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

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

Country from	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Spain	16	28	35	38	68	43	173	76	184		41	24
Italy	2	34	51	64	54	33	90	70	80	8	59	39
United States of America	13	6		42	73	62	66	42	54	6	30	65
France	9	12	29	38	32	38	61	33	58	3	19	2
Sweden	1				1			1			8
United Kingdom			1	2	4	1	2	8
Canada								12
Netherlands		6	2	2	1	1	1	2	3
Denmark	2	3	4	1	1			3	2
Switzerland	3	2	4	6	3
Austria						2	1
Belgium						1			1
Finland	2
Total	48	91	126	193	237	181	394	247	382	17	157	130

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

Reports:

Reports

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

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