Rehabilitating Children
Summary
Children who lost their parents and homes in the Rasuwa flood should be rehabilitated through family-based care, with priority given to immediate relatives in their own communities. The article argues that shelters alone are not enough and that the government should provide financial and institutional support to relatives willing to raise them.
Key Points
- The government is reportedly working to set up a shelter in the Kathmandu Valley for children who lost their families in the Rasuwa flood.
- The article argues that children should first be reintegrated with immediate relatives in their own communities instead of being placed directly in institutional care.
- Family-based care, including kinship care, is presented as a better alternative because it can provide love, emotional security, and continuity of identity.
- The government is urged to support relatives with financial aid, services, and monitoring so more children can grow up in family environments.
