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Date of registration: 1993 ATSEC Nepal Chapter (Action against Traffi cking and Sexual Exploitation of Children) Registration no.: 413/049/050 under Article 4 of the Institutional Registration Act of 2034 Headquarters: Kathmandu Place of registration: Kathmandu District Regional headquarters: Kakarvitta, Bharatpur, Administrative Offi ce and Bhairawa in the Eastern, Central and Western development regions respectively Affi liations: Social Welfare Council, Government of Nepal; affi liate no.1137 Infrastructure: 3 prevention homes, 10 transit homes, 2 rehabilitation homes, and 2 hospices ECPAT (End Child Prostitution, Child Pornography around the country and Traffi cking of Children for Sexual Purposes)

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One of the most cherished words in Nepali has to be Maiti, a married woman’s childhood home. This is where, as a girl, she receives unconditional love, and, where, as a woman living in her Ghar, or husband’s home, she returns to celebrate important festivals and to recover after the birth of her children. Beyond being just a word, Maiti is a concept: it represents a place of security and comfort, a sanctuary in a world. Maiti Nepal is just such a refuge for Nepali women who every year fi nd themselves traffi cked, exploited or abused or who have their rights denied. Founded in 1993 and headquartered in Kathmandu, this non-profi t, secular organisation works to protect vulnerable individuals, rescue victims and improve their lives, promote child and women’s rights, and ultimately to end traffi cking altogether through four key activity sectors: prevention, advocacy, rescue, and rehabilitation. In its efforts, Maiti Nepal seeks to build awareness and secure the cooperation of school and college students, parliamentarians, law enforcement agencies and organisations in Nepal as well as their counterparts in India. Vision A society free of the sexual and other forms of exploitation of children and women Mission To combat exploitation, violence, and traffi cking of children and women through comprehensive prevention and rehabilitation programs promoting education, empowerment, health, and social inclusion. Objectives  Advocate, conduct awareness campaigns, seek public support, and create social pressure against traffi cking of children and women  Provide counselling, support and life skills to children and women at risk of being traffi cked.  Rescue traffi cked children and women from exploitative conditions abroad and repatriate them  Provide legal services, health counselling, and assistance to destitute women, survivors of girl traffi cking and victims of domestic violence.  Rehabilitate survivors by providing them with education, counselling, and a safe home.  Shelter orphans and destitute children and support their overall development.

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Programme Activities Prevention human-traffi cking groups, establishing information and resource centres and community outreach programmes

O verview Operating prevention homes, running formal and non-formal education programmes, providing conducting cross-sectoral meetings, linking and vocational income-generating training and micro- networking with line agencies. credit, establishing community safety nets, promoting women’s empowerment and safe Rescue migration, intercepting potential victims, and Securing liberation or withdrawal and facilitating scaling-up initiatives repatriation Advocacy Rehabilitation Conducting mass community awareness campaigns, Providing medical services and crisis counselling, orientations and trainings; training school teachers identifying families and reuniting survivors, and students, establishing students-against- mainstreaming into formal education, providing life skills and gainful employment, establishing self-help groups and conducting rights-based training, apprehending and fi ling charges against offenders, reintegrating survivors and following up on their progress

Annual Statistics

Total interceptions 2,809 Migrants informed at borders 1,08,850 Victims rescued 142 Human traffi cking cases initiated 27 Women trained at Prevention homes 120 Missing/Found 1,442/283

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Three Maiti Nepal prevention homes run four to six month long residential trainings for up to 25 at- risk girls at a time. Their comprehensive programme includes psychological counselling and self- esteem-building activities; lessons in traffi cking, health care, child and women’s rights and social issues, and training in life and income- generating skills such as sewing, candle making, fabric painting, tailoring, handloom weaving and small scale entrepreneurship development. To motivate trainees to become social activists, the package also teaches leadership, group formation, communication and community mobilisation skills. Graduates are empowered to conduct awareness campaigns, in particular about the methods of traffi ckers; stand vigil in their communities; detect warning signs and prevent traffi cking. Their success demonstrates that vulnerable populations are beginning to understand the magnitude and ramifi cations of the problem.

