A call for safety and trust

Between April 13 and March 7, the 100 hotline in Kathmandu alone received 349,774 calls—178,510 required active police intervention.

From a very young age, every child in Nepal hears the word ‘police’ often in a way meant to scare them. Parents threaten, “If you don’t eat your food, the police will come,” or “Be good or the police will catch you!” This creates a fearful image that the police only come when someone does something wrong. Children also grow up hearing stories of ‘police and chor ’ (cops and robbers), which makes them think that the job of the police is only to catch criminals.