By A Staff Reporter
Kathmandu, Sept. 9: Minister for Women, Children and Senior Citizens Parbat Gurung has announced a plan to introduce an 'Integrated Child Protection' policy to give protection to orphans.
The policy will protect orphans and helpless children under the direct supervision of the government.
While monitoring the central office of Nepal Children's Organisation (NCO) in Naxal of the capital city on Monday, Minister Gurung said the government was pushing ahead its child protection plan as a national pride project.
"Even though many children’s homes are in operation in the name of child protection, they are unable to provide proper protection," Minister Gurung said.
He also instructed the NCO officials to keep the records of movable and immovable properties of the organisation and control their misuse.
The Central Working Committee of the organisation has been dissolved after allegations of extreme misuse of property and a new adhoc committee has been formed under the chairmanship of Bidhya Upadhyaya Neupane.
Minister Gurung also said that the previous working committee of the organisation had to be dissolved and a new committee was formed for the improvement of the children's home.
He also received information about the condition of the children's home during the monitoring.
Meanwhile, Minister Gurung is going to arrange a 'home quarantine' at the central office of the Organisation in Naxal to prevent the children from catching the coronavirus.
Chairperson of the newly formed committee Neupane requested Minister Gurung to help arrange a home quarantine for 190 protected children.
Minister Gurung assured that the government would provide necessary financial assistance immediately.
Minister Gurung also directed the National Council for the Rights of the Child to provide necessary financial assistance for the arrangement of the home quarantine for the children.
Currently, 84 protected children are in the central office. The organisation has 10 children's homes across the country, said Milan Dharel, executive director of the National Council for the Rights of the Child.