POKHARA, Nov 10: District Child Welfare Committee (DCWB), Kaski, on Monday rescued nine children from New Vision Children's Home. Five boys and four girls were rescued from the children's home, informed Child Rights Officer Badri Wagle of DCWB, Kaski.
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The DCWB found conflicts among the operators of children's home, lack of financial transparency and foreigners living in the children's home.
According to him, six out of total rescued children were moved to Himali Children's Home situated at Sarangkot in the district. "The children's home we monitored were not fit for children. So we moved them to another shelter home," said Wagle.He further said that the New Vision Children's Home had not been following the instructions given during the monitoring in the past.
DCWB's last monitoring had found 12 children sheltered at the New Vision Children's Home. But only nine children were found there during the monitoring conducted on Monday. DCWB officials said they have initiated an investigation into the missing children.
Chief District Officer (CDO) Krishna Prasad Regmi, who is also the chairperson of the DCWB, and Women and Children Development Office chief Laxmi GC Karki were part of the delegation that had reached the children's home to rescue the children.
During the rescue, a team of DCWB also found two foreigners staying at the children's home. Foreigners' staying at the children's home is against the government's law.
The rescued children had put their grievances before the rescue team of the DCWB. As per the children, they were beaten up and exploited during their stay at the children's home.
New Vision Children's home is operated by Jyoti Gurung. Earlier, its name was Everest Children's Home registered by her husband. The District Administration Office (DAO) had shuttered Everest after it failed to meet the standard set by the government for operating a Children's Home.
Some child rights activists had criticized the local bodies for allowing the Gurung family to operate the children's home just by changing the name.
