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The ongoing conflict that our country is so
deeply mired into for the past ten years has claimed the lives of so many
innocent people. The most serious concern is that the country seems to be
heading towards the situation where it will have to suffer from various
problems due to the dire consequences of the conflict and lose its economic,
social and emotional well being. The most affected from the conflict are the
innocent children, who come from the disadvantaged socio-economic
background. So many of them have lost their parents. Due to the government
and Maoist sponsored violence some 8000 children have been displaced, around
300 have died and around 2500 children have become orphan in the most
important phase of their lives. Their mental state is severely damaged by
the scenes of the murder and inhuman brutalizing of their family members,
which they are compelled to witness. So many of them have died. Protecting
and rehabilitating these children and giving them a good environment for
their normal physical, mental and psycholog1ical growth are the challenges
facing us now.
Children have been seriously affected by the violent conflict that has been
going on in our country for so long. Their normal physical, mental and
psychological growths are the challenges facing us now. The convention of
child’s right (November 20, 1981) has declared that its children’s right to
get education, good health, proper upbringing and other child rights.
Fulfilling the children’s basic needs, providing health opportunities,
protecting them from the risky jobs providing them the opportunities to earn
a decent livelihood are the main concern of the convention. Therefore, it is
very important that children are provided psychosocial treatment, the
opportunity to school, vocational training and skills to help them be
independent. As the violence has long lasting affect in children’s mind, the
country is indeed paying a heavy price in terms of its worsening condition
of its future manpower. |