Nepal

Country Code: NP
Area: 91,454 sq mi (147,181km²)
Gross Domestic Product: 39 Billion Dollar
Population: 27,133,000

Agencies operating in Nepal

Organization	From	To
Adopsjonsforum
Adoption Ark
Carolina Adoption Services		2010-01-01
Children's Home Society & Family Services, Minnesota (CHSFS)
Claar Foundation, Inc
Compassionate Hearts
DeColores Adoptions International
Enfants de l'Espoir
Faith International Adoptions
Focus on Children, Wyoming branch
Gladney Center for Adoption
Global Adoption Services, Inc.
Heart to Heart Adoption Service, Inc.
Help a Child e.V.
Hope's Promise
Illien Adoptions International, Inc.
International Adoption Net
International Families, Inc. (IFI)
L'Agence Française d'Adoption (AFA)
MAPS (Maine Adoption Placement Services)
New Beginnings Inc. (MS)
Oeuvre de l'Adoption Comite de Marseille
The Barker Foundation
Wide Horizons for Children (WHFC)

Agencies placing children from Nepal

Organization	From	To
Heartsent Adoptions, Inc.
Lutheran Social Services of Illinois	2006-07-01	2007-06-30

Organizations based in Nepal:

Adoption Agency

Organization	State/Province	City
Nepal's Children Organization		Kathmandu

Governmental Organization

Organization	State/Province	City
Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare, Nepal		Katmandu

Miscellaneous

Organization	State/Province	City
Child NGO Federation Nepal (CNFN)		Katmandu

Orphanage

Organization	State/Province	City
Bal Mandir, Nepal	Bagmati	Katmandu
Children’s Home - Nepal		Lalitpur
Destitute and Orphan Children Safeguarding Foundation, Nepal (DOCSF-Nepal)		Lalitpur
Helpless Children Protection Home (Rani Bari, Kathmandu) (HCPC)	Bagmati	Kathmandu
Nepal Asahaya BalGhar (Nepal Helpless Children’s Home) Godawari	Bagmati	Katmandu
Organization for Community, Child and Environment Development		Kathmandu
Prayas Nepal		Kathmandu
Sagarmatha Children Home		Kathmandu
SWASTIK Women and Child Protection Home	Bagmati	Kathmandu
Tuguda Balbalika Udaya Kendra orphanage	Bagmati	Kathmandu
Tuhura Balbalika Uddar Kendra orphanage [duplicate]	Bagmati	Koteshwor (near Kathmandu)

Cases:

Abuse cases

Organization	Province	City
Children at Hamro Jivan orphanage	Bagmati	Kathmandu
Girl adopted by Acharya family		Kaski district

Child trafficking cases

Report	Date
Nepal - misc trafficking articles case	2007-03-07
Nepal - Ayush son of Sunita Bhattarai case	2003-01-01
Nepal - Kaushal and Karuna, children of Rajan Kumar Nepali and wife Maya	2009-06-01
Nepal - Kobi Raj Shahi case	2006-06-02
Nepal - Nirmala Thapa's children	2004-01-01
Nepal - Pawan Karki son of Mitra Bahadur Thapa and Rama Karki case	2003-09-25
Nepal - Sabina Sunuwar daughter of Shushila Sunuwar case	2003-08-01
Nepal - Smriti, daughter of Sarita Bhujel	2010-06-22

Adoption statistics:

Adoption exports

This information is compiled from the figures as reported by the receiving countries.

Reports:

Reports

Document	Date
Ex-Bal Mandir Employee, Student Held On Rape Charge	2014-06-18
Child NGO Federation of Nepal (CNFN)	2010-08-20
US halts adoption of abandoned children in Nepal	2010-08-06
Moratorium Imposed on Adoptions from Nepal	2010-06-04
Baby dearth snags adoption	2010-04-12
Letter AAAA to U.S. State Department regarding adoption from Nepal	2010-02-22
REPORT OF MISSION TO NEPAL 23-27 NOVEMBER 2009	2010-02-04
Nepal 'should suspend' adoptions	2010-02-04
Seven Nepali kids handed over to adoptive parents	2009-09-15
Million dollar babies	2009-04-03
Organizations for International Adoptions in Nepal	2009-03-23
Mushrooming orphanages	2008-02-15
Unicef Report - Factfinding Mission on Displacement of Children from Humla	2005-01-01

Parent topics: Southern Asia

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