Prevention homes Prevention home totals

 Shelter vulnerable girls 120 girls trained on women temporarily empowerment

 Equip them with life and 123/36 Missing/Found income-generating skills 09 rape cases registered  Promote awareness about in the court human traffi cking 51 girls provided short  Train girls to be social activists term shelter

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Chisapani, Nuwakot (est. March 1996) Since its inception in 1996, Prevention Home Nuwakot has so far provided training to 624 girls/women. In 2012, twenty-fi fty group comprising of 20 (Twenty) trainees revention girls completed their training; and twenty-sixth group P comprising of 20 girls are undergoing training in the prevention home.

2013 Highlights

 Settled 01 case out of 03 cases of gender programs in form of door-to-door campaigns, violence in favour of the survivor. orientation and interaction programs in Nuwakot, Sindhupalchwok, Gorkha, and Dhading districts  Found all 04 girls out of 05 who were reported reaching 990 people more than 700 posters were missing and were reunited them with their pasted on walls and public places. families.  Celebrated 7th national anti traffi cking day on  A 20-year-old orphan of Talakhu VDC, Nuwakot, 05 September by making a human chain of 400 who arrived in 2002 is now a grade 12 student people in Chisapani, Nuwakot district. in ANM (Auxiliary Nurse Midwife) course, is no longer a potential victim.  On the occasion of Teej, (a Hindu festival) Prevention home organized a talk program for 150  The Prevention Home has set a high priority women with human traffi cking as its theme. on re-training and mobilising previous trainees. Under this important plan, 25 former trainees  Celebrated 49th National Children’s Day on 14 were re-formed into three groups with the aim of September with an elocution contest and essay spreading awareness against human traffi cking in writing on child rights. their respective areas.  Celebrated 16 days activism against gender  03 girls (Orphan and deprived) from the districts of based violence from 25th November to 10th Nuwakot and Sindhupalchowk were provided with December by organizing 07 interaction and educational scholarship. orientation programs for 210 people.

 Celebrated 103rd International Women's Day  Prevention home conducted regular awareness on 8th March by conducting an awareness song programmes in Sindhupalchowk and Nuwakot competition in presence of 300 people. districts and distributed more than 4,000 IEC materials.  Prevention home trainees conducted awareness

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Ambika participating in different activities carried out by Maiti Nepal

“I am a NAANI, one of the staff under Maiti Nepal’s was actively proceeding until one day, when exemplary project implemented in Nuwakot she was found marooned in a jungle, almost a district and my duty is to make community people kilometer away from her home. She was in an aware on human traffi cking and women’s rights.” unconscious state. Immediately, Ambika was says Ambika Shrestha who was once attacked taken to the hospital where she spent the next ruthlessly by Maoists and was bedridden for three months. She could not move her hands and months. Belonging to a lower middle class family, legs because she was thrown from a 50 meter Ambika’s parents, despite numerous challenges high cliff. Despite being wounded so badly, she raised their four children, the eldest being Ambika. and the child inside her were fi ne.The tragedy They are from Nuwakot, a remote village, not did not end here. Her family became homeless so far from the capital which is a hotspot for after landslide hit the village. By this time Ambika female traffi cking. Because of lack of adequate had a son already and she started living with her resources and education, Ambika developed a parents in a completely new place. very naive personality. She fell for a man who lived close to her house and got pregnant with his Through some of her neighbors, she came to know child. The treacherous man did not accept being of Maiti Nepal’s income generation programs. She responsible making her pregnant. A case was thought this could be a good platform to help her fi led by her family members against the man. But lead an economically independent life as well as having belonged to a very powerful and infl uential support her family. She got selected for the 21st family, no case was charged against him. batch training where she got opportunity to get equipped with various skill based and leadership A few days later Ambika was suddenly abducted trainings.Ambika knew of Maiti Nepal’s NAANI from her house. Her poor parents tried every program and she expressed her willingness to means to search for her. It came to light that her work under the project. Today, Ambika is one of abductors were Maoists and they had kidnapped the NAANI’s and gets paid Rs.6, 000 monthly. She her to suppress the case she had fi led against the makes use of her salary for her son’s education man responsible for exploiting her. The search and family’s welfare.

