Kathmandu, April 29.
Nearly a hundred children from Karnali are rescued from children’s homes in various cities every year, says activist.
In August 2021, Bhim Bahadur Shahi from Subhakalika Rural Municipality Ward 7, in Kalikot, took his eight-year-old son to a children’s home in Samakhusi. Shahi, a farmer, did not have the means to take care of his son and when a children’s home offered to foster his child and provide him with education, Shahi let go of his initial inhibitions and left his son in its care. He paid Rs30,000 to cover his son’s needs—food and clothes. A year and a half later, Shahi visited Kathmandu to check on his son. Contrary to his expectations, his son was faring poorly.
