Nepal
Active in Nepal since 1985, Terre des hommes (Tdh) runs projects dealing with health, nutrition and child protection. In 2011, more than 184’000 people benefited from the activities implemented.
Context
After years of turmoil, the political situation in Nepal is still unstable with frequent strikes that regularly paralyse the economy. Climate change also leads to food shortage deepening the population’s already weakened situation. Children are especially vulnerable. Health wise, they suffer from malnutrition, poor standards of care and environmental hazards. Mothers lack the knowledge to recognise the early signs of illness and are often powerless to treat or prevent them. The lack of antenatal and postnatal care is responsible for thousands of preventable deaths every year, with one out of 25 children dying during the first month of their life. Education wise, many poor families are unable to cope with the costs involved. Gender and social discrimination deepens the vulnerability of girls and dalits. Children are moreover faced with violence, abuse, exploitation and trafficking.
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85.316634
27.668425
Lalitpur
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85.521305
27.632414
Banepa
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82.648659
28.395206
Rolpa
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82.128067
28.378473
Salyan
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81.952057
30.057922
Humla
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82.183299
29.276914
Jumla
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85.318251
27.706221
Kathmandu
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85.230446
27.059309
Rautahat
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85.063591
27.14855
Bara
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85.191879
27.403837
Makwanpur
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82.391052
29.124813
Mid-Western Region
Centered at 84.12408 28.394857 6
Children's situation
- Less than 20% of birth are attended by skilled health personnel
- 34% of the children work
- 55% of population below international poverty line of US$1.25 per day
Delegate: Jason Squire
Expatriate staff: 1
National staff: 17
Budget: 1'300'512 CHF
In collaboration with: Hospital & Rehabilitation Center for Disabled Children (HRDC), Chhimeki, RICOD, Center for Mental Health & Counselling, Shakti Samuha
Health and nutrition – Tdh and its partner Chhimeki run a project aiming at improving the nutritional status of children in Kathmandu and Lalitpur. Thanks to growth monitoring, home visits, psychosocial support, volunteers’ mobilisation and women empowerement, communities’ knowledge and attitude in issues related to health, rights and nutrition are improved.
Brick kilns industry – In 20 factories, Tdh and its partners promote mother and child health, address malnutrition issues and develop sustainable child development centres. Tdh also helps develop codes of conduct to eliminate child labour. Further information on www.brickclean.net.
Orthopaedic rehabilitation – Trainings, mobile camps and specific treatments enable physically disabled children to reach optimal functional independence and to facilitate their social reintegration.
Anti-child trafficking – In addition to the introduction of minimum standards of care in shelters, Tdh insures the social and economical rehabilitation of children and women victims of sexual exploitation. From brothels to the Indian border, Tdh protects and supports the victims, their voluntary repatriation to Indian shelters and their total rehabilitation. Tdh runs prevention activities in communities in order to avoid child recruiting and trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation.
Child protection – First project in Nepal to work on all the alternatives to parental care at the district level to create short, medium and long-term foster care options and thus fight against unnecessary institutionalisation.
Tdh continued its support and commitment to the children of Nepal through the implementation of health, nutrition and child protection projects. 10,590 children with disability were cared for in 2011. Our anti-trafficking interventions addressed both internal and external trafficking and provided services to ensure quality of care and protection of trafficking survivors. Through its health projects, Tdh could reach more than 12,000 children. By working in 20 brick kilns, Tdh improved the rights and protection of children and workers. The child protection project excelled as a model in ensuring protection of children deprived of parental care. In a nutshell, Tdh continued to be one of the major actors in Nepal working in child protection with concrete actions geared towards reducing risks and vulnerabilities faced by targeted children.