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Hetauda, Makwanpur (est. 1997) Since the beginning of the prevention Home Hetauda, Makwanpur 690 girls and women have received basic training on sewing and cutting. revention P

organizing door to door program; distributing 2013 Highlights brochures, posters and other informative materials on Human Traffi cking.

 On April 12 an awareness program on human  Forty (40) girls belonging to thirtieth and thirty fi rst batches completed their residential training in the traffi cking was organized in Manahari VDC ward prevention home no 3 reaching 150 people.  Celebrated 7th National Anti-traffi cking day on  Hundred and twenty three(123) cases of gender violence were reported out of which twenty seven September 5 in Hetauda municipality by forming cases (27) both husband and wife came to a a human chain of 350 people. Various short plays mutual agreement of staying together. Ninety were presented in the program. six (96) cases have been referred to the court for  To mark the onset of 16 days of violence against further legal procedure. women a candle lighting program was organized on November 25. 100 people showed their presence  Located twenty three (23) girls of eighty seven (87) girls reported missing and reunited them with their families. in the program.  On 01 December, World AIDS day was celebrated  Registered nine (09) rape cases at the district court. The rape survivors were all minor girls, at Traffi c Chowk, Hetauda with a rally and cultural below 18 years of age. All nine perpetuators are in program to inform people on HIV/AIDS. 540 people police custody. One rape survivor is staying at the participated in this program. prevention home for protection.  On 10 December, International human rights day was celebrated at Human help Ashram, Hetauda  Provided short term shelter for thirty nine (39) children and women who were referred to where warm blankets were distributed to 25 people the prevention home by the police and local who were once a victim of violence and had been organizations. living on the streets before being rescued and brought to the ashram.  Celebrated 103rd International Women’s day in Hetauda on 8 March with the theme “Gender Agenda:  Provided counseling to 3034 women on safe Gaining Momentum” with a rally of 300 people. migration and safe foreign employment through Maiti Nepal’s counselling desk at the CDO  Celebrated Maiti Nepal’s 20th Anniversary by office.

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Bardhaghat, Nawalparasi (est. 1998) revention Since it's inception in 1998, Prevention Home Bardaghat, Nawalparsi has so far provided training to 504 girls and women. 2013 Highlights

 Forty (40) girls belonging to 20th and 21st  Provided safe shelter to (09) nine destitute children batch completed their residential training in the and women. prevention home.  Conducted (15) fi fteen documentary shows in  Eight (08) cases of gender based violence were Jamuniya, Makar, Tilakpur, Daunnedevi, Triveni reported and all the cases were settled in favour of Susta, Tamsariya and Kawasoti VDCs for 1120 survivors. people.

 Located nine (09) of thirty one (31) girls reported  Celebrated 16 days activism against gender based missing and reunited them with their families. violence from 25th November to 10th December with white ribbon campaign and rally for more than  Prevention Home staff and trainees accomplished 350 people. advocacy programmes in Ram Nagar, Tilakpur, Dhurkot, and Makar VDCs through door-to-door  Celebrated 103rd International Women’s Day on campaigns reaching 5154 people of 1769 households. 8th March by organising interaction a mass rally and corner meeting reaching 350 people.  Organised 04 street dramas in Triveni Susta, Makar, Rupouliya and Daunne Devi VDCs and  Maiti Nepal has been mobilising girls who have reached 1100 people. received training at the Prevention Home as social activists. These social activists have  Conducted (05) fi ve orientation programs in (05) formed a volunteer committee, which they have fi ve schools reaching 303 students. themselves named as “Maiti Nepal Volunteers”.  Conducted (44) forty four community orientation Maiti Nepal Volunteers work in Tilakpur, Banjariya, programs on Human traffi cking in Makar, Pratap Pur, Tamsariya, Rupouliya, Arkhala, Dumkibas, Swathi, Tilakpur, Trivenisusta, Pithauli, Kawasoti, Swathi and Makar VDCs. Beni Manipur, Tamsariya, Rampurawa, Ram Nagar  MNV conducted 09 orientation sessions for 418 and Daunnedevi VDCs reaching 1799 people. people on "anti traffi cking initiatives, organized  Celebrated 7th National Anti Human traffi cking 19 documentary shows for 1107 people, 01 street day by organizing week long programs: formation drama show for 200 people and reached 4170 of human chain, mass rally, door to door and people of 1134 households through 37 door to pamphleteering program and street drama door programmes. reaching 400 people.

