Network for Children Prisoners and Dependants [NCPD]

ICRI facilitated the formation of Network for Children Prisoners and Dependents (NCPD) in 2001 and it was registered later as an NGO in CDO/Kathmandu on August 2002. NCPD’s formation marked the coming together of a group of organizations that are involved in the same field of work and which share the same visions for the future. All the member organizations work to support prisoners in Nepal and specifically the children of prisoners who are dependent on a parent who are in jail.

The shared vision of NCPD member organization is a society that gives prisoners and their children (and indeed all children who have been disadvantaged in circumstances beyond their control) the chance to build worthwhile and dignified lives. The organizations work together by sharing of information, ideas, experiences, resources and expertise.

NCPD’s mission is to reduce the unnecessary suffering and hardship of children of prisoners and prisoner dependants and to help to make prison into a place that can give inmates the chance to reform and re-enter into society. The immediate goal of NCPD is to improve the quality of life of children of prisoners and their dependants. NCPD member organizations are developing their full potential through a process of networking, information sharing, advocacy, project and program development and monitoring.

NCPD is run by a small secretariat and is managed with the support of ICRI-Nepal. The Secretariat maintains constant contact with all member of the network and with the network supporters, surveying the work that is being done and providing advice where needed. The Secretariat is a focal point through which information passes. The secretariat advises overall strategies for the organization which are agreed at regular coordination meeting. Furthermore, it initiates and implements shared programs for children, prisoners and dependants. This involves proposal preparation, planning, implementation, monitoring and resource sharing.