CHILD CASES

Summary: Bina was only five when she arrived to SETU Nepal with her mother. Her father was from India and denied looking after them after Bina was born. As Bina's mother eloped and married her husband when she was just 17, she could not return to her family. At Kathmandu they tested Bina and found […]

Sima, 14 years old Manav, 18 years old Sima and Manav, who are from the Tanahu district, lost their parents to HIV. Following their deaths, Manav tried to survive by working in a small hotel/tea house, while Sima struggled with poor health and a lack of care.  Due to her positive HIV diagnosis and vulnerable […]

SETU Nepal had been providing a shelter home to the four children rescued from Dolakha district for about three months. http://www.setunepal.org/decide-generously-and-invest-genuinely/ Four orphan siblings, two brother and two sister, were brought to SETU by District child welfare committee after death of their parents. Immediately after being brought to SETU their treatment was proceeded with baseline investigation […]

Urvashi, 9 years old Nima, 15 years old Nima and Urvahi have endured unimaginable loss and hardship. They have two other brothers and tragically lost their parents to HIV within a month. Their father passed away shortly before they were rescued. Their mother died from complications arising from opportunistic infections a few days later while […]

Ranjana, 10 years old Ranjana was born in the small village of Nebuwatar in Makwanpur district. Shortly after her birth, her father, who was living with HIV, passed away. Ranjana and her mother were tested HIV positive too.  Under those circumstances their life was not easy. Ranjana‘s mother had limited education and resources and was […]

Bina, 20 years old Bina’s mother, Ramkumari, was just 10 years old when her parents sent her to work as a servant in another household. She met a man from India who frequently visited Nepal when she was 17. They married without their parents' consent, and four years later, Ramkumari gave birth to Bina. Bina […]

We are very happy to inform that Jennifer Lee Thompson has extended her kind support for the nurturing expenses of Richa. This support will be spent for her treatment and nutrition.

Setu Nepal would like to express its gratitude to Mr. Sanjya Rimal, a nepali well-wisher who is going to support for the education of Latika for a year. Latika was rescued from the western part of Nepal whose mother is being treated for her mental problem as well as HIV. Latika is 4 years old […]

Pratima, 15 years old Pratima's mother entered into an inter-caste love marriage in 2009. While her family supported the union, her husband’s family did not accept her. The couple moved to Kathmandu, where Pratima's mother worked as a labourer and her father worked as a contractor for two years.  When she became pregnant with Pratima, […]

Richa is from Nawalparasi and is the youngest of six siblings. Her father suffered from weight loss and chest pain, and despite receiving treatment, he sadly passed away. Soon afterwards, her mother's health began to deteriorate, and medical tests revealed that she was HIV positive. Richa later lost her mother due to complications from the […]

Bipasha, 15 years old Bipasha is from Makwanpur District and came to SETU Nepal with her mother, Santi.  Santi unknowingly married a man who already had a wife, and she and Bipasha later discovered that they were both HIV positive. Despite this, she was unable to leave her husband due to her health and the […]

We  would like to thank the well-wisher who supported the recently rescued child and her mother from Doti district of Nepal. Actually, Latika is improving. She is less fearful and smiles much more. Because of what she has been through, it takes time for her to trust the new people she meets, and we are […]

Bina, a 7 year old girl, was admitted to MSPN (a centre that treats children with HIV) in 2008 when she was 2 years old. She is originally from a small, rural village in eastern Nepal, around 350km from Kathmandu. Bina has been infected with HIV virus from birth as her mother Balkumari is also […]

Latika, 15 years old Latika’s mother, Kalawati, was abandoned by her husband and subjected to abuse and neglect at the hands of his family. This caused her mental health to deteriorate drastically. She and her three-year-old daughter, Latika, were forced to live in a jungle cave in horrifying conditions for half a year. With the […]