Thanks to Kasish Das Shrestha's "A day in the life of Patan's street children" (# 128). The article should open up the eyes of child rights activists, development workers and NGOs who are concerned with children issues. Even though there are a number of NGOs who claim to be working towards protecting child rights and survival, the article showed that the misery of street children remains same. The policies and commitment to guarantee the rights of children have yet to be translated into action and the children's participation in development has been almost neglected. There is much that remains to be done to improve the lives of Nepali children who are poor and have no access to education, health care and social environment. The situation of street children, as Shrestha points out, is worsening. Government, civil society, families and communities need to chip in.

We have wasted enough time on lip-service.

Jhabindra Bhandari
NEPAN, Kathmandu