Post-flood assessment finds 500+ children orphaned or separated in shelters
1Sep 22 · 2d ago · 2 articles · 4 posts · 3 sources · development 1 of 1
Nepal's National Child Rights Council and Save the Children completed a post-flood assessment this month, finding more than 1,000 children in temporary shelters, with over 500 either orphaned or separated from parents. More than 32,000 children were displaced in total. Legal limbo persists: under Nepali law, missing persons cannot be declared dead for 12 years unless relatives apply to district court for judicial declaration—a process that few have pursued.
aljazeera.com
“I was so scared and hungry. I thought I will also die. My school bag, which had biscuits and a lunchbox, was also gone [in the flood].”