Nepali Children homes in Kathmandu, big business

I met a European couple a few weeks ago, who came to Nepal to pick up their adoption child. But they said that there was something wrong with the communication. It appeared that their child, from who they had a name and picture, was not available anymore. They already suspected that they were very frustrated about this. They already paid 5.600 Euro in there homeland, and they should pay 6.800 Dollar here in Nepal when they received their child.

The children's homes in Kathmandu for adoption are only interested good looking children. Bal Mandir, the official Government Children home, didn't want our Samjana, who is living now in our children home because she only had one eye. So, it's big business for this kindhearted people.


The principal from the school of our children, asked me to sponsor two children from a poor single woman last year. Most people in Nepal are poor, so I have to draw a line. That is why I refused this. But they asked me many times. After a while this mother and her youngest daughter were standing in our garden from our children's home. I decided to talk with her. Her man died a few years ago and she had four children. I asked her where her two other children were. She explained me that one child is living in another children's home, and that her other child lives in Spain.

“That's great that your child studies in Spain”, I said naively.

But the mothers started to cry. I was wondering what I said wrong. But it appeared that she brought her two children two a children's home, and they sold one of her children. She didn't know that. She lost two children, and probably she will never see them back. A heartbreaking story. Immediately I decided to sponsor the two other children.


After I returned to Nepal, this was in the newspaper:

Not all the people who work in children homes have as good intentions as you might expect. Not the care of the children, but too make money is their first priority. The stories before, are just parts about what can go wrong in children or caretaking homes in Nepal. People who want to support Nepali children homes or something else like this, have to inform themselves very good.