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Homeless Children of NCO
Homeless Children of NCO
Homeless Children of NCO
INTRODUCTION
Nepal Children’s Organization at the present moment is looking after more than
400 children throughout the country it have further aimed to rehabilate those
children suffering from numerous problems in the days ahead. NCO has been
equally advocating against child abuse network and activities in other part of the
country with established of sustainable networks and coordination channels
among governmental and concerned authorities. Introduction to Fun Walk
Programme and National level drawing completion have been stepping stone for
the children to build up skill and talents required for their personality. Besides
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this, there has been tremendous support and cooperation to NCO for the launch of
child development activities based on voluntary and technical education system.
OBJECTIVES OF NCO
NCO is running at least one pre-primary and primary school in all the 75 districts.
All together there are 78 schools with its own buildings where about 14000 under
priviledged children are being taught and cared by about 500 school teachers and
staffs.
Homes
As a major program, NCO is running eight homes for orphans and abandoned
children and a protection home for the children of jailed parents. About 450
newborns and adolescents children are getting shelter in a congenial atmosphere in
these homes where 71 staffs are offering their service. NCO homes are providing
family atmosphere for children and they are with love and affection. Children are
being provided necessary nutrition, medicine, clothes, education, opportunities for
entertainment, and concerned toward developing their potentially supporting their
successful future. Moreover, it ensures that children experience motherhood, and
parenthood. The children are offered with sponsorship to study minimum upto
secondary level. Then they are offered skill/vocational training.
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Programs Run by NCO
NCO is arranging sponsorship for orphans and institute children who are residing in
its different homes. This is one of the major source of income to maintain the
expenditure of home and provide nutrition, medicine, education, clothing school
uniforms, books and stationers, entertain and other necessary things foe the children
who are residing in NCO homes.
NCO believes that sponsorship program offers opportunity and encourages children to
contact with their sponsor [agents for regular communication and make them feel
more secured. This is more important for children’s overall development,
psychological support and to gain confidence and trust while interacting with others.
The total cost for sponsoring a child is approximately US$ 500/- per annum and NCO
is received and manages the amount from the sponsors for their sponsored children.
Interested sponsors could receive information and formats/procedures for sponsoring
a child from NCOs Central office no heartily would like it appeal to the interested
organization or individual to support by choosing needy child for sponsorship from
our orphanage. You could contribute to this male program and become a social
partner of NCO. Children are waiting for your assistance. You generous help could
give a bright future to a human being.
NCO is arranging sponsorship for those children who are living with their family but
the parents/guardians are unable to afford their children education due to poor
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financial condition. NCO has mobilized its district offices in finding out and
collecting documents of such underprivileged children especially girls from
economically and low caste families. Traditionally, girls have been especially
deprived from education and are compelled to involve in household work in Nepal.
Total cost for sponsoring a child is US$ 115/- per annum. Of the total amount US$
100/- goes to child covering expenses such as school, uniform, tuition fees admission
fees, stationary, book and tiffin during school say.
NCO is targeting to support at least 10 children from each district under this program
who falls under the following categories.
Dropout case
Girls who are dropped out or going to be dropped out from school get first priority.
Children from so called lower cast and poor family get preference.
NCO is supporting children in between 11-14 years of age who are studying in 5-8th
grade.
Vocational Training
Sewing training was started in Bal Graham, Naxal with the collaboration of AAEN (a
French NCO French Foundation for Nepalese children which was involved to support
NCO’s orphan children since 1995) since April 1998. For the first year expenses such
as salary of trainer, materials, furnishing of training room was covered by the AAEN
where as training room, sewing machines and furniture were provided by NCO. Then,
NCO is solely running the training.
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The objective of the training into making the participating children able to work
independently after completing one year training. The target group of the training is
especially orphan and destitute girls children living in NCO who are unable to pass
school level education as well as underprivileged and poor girl and women of
community.
