1. Central Child Welfare Board (CCWB), Nepal
Promoting Non-Institutional care for Children in Emergency: Nepal Experience 3rd BECON March 2018
Tarak Dhital,
Executive Director,
Central Child Welfare Board (CCWB), Nepal

2. Child Protection in Emergency
Nepal has experiences
manmade disaster, i.e. armed conflict ( )and
natural disaster such as devastating earthquake of 2015, frequent floods and landslides, etc.
In such emergency situations, the government of Nepal and civil society organisations have been giving priority to child protection among others.

3. Child Protection Issues
Dissaster/ Emergency situation
Child Protection Issues
Child Protection Issues
Protection from Abuse, Trafficking, Family Separation, …

4. Some Child Protection initiatives in Emergency: That help to Promote Non-institutional care Post 25th April 2015 Earthquake:
Policy interventions:
Suspension of registration of new Child Care Homes (orphanages)
Suspension of Inter-Country Adoption
Government Directives:
Not to enroll children in CCH other residential facilities (school hostels) – without informing relevant government agency
Inform government if children (without parents)have to be relocated/moved
Strict monitoring of CCHs

5. Public Announcements:
Cont.
Public Announcements:
Prevention of Separation of Children – including Dos and Don’t’s
Risks of Sexual Abuse, Trafficking of children (prevention)
Responses (CCWB):
Rapid assessment of reports related to unaccompanied /separated children
Assessment of children residing in CCH

6. Support to affected children
Cont.
Temporary placement for separated/ unaccompanied children (child friendly spaces and temporary learning centers/Transit Centers-protection from being abused/trafficked and worked towards family reintegration.
Information/documentation of separated/ unaccompanied children, children at risk
Support to affected children
Humanitarian assistance to the families for care and protection of children at-risk.

7. “I have lost my son and daughter in law, please don’t separate my grandchild from us. Help us to stay together if you can” was what an old man in Dhading said when people offered institutional care for an ‘orphan’ child after the earthquake.
“I have a son missing in the Earthquake, daughter-in-law in the landslide and a
grand child missing in a ‘Rescue operation!”

8. Nepal is determined to discourage institutionalization of children and to provide required services to needy children to prevent family separation and to strengthening families. Nepal Children’s Policy 2012 also mentions that institutional care should betaken as a last resort and proposed Children's Act encourages alternative care rather than institutional care.

9. Challenges ……..
Conceptual Clarity from family to policy making level/ ‘donors’
Separation from Family in name of good education/religious education/ change religion
Legal provision in details on alternative care
Support system: family strengthening
Institutional Care become “Business”/ Voluntourism
Monitoring
Functional Child Protection System
‘Project’ Vs Strengthening System
…………..

10. just to remember……
All the beautiful words those are in laws, policies etc. are not a living thing, they can’t move them self, so
an alive, alert and active human brain is essential to give them life and make them active.