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Information and Vigilance at Nagdhunga (est. March 2001) On their way to various rural and urban destinations across Nepal, almost all migrants pass through Nagdhunga, a hamlet 10 kilometres southwest of revention Kathmandu, and the only point of entry into and P exit from the capital. Because of its centricity, Nagdhunga is a critical place for disseminating accurate information about traffi cking to the public. An eight-member surveillance team was established to help the police inspect vehicles and provide information on safe migration to women migrants.

 To mark the 7th National Anti-traffi cking day, 2013 Highlights the centre conducted an orientation session on human traffi cking and safe migration for 45  Preventing 937 children and women from falling people of Naubisey VDC of Dhading district. into the clutches of traffi ckers.  Disseminated information on gender violence  Informing 22,060 girls and women about safe and its consequences through the distribution of migration. IEC materials to approximately 1500 people and  Reuniting 35 of 204 persons reported missing displaying of informative fl ex at the check-point with their families. in Nagdhunga to mark the “16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence” from 25th November to  Checking 139217 vehicles passing through the 10th December 2013. point.

Community outreach programs

 On 28th June organized an orientation session for 25 students and 05 teachers of Shree Chandi Bhairav Secondary School of Badhbhanjyang VDC on human traffi cking gender violence and child rights.

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Rita Sunar, aged 16 years comes from Surveillance Team found the case a bit Sindhupalchowk, a district prone to suspicious and took them out of the bus. traffi cking. Rita was in class 10 and had After much interrogation, they revealed appeared for her sent-up examinations but that they were in love with each other and she failed. Thereafter, she started helping were going to India looking for job. Still her mother in the household chores. here they had not revealed that they were related to each other. As Rita was only 15 During these days at home, she became years old, she was stopped at Thankot close to her far-related paternal uncle and discontinued their journey to India. named Shankar. They started sharing things with each other. Their closeness The next day, the two were sent to Maiti became an asset for Shankar who Nepal’s Head offi ce In Kathmandu and started molesting her and slowly this upon further query, the staffs found out molestation turned into having sexual that they were uncle and daughter in relation. Rita then found to be infatuated relation. By this time, Rita’s parents had with Shankar. She was afraid of telling been looking everywhere for her and had her parents about their relationship and even fi led a complaint in the police station. kept mum to it. Shankar then proposed The same day her parents were informed her for going to India and look for a job by the police at Thankot that Rita was for themselves. She readily agreed as under the protection of Maiti Nepal. she was looking for a good opportunity for changing her life. Her parents came over to Maiti Nepal where they were informed about the whole They started off by bus and Shankar told story. Rita’s parents were surprised to hear Rita to tell the other people that they were such shocking story of her daughter and brother and sister in relation. As Rita Shankar. Rita’s parents were confi rmed had ran away from home without anyone that the Shankar was intending to sell her knowing about it, her parents had already off in the brothel in India. Rita then knew started looking for her. her so called uncle turned into lover was actually planning to traffi c her to India. On their way out from Thankot, the Border Surveillance Team of Maiti Nepal She was thankful towards Maiti Nepal entered the bus for checking cases of for having saved her from such a horrifi c traffi cking. The team’s eyes caught hold situation and later on fi led a case of this innocent looking girl, Rita who was against Shankar who has presently been sitting beside a man. She was found to convicted of the crime of sexually abusing be frightened and looking at the team in a minor girl. amaze. The team started questioning them about their whereabouts and their relation. Rita is still living at Maiti Nepal and Rita kept quiet and still while the man was working as an Offi ce Helper whereas her answering all the queries. Then the Border perpetrator is behind the bars.

