Nepal -- Paper Orphans documentary posted on the web
- Child abuses on rise in Nepal due to international adoption
- Child trafficking is rife in Nepal - legitimate orphanages suffer
- Children trapped between supply and demand
- Ex-Bal Mandir Employee, Student Held On Rape Charge
- Flawed Adoption System Highlighted by Nepal's Stolen Children
- Govt amends inter-country adoption process
- Govt bans inter-country adoption of street children
- Nepal -- Corruption at Nepal Children's Organization (NCO/Bal Mandir)
- Nepal -- Dal Bahadur Phadera & the suppressed UNICEF report
- Nepal -- Duelling videos on Humla trafficker Dal Bahadur Phadera
Paper Orphans documentary posted on the web (PEAR Nepal):
Part 1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1B5QiFFxAu4
Part 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0adJdVBPvto
Part 3:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsUWaToRWuQ
Part 4:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95Fyy3UY_U0
It would be useful if the FBI and Interpol took a good look at the Western organizations that worked with these homes.
Some background to the TDH/Image Ark documentary Paper Orphans
The Terre des hommes/Image Ark documentary Paper Orphans was a major reason so many receiving countries suspended adoptions from Nepal.
Paper Orphans focuses on three NGOs -- Nepal Children's Organization (NCO/Bal Mandir), the Helpless Children Protection Home (HCPH), and the Education Centre for Helpless Children (ECHC).
For background to the documentary, see the following links.
The Nepal premier at Patan Museum (March 2010):
Paper Orphan\Kishan Sharki (Kantipur Daily):
http://pearadoptinfo-nepal.blogspot.com/2010/03/paper-orphankishan-sharki-kantipur.html
and
Paper Orphans on the Screen (Voice of Children):
http://pearadoptinfo-nepal.blogspot.com/2010/05/draft-agenda-for-special-commission-on.html
The Hague screening (June 2010):
2010 Special Commission of the Hague Releases its Conclusions and Recommendations:
http://pearadoptinfo-nepal.blogspot.com/2010/07/2010-special-commission-of-hague.html
and
Nepal skips the Hague meet on adoption (Republica):
http://pearadoptinfo-nepal.blogspot.com/2010/06/nepal-skips-hague-meet-on-adoption.html
Nepal Children's Organization (NCO/Bal Mandir):
Victims of Balmandir:
http://poundpuplegacy.org/node/43654
and
Corruption at Nepal Children's Organization (NCO/Bal Mandir):
http://poundpuplegacy.org/node/48144
(Also discusses NCO/Bal Mandir's new alliance with the Mitrataa Foundation.)
and
Prachanda Raj Pradhan -- head of the Child NGO Federation Nepal (CNFN):
http://pearadoptinfo-nepal.blogspot.com/2010/03/prachanda-raj-pradhan-head-of-child-ngo.html
The Helpless Children Protection Home (HCPH):
Paper Orphans & The Helpless Children Protection Home:
http://poundpuplegacy.org/node/43603
and
Dalit Couple Foils Adoption Of Offspring (Republica):
http://pearadoptinfo-nepal.blogspot.com/2010/02/dalit-couple-foils-adoption-of.html
and
Adopted Children always in disputes! (Voice of Children):
http://pearadoptinfo-nepal.blogspot.com/2010/04/adopted-children-always-in-disputes.html
Uttar Tamata (interviewed in Paper Orphans) owns the Children's Home (Bal Griha) -- a home at the center of Al Jazeera's recent adoption documentary:
Nepal: Children for sale (Al Jazeera):
http://english.aljazeera.net/programmes/101east/2011/09/2011920125119853524.html
Also worth reading (for general background on Nepali adoptions):
Trade of Children (Voice of Children):
http://pearadoptinfo-nepal.blogspot.com/2010/06/trade-of-children-voice-of-children.html
and
Orphaned or Stolen? The U.S. State Department investigates adoption from Nepal, 2006-2008
Exclusive State Department internal cables from Freedom of Information Act requests
The Huffington Post:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/schuster-institute-for-investigative-journalism/orphaned-or-stolen-the-us_b_825451.html
and
Swiss National Radio on Nepali adoptions (English translation):
http://pearadoptinfo-nepal.blogspot.com/2011/10/swiss-national-radio-on-nepali.html
Reprinted from PEAR Nepal:
http://pearadoptinfo-nepal.blogspot.com/2011/10/paper-orphans-documentary-posted-on-web.html