Not all street children are poor! 

During a visit to Kathmandu earlier in 2007 we were surprised to find that some 

‘street children’ were reasonably well dressed. Many of the children who work on 

the streets live independent lives.  

How they earn their living is the problem; most spend the night sifting through 

filthy rubbish for recyclable products, mainly plastics and glass. They sleep in 

appalling conditions at the recycling center. Other children earn money by begging, 

through crime, or selling drugs. Some of these young children, especially those 

involved  with drugs become involved with prostitution become victims of AIDS. 

Someone who becomes involved with prostitution on the streets of Kathmandu 

may live another eighteen months. 

In 1996 Unicef estimated that 26,000 children work and live in the streets of Nepal, 

recently this figure has grown significantly. Nearly half the children earn a meagre 

living, around 16 pence per day by rag picking. We need funding for a project to 

encourage young people into more positive lifestyles. We will use sport as the 

means to engage the children. This will be a partnership project between 

Resolve International, and local partners in Kathmandu.
 

 
 

Orphanages:
There are many children currently in orphanages as a result of the former political 

unrest. We have worked with a partner in Kathmandu and helped give some children 

a safe home, food, clothing, healthcare and education.


Many orphanages in Nepal do not have the funds to give the children more than a 

meal of rice and lentils and so are forced to send them out to beg on the streets for 

other food. We have helped give children at two orphanages the nutrition and food 

they need, by helping to buy  agricultural land to grow vegetables. We have also 

provided water filters and healthcare through a local Nepali NGO.