are off work due to coronavirus. All in all, it is very difficult to get anything arranged at the moment. We have however applied to the central government to get a special helpline number to be able to help children from more districts. We should have the result in about two months. 

Nepal, the same as many other countries, has been badly affected by the coronavirus. The government now stopped any support for people affected by the lockdowns and curfews. Many people have not been able to work and now even the medical support has stopped - so people are expected to pay around £96 a day if they require hospital treatment. This results in people avoiding hospitals even when they need care, and passing on the virus to the rest of the family and community. There are more children now begging and working on the streets, some are forced to do that by their parents, and some have nowhere to go. We are now trying to reach out to as many as possible and help them in any way we can. We are also expecting the numbers of children needing assistance to increase significantly over the next few months. 

Luckily, we have enough space at our Birgunj centre to help a large number of children, and we will try and open another centre if there is a need for that.

All this has been possible thanks to all your support. Please keep sharing the info on our projects within your networks. Thank you so much!