…we send some news from our scholarship holders from the Opportunity Village in Pokhara, who are directly affected by this topic. During the lockdown the school lessons could continue in the Opportunity Village through home[…]
… in the Kids Club have now practiced washing their hands again to contain the Corona virus. On the model farm in Chyangsar this works well with washbasins, at home often only the hose is[…]
The annual report of the organisation “Girls not Brides” concludes that the number of married girls under the age of 18 has risen. The figure is currently around 720 million worldwide. If the trend continues,[…]
If children in Nepal are able to attend school, there is a big challenge waiting for them: The language challenge. There are approximately 123 different Nepalese languages or dialects in Nepal. Though the official language[…]
If Nepali children enjoy the privilege to be able to go to school, they often have a difficult and dangerous (especially for girls) path to overcome. In particular, this is the case when they have to[…]
Child marriages are common in Nepal. If the husband dies, the widowed girls are expelled from social life. They are called Bekalayas, child widows. Married as a child and early widowed. In the men-dominated society[…]
37 % of the girls in Nepal are married before they become 18 years old. They get pregnant while they’re still children themselves. Their own health and the health of their babies is often in[…]
Despite the fact that child labour is legally prohibited in Nepal for children aged under 14, according to studies 34% of the 5-14-year-old Nepali children work. Children are made to work in the farms, cowsheds,[…]