The program is to run in two shifts, morning 10:00am -1:00pm and afternoon 2:00pm-
4:00pm on the working days. So far, 84 women and girls from NCO as well as
communities are benefited.
NCO is nurturing its children at least 10 years period because it admits the children
under 6 years age and discharge after 16 years age except adoption and claimed by
concerned family/authority cases.
In each year, 30-40 children are being discharged from NCO homes. The average cost
per child in average is about 60,000/- Nepalese rupee. The cost covers lodging,
fooding, clothes, training fees, stationary, travelling and so on during the training
period.
At present:
Nepal has already ratified the convention on the rights of the child on sept. 14, 1990
which was adopted by UN General Assembly on 20th November 1989. It has almost
been 12 years period that Nepal has shown it’s committed to CRC. There are many
children who are selling newspapers in the streets of Kathmandu city as well as others
parts of the country being deprived of rights. The street life may push them in various
mischievous activities and compelled to be involved in criminal acts. Realizing the
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above mentioned facts. NCO has taken an initiative to run “Education Programme for
Hawker Children” to improve their present condition.
Hawker children who are under 16 years of age are the prime targets of program. At
the beginning the program will be conducted in Kathmandu valley and later extended
in other parts of the country.
During the survey process, the hawker children ignored to talk with NCO staff in field
where they usually used to sell newspaper. It might also because they were in hurry to
sell the newspaper. Then NCO organized a meeting with editors and managers of the
newspapers named Probhatkalin and Sandhtakalin that are published in every morning
and afternoon respectively. In the meeting the representative of the newspaper
decided that NCO would take initiate foe educational supports to the children who are
selling newspaper in the morning.
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Why children become hawker?
As per the NCOs survey there are total 85 (boys 82, girls 3) hawker children in
Kathmandu valley. However the number may reach 150. Likewise the number
of children in the profession is increasing day by day in other urban area of the
country. According to the survey the children express their views to give
continuity to their work. The reasons for engaging in this profession were as
follows:
Poverty -43 children
To maintain education expenditure -15 children
To earn money -5 children
Not mentioned -4 children
Other various problem -12 children
The news house denies paying money and stopping giving them newspaper
are among the problem that children are encountering. At present, NCO has
committed to run the following actions for these children:
1. Scholarship program
Among the hawker children, 10 talented children will be encouraged to continue
their study by providing their school fee, uniform, books and stationers. For this
purpose there needs recommendations from children’s school.
2. To aware children about the harmful conditions as well as addition and
misconduct
3. To organize regular meeting.
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Till now NCO has spent NRs. 20000/- for survey in Kathmandu valley, taking
children’s photo, identity cards, information and for meetings.
Education program:-
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B.S.
2 Sports materials 15000/-
3 Staff salary 1 x 13 x7,500/- 50000/-
4 Miscellaneous 50000/-
TOTAL 198500/-
(Five lakhs forty one thousands eight hundred Nepalese Rupees only)
The Nepal Children’s Organization (NCO) is a child rights and welfare institution.
The child protection home is the last project of NCO which was opened on 20th
November 2001. Its main aim is to provide a safe and secure home environment for
the children who would otherwise be in jail with their convicted parents, for the
following reasons: when the both parents and the guardian are in jail, when the main
wager is in jail, when they both are in jail.
If these children are not rescued from the jail and protected in a secure environment,
they are always in danger of physical and mental abuse. Their emotional development
could be damaged causing a long term educational and social issues. Their nutritional
and medical requirements may not be met causing serious health problems and they
could develop bad behavior in this environment. As every child has right to lead a
proper life, the child protection home not only provides the child with nutritious food
and shelter but also with education. If the child has any guardian outside, besides
his/her parents they are first given to them. If they are financially weak or is suffering
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from other personal problem then the child protection home is held responsible for the
child. The child protection home provides these children with their rights and by
teaching them to be disciplined citizen of Nepal.