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Rescue

If preventive measures fail, Maiti Nepal sometimes arrange reunions, identifi es and fi les criminal cases manages to intercede in the throes of traffi cking against traffi ckers and works with police to intercept or to free girls from sexual servitude and other potential victims and apprehend criminals. forms of exploitations. Rescued girls are housed in nine transit homes, located in the border towns Rescued girls have formed surveillance teams, of Kakarvitta, Bhairawaha, Pashupatinagar, which have been instrumental in helping police Biratnagar, Birgunj, Nepalgunj, Dhangadi, identify criminals and have served as a major Mahendranagar and Mahespur where a little deterrent to traffi cking. They also raise public vigilance can have signifi cant payoffs. awareness and mobilise concerned citizens to fi ght against traffi cking. Requests for help to locate Transit home provides safe shelter, counselling, missing girls, rescue girls from brothels and provide medical check-ups, non-formal education classes legal advice in cases of domestic violence and to rescued girls, trace parents or guardians and polygamy number about six or seven every week in each transit house. Transit home totals

Interceptions achieved 2,809 Transit homes Migrants informed 1,08,850 Victims rescued 142  Provide refuge and basic education and health services to victims Missing/found 1,319/247  Arrange reunion and reintegration Human traffi cking cases initiated 27  Instigate criminal proceedings  Aid police in surveillance Rape Cases instigate 17

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 Intercepted 279 children and women at the border, preventing them from being traffi cked.  Provided 25,293 migrant girls and women crossing the Nepal- India border with information on safe migration.  Inspected 39,601 rickshaws/vehicles crossing the border, providing occupants with information on safe migration.  302 children and women who availed the services of the transit home were provided with gender violence in favour of the survivors. Psychosocial Counselling.  Provided short-term shelter to 45 children and  Reunited 22 of the 121 girls reported missing women referred to the transit home, by the with their families. VDC, other organizations and the women’s cell.  Filed 04 cases of human traffi cking in district court  Organized door-to-door programs on 18 Jan, of Jhapa, 07 traffi ckers are in police custody and 29 Feb, 30 March, 3 May, 5 June and 26 August the cases are awaiting justice from the court. in Ittabhatta, Aayabaari, Mechinagar ward 10,  Filed 04 case of rape in district court of Jhapa, 11 and 12 reaching 950 people. 04 accused are in police custody and the cases  On 29th January, transit home organised are awaiting justice from the court. an interaction program for 20 participants  Rescued and repatriated 16 children (05 girls and in Kakarvitta to discuss the ways to curtail 11 boys)exposed to various forms of abuse and domestic violence. exploitation from Jalpaiguri, West Bengal, India.  From 3 to 11 Feb, Transit Home organised  Settled all seventeen (17) reported cases of a signature collection campaign to attract

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press attention in Bahundangi. Thousands of signatures were collected to put an end to human traffi cking.  To commemorate the 103rd International Women’s Day, the transit home organised a

ransit Homes rally of 200 people, an interaction program and T painted twenty rickshaws with different slogans against human traffi cking.  On 10 Jan, 17 March, 26 September and 20 October training and sensitisation programme were organised for 238 armed police personnel September, 30 November and 03 December in in Chandragadi. They were provided specifi c Satasidham, Dudhe, Bhadrapur, Burmeli tole instructions on their roles at Nepal-India border and Santinagar for 690 people. to combat human traffi cking  On 30 September, transit home and Nepal police jointly organised a workshop in Kakarvitta  On 28 and 29 June orientation programs on safe migration were organized for 40 women for 300 participants on “fi nding strategies to and youth group volunteers of Sivganj VDC. fi ght gender based violence”.  On October 25 transit home organised a  From 12-15 August transit home organised a training for students, police offi cials, VDC workshop for 50 people on “needs of the secretaries, government offi cials on Human children through world children’s prize” traffi cking, gender based violence and safe  A cross border workshop to combat human migration. 30 people were part of the training traffi cking was organised on 30 November. held in Kakarvitta. 60 people participated in this event. Plan International; Kanchanjunga Rescue Centre;  To mark the 7th National Anti-traffi cking day, transit home, women development offi ce, police Child Welfare Committee West Bengal; and personnel and other organizations organized a Child in need participated from India. Human Chain in Kakarvitta on 5 September  Conducted an orientation session for twenty where 500 people from Nepal and India formed (20) bus drivers on "the role of transport workers a human chain to show their solidarity on to prevent human traffi cking" on 06 December. human traffi cking.  Organized interaction programs on 27 June, 12

