Nepal's Fake Orphans

Nepal's orphanages attract donations from around the world, but some are exploiting children for profit.

In the remote villages scattered throughout the Himalayas, opportunities for children are rare. So when an aunt offered to take 10-year-old Devi to the bustling capital, Kathmandu, to attend school, her mother readily agreed.

What awaited Devi was not the opportunity of a lifetime, but misery and despair.

Her aunt handed her over to an illegal orphanage. Devi had become one of Nepal's fake orphans.