This home is situated just about a kilometer far from the central office. The orphanage
was established on 18th February 1980 and changed as children protection home on
20th November 2001 on the auspicious occasion of international children’s rights day.
The home serves those children whose parents are living in jail. At present, there are
50 children (33 boys and 17 girls) living where 11 staffs are working.
This home aims to serve children who are completed live their parents in the jail as
dependent children due to lack of career outside. It is because NCO believing that
children should not victimize upon the act of their parents. Moreover we all know that
jail is not a place for children and it will create negative impact on innocent children
psychologically living in the jail with parents and deprived them with basic amenities
such health, education and opportunities in life. Furthermore, children mixing with
criminal people and environment might puss them toward criminal activities from the
beginning stage of their life. Considering the fact, NCO is running this home.
The Child Protection Home is situated at Sepal. It has provided protection for 90
children starting from 2001 till now and 33 rehabilitation children. At present, there
are 57 children living at Sepal, the maximum capacity is for 60. The Child Protection
Home provides a living for the children between ages 3-16 but if the child has solo
parent i.e. if the mother is dead and the child is very young then also the CPH
provides a living for the infants only by the permission provided by the father. There
is a team of staff looking after their daily needs and rout lines. The children are woken
up at 6 a.m. for the morning wash and then breakfast is served. There is a time for
them to play before the older children go to either kindergarten or outside schools.
They return at 4 p.m. for further free time or supervised homework and after an
evening meal they go to sleep.
Child protection home not only provides the children with nutritious food, homely
environment and protection but also helps the children to develop their mental and
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physical health in every possible ways. Besides these it provides with other functions
like:
School education
Kindergarten class
Child development class
Library
Monitoring programs
Counseling programs
Technical training
In Nepal’s people are very poor and illiterate due this reason more children are being
homeless day by day. Homeless is also increasing due to lack of awareness among
people. Lack of employment opportunities for the peoples in the country has
increased street life and it also creates homeless children day by day.
The main objective of the study is to attempt the partial fulfillment of examination of
project management required for the fulfillment of Degree of Bachelor of Business
Studies.
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Nepal has more than 50% of the children under the age of 16 years. These
children can be tracked for the better future if the mechanism is developed
under systematic approach. The decision whether to mould a child into better
future career entirely depends upon the amount of resources invested for their
welfare. If investment become fragile, the children will be completely be blind
with insecurity towards their future resulting into added burden to the country.
The government in connection should make sure basic requirements needed
for children to have better future.
Many research finding urge that it is always better for any children living with
family but not for those who have lost their parents because of various reason
which are not caused because of them but they have arised on and on. So,
government should implement right laws and take necessary actions require
for preserving future of those homeless and helpless children.
As the Child Protection Home is the topic of the study chosen, the scope of the study
is very broad. There are certain field which is specially chose excluding other fields.
The study has got some limitation due to the lack of efficient time, budget and
other facilities. Moreover the study is mainly based on secondary data.
Therefore it may contain reporting errors.
The study based on data of homeless children of Nepal. It means it is limited
in the country only.
Study period is too short so lack of time has influenced the study.
This study is based on three chapters. The first chapter includes introduction, second
chapter includes data presentation and analysis and the third chapter includes
summary, conclusion and recommendation.
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1.7 Research Methodology
It discusses about the method of data collection, statistical tool presentation, scope
and limitation of the study and the sources of data instrument of data collection.
The data are collected mainly from NCO – an organization providing orphan children
with their rights and CPH providing home to convicted children.
There are two sources of data – primary data and secondary data. The data collection
here is based in primary and secondary sources due to its broad scope. The secondary
data are collected by consulting books, documents published by NCO and primary
data are collected by particular NCO and CPH member with interview and
questionnaire method.
The data which are gathered have been analyzed descriptively as well as exploratory
both qualitative and quantitative data have been combine in the study with a hope to
provide a vivid picture for presentation. The statistical tools like bar diagram, pie
chart and tables are used with a view to provide a clear vision about the project.
