INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Kathmandu, August 8
The government has issued Child Protection Financial Relief Assistance Procedure-2019 for special protection of
helpless, orphans, disabled, conflict victims and vulnerable children in conformance with the constitution, prevailing laws and
policies.
The procedure aims to assist needy children to grow up in family environment by providing financial relief assistance, and adopts
the principles of respect to child rights, child protection and equal treatment to all beneficiaries.
This procedure targets those children
who are vulnerable, economically disadvantaged, critically injured in accidents and are in need of special protection
According to the procedure, necessary amount meant for the children will be managed from approved budget of each fiscal year
&The target children will be entitled to financial relief assistance once a year,& it says.
Relief amount not exceeding Rs 25,000 will be
provided to such a child who is critically injured for any reason whatsoever, suffering from serious physical or mental problem and is
disabled, and whose parents or family is poor to manage cash for necessary medical treatment of the child
A child who is deprived of care, nurture and education due to physical or mental disability of his/her parents will get Rs 10,000
A child affected by natural or human reasons will be eligible to receive Rs 7,000
A child from economically disadvantaged family will get Rs 5,000 for clothing, school uniform, bag and educational materials
Rs 5,000 will be provided to a rescued child for reintegration with his/her family.
Recommendation letter from ward committee of the
concerned local level and hospital or community school shall be required to benefit from the financial relief assistance
The concerned child or his/her father or mother or guardian shall submit an application with the recommendation letter and their passport
size photos to the National Child Rights Council in the prescribed format
The procedure said a person below the age of 18 years would be considered a child as per the prevalent law.
There will be a three-member
recommendation committee at the NCRC to examine the applications and recommend its executive director for approval of financial relief
The amount approved by the executive director shall be provided through banking channel.
The procedure said that this provision would not be
applicable for children living in child care homes
&The amount may be provided even to children affected by serious diseases or injuries if the concerned child care home requests for
assistance,& it said.
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