Obstacles to Nepal relief effort

BBC Newshour

This episode of BBC Newshour highlights the issue of children living in institutions in Nepal, both before and after the earthquake. The episode focuses particularly on the exploitation that occurs and the coercive ways in which children, who often have living parents, are recruited into institutions, which Martin Punaks of Next Generation Nepal (NGN) says is a form of child trafficking. In this episode, Punaks describes the situation of vulnerable children in Nepal, the increased danger of child trafficking in the wake of the earthquake, and the work that NGN and others are doing to address this danger.

The episode also addresses volunteering, telling listeners that UNICEF urges people who want to volunteer with children in Nepal to carefully consider first.