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500+ Nepali children left in limbo after August floods kill 1,400, displace thousands

More than 500 children orphaned or separated by devastating floods now live in temporary shelters with uncertain futures, waiting for parents declared missing or dead.

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What to know

  • More than 500 children in Nepal live in temporary shelters after August 26 floods killed 1,400+ and separated them from parents now missing or presumed dead.
  • Legal limbo: Nepali law normally requires 12 years of absence before declaring someone dead; disaster exemptions exist but require court applications most families have not pursued.
  • Over 32,000 children were displaced overall; reunification efforts have reunited only 18 with parents so far, with more than 100 children unaccompanied by any relatives.

“Legally, they're not yet orphans. But in practice, they are without their parents – and have been since the floods that killed more than 1,400 people and left at least 5,000 others missing.”

Al Jazeera, Reporting · Al Jazeera ↗

Ram Thakur 9-year-old flood survivor, separated from parentsAyush Joshi Programme Director, Save the Children NepalLeon Muwoni Child Protection Officer, UNICEF NepalNepal's National Child Rights Council Government body conducting post-flood assessment

500+ Nepali children left in limbo after August floods kill 1,400, displace thousands
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    Post-flood assessment finds 500+ children orphaned or separated in shelters

    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.

    “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].”
    — Ram Thakur
    1. 1 outlet ‘Orphaned’ by floods, more than 500 Nepali children face uncertain future

      first by Al Jazeera, 2d ago

  2. background

    Devastating floods strike Nepal, killing 1,400+ and displacing thousands — Catastrophic flooding hit Nepal, killing more than 1,400 people and leaving at least 5,000 missing. Nine-year-old Ram Thakur was separated from his mother while fleeing floodwaters with her in Nuwakot district; he survived by being rescued by helicopter after being stranded on a hill.