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 Intercepted 264 children and women at the border, preventing them from being traffi cked.  34 were found out of 148 girls reported missing with their families.  17,890 children and women crossing the Nepal- India border were provided information on safe migration, persuading some to return home because of the perceived risk.  Rescued and repatriated 70 children and women cases are awaiting justice from the court. from Mumbai, Gorakhpur, Pune, Delhi, and  359 girls and women who came to the District Lucknow of India. Administration Offi ce to apply for passports were  Settled all 38 cases of gender violence in favour of provided information on safe migration. the survivors.  To commemorate the 103rd International Women’s  Inspected 8,183 vehicles and rickshaw crossing Day, the transit home organised a rally of 200 the border, providing occupants with information people, an interaction program and painted ten on safe migration. rickshaws with different slogans against human  428 children and women availed the services of the traffi cking. On the same day, an interaction program Migration Center were provided with Psychosocial was organised for 4,500 people in Karaheya VDC Counselling. and Siddharthanagar Municipalities.  Provided short term shelter to 56 children and  Conducted door-to-door awareness campaigns women referred to the Migration Centre from the in Dip Nagar, Karaheya, Tindhura, Tikuligadh, women’s cell of police. Padasari VDC’s; Siddhanagar and Butuwal  Filed 04 cases of human traffi cking in district court of Municipalities reaching 383 households. Rupandehi. Three (03) traffi ckers are in police custody  Reached out to 1,300 benefi ciaries through street and the cases are awaiting justice from the court. drama in Siddhanagar and Butuwal Municipalities;  Filed 04 cases of rape in district court of Rupandehi. Madhuleya, Cheileya and Padsari VDCs. Six 06 accused are in the police custody and the  Conducted regular orientation sessions on human

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traffi cking for 455 people of Siddhanagar and Butuwal Municipalities; Madhuleya, Padsari, Tikulighad, Karahiya, and Chilhiya VDCs.  Conducted orientation sessions for 356 school students of Siddartha Nagar and Butuwal Municipality, Tikuligadh, Chilhiya and Madhuleya VDC.

ransit Homes  Operated a special information booth in a village T fair in Lumbini and provided information on human traffi cking to 7000 people on 30 April.  Organised four days training from 17- 20 June to than 5600 people in Belehiya, Madhuleya, Padsari, police offi cials on their roles at Nepal-India border Karahiya, Chilhiya VDC and Sidharthnagar to combat human traffi cking. Municipality.  Organised a training session for 27 women from  Offi cials from the Transit home and border police 23 to 25 June to address the issue of human jointly have patrolled open border of Madhuahawa, traffi cking. Chanauli and Kalidaha VDC’s after it was reported  11 girls rescued from India were provided three days that traffi ckers have started using these areas. training on mushroom farming in Nov and Dec.  Organised a quiz competition in Madhuleya VDC  Organised folk song competitions in Chilhiya, for 153 students on the occasion of children’s day. Karahiya, Madhuleya VDCs and Sidharthnagar  Celebrated International day of elimination of Municipality on the issue of human traffi cking on violence against women on 10 December in 04 September for 6000 viewers. Sidharthnagar Municipality Bhairahawa, Chilhiya,  To mark the 7th National Anti-traffi cking day, Karahiya, Madhuleya, Padsari, VDC with a rally of transit home organized a human chain in Nepal- 7000 people, white ribbon campaign and through India border Belahiya, Bhairawa on 5th September broadcasting awareness messages on Lumbini where 5600 people from Nepal and India formed a FM from10 to 25 December human chain to show their solidarity on the issue  Conducted an orientation session for twenty two of human traffi cking. (22) bus drivers on "the role of transport workers  Organised three days training from 16 -18 to prevent human traffi cking" on 08 December. September for police offi cers, teachers, women  Celebrated AIDS day on 1 December with a rally of leaders to sensitise them on their roles to combat 500 people in Bhairawa. human traffi cking and safe Migration.  Organised a human rally of 1,270 people in  Organised training sessions from 23-25 October Bhairahawa to celebrate International safe on human traffi cking for 28 women belonging to migration day on 18 December. various women’s Groups  More than 9000 IEC materials were disseminated  Showed the tele- documentary "Chhori" to more throughout the Rupandehi district.