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Chapter 2
This chapter contains the classification of data collected from respondent children.
The data has been analyzed in the form of charts and tables. Different charts and
tables show the different aspects of lives and rights of the Nepalese children’s
organization.
Salary Allow Tele Water Misc. Trans Office Mechinary Furniture Other Electricity
ance phone Supply Expense portation goods and and goods
equipment fixture
Salary
Allow ance
Tele phone
Water Supply
Misc. expense
Trans portation
Office goods
Mechinary and equipment
Furniture and fixture
Other goods
Electricity
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The above table and figure no 2.1 shows budget for the fiscal year 2067/068. Among
them large amount is for other goods for office use, furniture and fixture. Office
goods and small amount is budget to salary and allowance.
Salary Allow Tele Water Misc. Trans Office Mechinary Furniture Other Electricity
ance phone Supply Expense portation goods and and goods
equipment fixture
Water Supply,
Other Goods, 8%
14% Misc.
Furniture and Expense,
fixture, 12% 6.50%
Transportation,
11%
Office Goods,
15%
Mechinary and
Equipment, 11%
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Table No 2.1.2 (budget for fiscal year 2069/070)
Salary Allow Tele Water Misc. Trans Office Mechinary Furniture Other Electricity
ance phone Supply Expense portation goods and and goods
equipment fixture
Electricity, 9%
Telephone
, 9% Water Supply, 8%
Other Goods, 14%
Misc.
Furniture and fixture, Expense,
12% 6.50%
Transportation, 11%
Mechinary and
Equipment, 11%
Office Goods, 15%
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2.2 Child care expenses
1 Foods 250
2 Clothes 500
3 School fee 600
4 Education material 750
5 Medicine and treatment 750
6 Hair dressing 900
7 Photo 950
8 Fuel 850
9 Other goods for children 850
10 Pocket expenses 1100
11 Picnic 1300
(source:NCO & CPH)
1 Foods
2 Clothes
3 School fee
4 Education material
5 Medicine and treatment
6 Hair dressing
7 Photo
8 Fuel
9 Other goods for children
10 Pocket expenses
11 Picnic
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The above table 2.2 shows that the child care expenses on the following topic .i.e.
foods, clothes, school fee, educational material etc. The large amount is for pocket
expense and small amount for foods.
TableNo.2.3
Grade age
K.G 5
L.K.G 6
1 5
2 6
3 5
4 4
5 3
6 3
7 5
8 4
(source:NCO & CPH)
Figure no. 2.3
data of children Siphal 2069/070
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4
Number of Children
0
K.G L.K.G 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Class
(source: NCO & CPH)
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The above table and figure shows data of children at CPH, Siphal. Where large
number of children are in grade L.K.G and 2 and the small number of children are in
grade 5 and 6.
Table2.4
1 0-4 56
2 4-8 105
3 8-12 112
4 12-16 78
120
100
80
Number of Children
60
40
20
0
0-4 4-8 8-12 12-16
Age Group
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The above table and figure no.2.4 shows that from the age 0-4 years there are 56
children, similarly 4-8=105 ,8-12 = 112, 12-16 = 78; which shows that largest number
of children are of age group 8-12 years and the smallest no. of children are of age
group are 0-4 years.
1 Central jail 10
2 Nepalgunj jail 4
3 Bajhanj jail 5
4 Sadarkhor jail 6
5 Nakhu jail 7
6 Parsha jail 10
7 Palpa jail 6
8 Mahottari jail 2
9 Myagdi jail 10
10 Mustang jail 8
11 Dang jail 12
12 Dhangadi jail 10
13 Nuwakot jail 10
(source: NCO & CPH)
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Figure No. 2.5
Central jail
Nepalgunj jail
Bajhanj jail
Sadarkhor jail
Nakhu jail
Parsha jail
Palpa jail
Mahottari jail
Myagdi jail
Mustang jail
Dang jail
Dhangadi jail
Nuwakot jail
Table2.6
1 0-4 45
2 4-8 95
3 8-12 110
4 12-16 75
(source: NCO & CPH)
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Figure 2.6
Number of children at NCO 2069/070
120
100
80
Number of Children
60
40
20
0
0-4 4-8 8-12 12-16
Age Group
(source: NCO & CPH)
From the above table figure no 2.6 has shown that the number of children at NCO has been
large at 8-12 years i.e. 110 and small at 0-4 years i.e. 45 children.
