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Jigme Yong-Song | Tsering Dolma | Nima Dondrup | Street Children
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Street Children

Many displaced and orphaned children live on the streets of Kathmandu, Nepal. These children, who are often runaways from slave-like conditions in carpet factories, suffer from disease, malnutrition and neglect, but will now have a chance to have a roof over their heads, consistent food in their stomachs and an education.

We work closely with Rokpa International, an organization that oversees the intervention work and schooling of street kids.

Street kids try to stay warm in winter time in Kathmandu by burning trash.

These boys were runaways from child-labor in carpet factories. They
lived in a shack in the dump. Where are they now? We know where
the one in the middle is: he's a boy we put into school, he's now in the
10th grade and wants to be a teacher when he is done with school.

Food is given to boys who might otherwise not eat on this day.

This boy was found with his face burned and his eyes swollen shut. With
simple medical intervention and antibiotics he was able to regain his sight.

Happy kids at school. The best hope for the young is education.

These former street boys hold a goat at their school.