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 Intercepted (144) children and women at the border, preventing them from getting traffi cked.  Provided information on safe migration to 16,493 children and women crossing the Nepal-India border.  Rescued and Repatriated 19 children and women from India. 02 girls were rescued from Darbhanga and 07 girls were rescued from Motihari state of Bihar; 02 girls were rescued from Delhi, 06 boy  To commemorate 103rd International Women’s children were rescued from Bangalore, Karnataka; Day, transit home organised a rally of 400 people 01 girl was rescued from Kolkata West Bengal; 01 and painted 10 Rickshaws with anti human girl was rescued from Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh. traffi cking slogans.  Inspected 3,995 vehicles crossing the border,  On 3 January and 25 March orientation program providing occupants with information on safe were organized for 160 armed police offi cials in migration. Patlaya Bara District  Settled all twenty seven (27) cases of gender  Organised a street play on human traffi cking on 20 violence in favour of the survivors. August in Birgunj reaching 121 people.  Registered Seven (07) cases of human traffi cking  Held an orientation program on 31 August for in the district court. 10 accused are in police 95 students belonging to Kadambary Higher custody, awaiting trial. secondary School of Birgunj.  Registered one (01) rape cases in district court. All  Celebrated 7th National Anti-traffi cking day on 5 three accused are absconding. September 5 in Birgunj by forming a human chain  Provided short term shelter for Fifty nine (59) of 1200 people in Nepal India border. children and women referred to the transit home  Transit home organised an orientation program on by the VDCs, other organizations and the women's safe migration and human traffi cking for 39 people cell of police. on 16th September at Alahu VDC.

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On the day of departure, seeing a naïve innocent CASE STUDY girl about to take off to Kuwait, the staff of Maiti Nepal, interrogated Sanu. Her sister was questioned as well and startlingly, both the sisters Sanu Kanchi Tamang belonged to a family with remained disoriented throughout the questioning. extreme economic diffi culties. She was the They did not know how much their pay would be, youngest among the 6 siblings. All her elder or where they would be working at. Shockingly, ransit Homes brothers and sisters had gotten married and

T they were not aware of the customs about the because her brothers did not have a good source country they were going to or anything about its of income, the family always lived in scarcity. To language or immigrants policy. Seeing a possible help her family fi nancially, Sanu decided to quit danger, both the ladies were intercepted from her studies and look for means to survival. One taking the fl ight. They were vulnerable and they of Sanu’s sisters was planning on going abroad. couldn’t be sent off to a foreign land at any cost. She was also persuading Sanu to go along with They were then sent to Maiti Nepal. her. The income earned by two people from the same family would be suffi cient to take care of At Maiti Nepal, the girls were given psychosocial the family’s basic necessities, they thought. care and support. They were also made acquainted Both the sisters convinced their parents tosend with a lot of cases about many girls who were them abroad. The parents agreed to their compelled to endure unbelievable misery because daughters wish and a total sum of Rs. 35,000 they were not careful enough. Maiti Nepal taught was accumulated for their departure. The old them about how they can be more assertive and parents had hopes in their eyes and dreams in what can help build their decision making capacity. their hearts for a better future. Both the girls left The girls are now more aware about their rights for Kathmandu from Sindhupalchowk to take off and responsibilities and all about procedures to Kuwait. All the legal formalities were sorted out to safe migration. They have made a pledge to and within a few days’ time, they were all set to fl ourish information on safe migration to as many fl y off to Kuwait. people as possible back in their community.

