Seven boys working as child labour rescued

Published On: March 10, 2020 12:30 PM NPT By: RSS


KATHMANDU, March 10: Seven minors working as child laborers in hotels, furniture shops, and brick kilns have been rescued from different places of Kathmandu.

During the monitoring conducted recently, they were rescued from Kageshwori Manohara municipality and Kandaghari areas. They all are boys below 14 years of age and are from Makwanpur, Dang and Pyuthan districts, it is said.

The rescue was carried out in joint initiations of the Kageshwori municipality, local police, Child Rescue Nepal and volunteers of child protection campaign. They have been kept under the emergency child care centre of Esthar Benjamin Memorial Foundation, the local partner organisation of Child Rescue Nepal.

According to Child Rescue Nepal's chief Jamuna Shrestha, they are trying to establish contacts with their (children's) families for repatriating them.

 

 

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