1 0-4 3
2 4-8 23
3 8-12 20
4 12 and above 19
(source: NCO & CPH)
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Figure 2.7
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20
Number of Children
15
10
0
0-4 4-8 8-12 12 and above
Age Group
From the above table and figure no 2.7 it has been found out that there are large no. of
children of age group 4-8 years i.e. 23 children and small of age group 0-4 years i.e. 3
children.
Major findings
1. The study is an attempt to find out the situation of children in NCO and CPH.
The efforts are also made to understand the societal facts about the children
being in NCO. During the study period, beside the revelation of facts and
figures coming out the available data of the children at NCO constant
association and interaction with the children lead to the conclusion that
poverty and literacy are the dominant factor of the children being in
orphanage.
2. In an under developed country like Nepal most of the children are uneducated,
poor and homeless so NCO provides them with proper shelter, education. It
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has been working like a mother to these homeless children with love and
affection. In this respect to the large extend, NCO has been safe guarding the
children’s right by providing foster parents. They provide them love and care
of family through adoption process, providing sponsors for their each problem
related to children reflects the state of the society.
3. Most children generally do not land on the area of risk by themselves, they are
pushed down by the socio economic factor of their circumstances.
Generalizing the problem of the children at risk without any proper analysis
will fail led to the bottom of the problem and the strategy planning developed
for the target children will be ineffective in practice. Principally all of us
children have got the first right to receive humanitarian support at time of
emergency. Therefore all children at risk should be prioritize for their overall
development. But the existing situation doesn’t reflect these principles and the
reality is the opposite. To work for the children is not only welfare work. It is
empowerment, motivation and networking of people and group for action.
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Chapter 3
3.1 Summary
NCO has adopted a philosophy to generate awareness about the children. It’s main
focus is on the homeless children of Nepal. It conducts different programs for
general public.
The main objective of this study is to provide many homeless children a proper
homely environment and showing them the proper way to live in the society by
giving them their rights.
The methodologies applied for this research were the review of NCO program
collection of feedbacks from the member of NCO, data and discussion with
related people.
The analysis found that NCO program is successful and being managed efficiently
though there are many financial and managerial constraints. NCO has established
a good netwok in 75 districts to provide the better opportunities to the children to
develop themselves as a complete person so that they can spend normal life when
they are from the homes.
3.2 Conclusion
Everyone agrees that families play a vital role in child’s life. Families are the one
who guide them in a proper way. So for homeless children NCO provides them
with a good living environment, personal care and affection in homely
atmosphere.
Children are the building block of the future; they need proper guidance to cope
with the demands of growing up and the need to have some sense that there is a
regular, dependable to the world. The movement on the rights of the children
should not only be concentrated in the cities and town. All the rural areas also
should be touched. Organization like NCO, CPH etc. has been working to provide
all the children from cities, towns to rural area with their rights.
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3.3 Recommendation
Each section of our society is concerned with children and is obliged to fulfill
their obligation foe restoring the rights of every child. Each people’s movement
will be incomplete if one does not give enough emphasis to homeless children.
We are all duty bound to answer the survival rights, development of the children
and for the best interest of a child most come first.
Among the respondents taken from NCO 34% of them were mistreated by
teachers at the respective school. The children should be given awareness
regarding their right because during the study the researcher found there is
something lacking in their knowledge about children’s.
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