Many of the underprivileged and abandoned street children come from several remote parts of the country and they ran away from their home due to domestic violence and poverty. However there remain so many causes that bring children on the street.

Some common cause are family break down, poverty, urbanization and overcrowding, dislocation through migration and civil war, child labor, lost of family members, exploitation by adults, emotional abuse or neglect. Rising of street children is a rising problem in Nepal.

Although there is no data on street children, there are 5,000 to 6,000 street children in Nepal; Kathmandu alone has 1,500 to 2,000 of them, according to the estimated data of child workers in Nepal concerned center (CWIN) in 2010. 70 percent or more of street children are boys. (Source: MYREPUBLICA, 2012).

The distribution of street children is through out the urbanized cities of the country. Their number exceed in Kathmandu, Patan and Bhakatapur comparatively to other cities of the country because of being tourist places.

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