Supervision by Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare at the Raksha Nepal SAFE HOME

Joint Secretary, Mr. Shankar Pathak, Under Secretary, Mr. Buddha Bahadur Gurung and Mr. Bharat Sharma, from the Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare, Mr. Tarak Dhital, Executive Director Central Child Welfare Board including other distinguished representatives came to visit the Raksha Nepal Rehabilitation Home. At the same time they also talked with the children living in the safe home.

During their visit with the daughters living in the Raksha safe house, the Joint Secretary, Mr. Shankar Pathak, enquired about the services they were receiving from the Home and if there were any matters to be improved. Currently, there are 35 girls living in the Safe Home, most of them are affected by the sexual violence and suffering from mental and physical trauma they had faced before they were rescued to the safe home. The daughters were very emotional and said that if they had not received this shelter in a pious place like Raksha Nepal, they may have already died by now. They also shared that they were very happy as they were brought here, provided with food, living place and opportunity to making their future bright. They wanted to thank for all the above things in their lives.

Approximately, one and half hour of inspection and enquiring about the establishment of the organization and its activities, the Monitoring Group showed their satisfaction towards it for following all the legal operational standards in running the Home. Similarly, in the near future, the Nepal Government, the Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare, made a commitment to go hand in hand with Raksha Nepal and the steps it is taking. The Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare also appreciated and thanked Raksha Nepal family for the successful work they are doing even without the help of the Government.