Squatter children endure repeated displacement and a future in limbo

Nine-year-old Bishwanath Gurung has survived eviction, displacement and floods, but family instability and bureaucratic hurdles threaten his future.

A heartbreaking video circulating on social media platforms since Saturday morning captured the agony of displaced squatter children in Kathmandu. In the footage, nine-year-old Bishwanath Gurung stands shivering in a rain-soaked t-shirt and trousers. His bare feet are caked in thick mud, his eyes red and swollen from crying, as his small hands desperately clutch a tattered bag containing his only remaining worldly possessions.