Nepal Child Labour And Street Children In Nepal
Nepal-One of the poorest countries in the world (49% of the population living in absolute poverty) Estimated 40,000 street children in Nepal, of whom 4,500 are homeless. Although street children in Nepal are relatively few, it is a growing problem: there is great concern that the phenomenon will become unmanageable without immediate preventive action. More than 60% of street children belong to the Dalit ‘untouchable’ community (compared with approx. 17% of the population as a whole). An estimated 46% of street children are illiterate. It has only been a decade since civil society has raised the issue of street children and child labour in Nepal.  Child Nepal
There are 2.6 million children who work as child laborer. Among them, more than 5 thousand children are toiling on the street in many cities of Nepal, mainly in Kathmandu, Pokhara, Dharan, Biratnagar and Butwal. These street children pass their days collecting scraps and plastics thrown away by people and nights on the footpaths.
It is an undeniable fact that the present scenario of street children of Nepal are not the result of poverty alone but several other circumstances concluding to problems that force these children to be what they are today. These street children need to be educated, protected and have the right to live in the society. Thus, there are many Government and Non government organizations helping these street children to be independent individuals through education and vocational trainings.The people in Nepal who are living under the line of poverty, has to keep themselves out of the basic need of life such as shelter, education and general medical treatments. Most of the people from poor family are labor, working in someone’s farm, construction site or somewhere else, the toughest job. Generally these families have great number of family members followed by yearly born children and their children are also forced to work more hours a day then their age, since the income of parent can’t afford lodging and food for the entire family members. Those children living/working with their parent have to keep themselves out of school. Not only family matters or poverty but also many circumstances that keeps children out of school. Somewhere there is no school nearby and somewhere their parents don't want them to go to school as the traditional rural Nepalese community who still thinks that the school education don't let them have enough instantly what they want - the daily bread whereas if they work on someone’s farm they will have it by the evening.  Clotheless Child Nepal Kathmandu is a growing city but the small size of the city core makes it possible to gain a fair overview of the street children’s situation. The number of street children in Kathmandu is increasing parallel to the city growth.
A country can never stand at the first row in the race of development, unless and until it has an educated people from the community. The basic aim of all the NGO’s And INGO’s associated with child development program is to provide necessary support to the children from the poor family of rural community for their school education and their basic needs for to live.
Though the number of organizations working for these Child Nepal problems and issues are growing around the cities still the future of these children are uncertain.
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