 To commemorate 26th AIDS Day, transit home  To celebrate 16 days of activism against gender with support of other organisations organised a violence, transit home organised an interaction rally on 1st December in Birgunj of 360 people. program on 9th December for 40 people  Conducted an orientation session for twenty two and a rally on 10 December for 300 people. (22) transport workers on "the role of transport  To enlighten journalists about the work done by workers to prevent human traffi cking" on 06 the transit home in 2013, a press conference was December in Birgunj. organised for 20 journalists on 31st December.

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Biratnagar (Est. 1998)

 Intercepted 215 girls/women at the border, preventing  On 31st July, organised a workshop for 60 members them from being traffi cked. of Community Safety-Net belonging to Kerabari,  Provided 918 migrant girls and women crossing the Letang, Sundarpur and Mrigauliya VDCs of Morang Nepal-India border with information on safe migration. district to enlighten them on the changing trends of  Reunited 04 of the 54 girls/women reported missing, human traffi cking and the ways to prevent it. with their families.  10 rickshaws were painted with slogans on anti-  Rescued and repatriated two (02) children and traffi cking and gender violence to mark the 103rd women from India. 01 girl was rescued from International Women’s Day on 8th March 2013. The Allahabad of Uttar Pradesh and 01 girl was rescued rickshaws were painted with the objective to catch from Jogbani of Bihar. the eyes of the general public by the slogans and  Resolved 37 among 47 cases of domestic violence make them aware on the issue. reported.  To mark 7th National Anti-traffi cking day on 4th  Filed 03 cases of rape in the District Police Offi ce, September, a human chain was formed at the border Morang; two accused is under police custody where 409 representatives of NGOs and government undergoing trial. bodies of Nepal and India joined their hands together  Inspected 4,828 vehicles crossing the border, providing in solidarity for this issue. occupants with information on safe migration.  Sensitized 35 community stakeholders of Mrigauliya  To sensitise students on human traffi cking; gender VDC through an orientation session on human violence and HIV/AIDS; organised a workshop for 30 traffi cking and gender violence on 5th September students of Bal Secondary School of Biratnagar on 2013. 28th June 2013.  To mark 20th Anniversary of Maiti Nepal, an  On 26th June an orientation programme was interaction programme on “control and prevention of organised for 30 armed police personnel in human traffi cking and gender violence” was held on Biratnagar. They were provided specifi c instructions 4th April for 35 people. on their roles at Nepal-India border to combat human  Sensitized 50 women of Kunti Ama Samuha on the traffi cking. issues of gender violence, human traffi cking, HIV/  To sensitise community of Letang and Kerabari AIDS at Biratnagar during an orientation session VDC on human traffi cking and gender violence, an on 1st December to mark the “16 Days of Activism orientation session was conducted on 29th July and against Gender Violence” and “International AIDS 30th July for 60 people. Day”.

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CASE STUDY ransit Homes T Maiti Nepal’s Border Surveillance Monitor, Nisha Nepali intervenes to rescue a girl from a Guest House in India

As a daily routine, Nisha Nepali not come home in the evening, her (Border Surveillance Monitor at father went looking for her and came Biratnagar) is checking the vehicles to know about Bishnu from Nirmala’s crossing through the border as well friends. as interrogating the girls/women. A rickshaw puller reports about a girl The following day, while her father was being held captive in one of the guest reporting about her missing daughter house at Jogbani, India. in the police station, the team of Maiti Nepal had already gone for the rescue Nisha contacts the offi ce at Biratnagar of the girl as per the information given and spontaneously the action comes by the rickshaw puller. in when Nisha and her team reaches Supreme Guest House at Jogbani and The team found the girl in the same starts the interrogation with the help of guest house and was then brought to the police in India. Maiti Nepal’s Transit Home.

Nirmala Pokhrel (name changed), After interrogation, a case of kidnapping aged 15 years, daughter of Dundi Raj and human traffi cking was fi led against Pokhrel had been missing since two Bishnu by Nirmala’s father under the days. Her parents were looking for their following two conditions: lost daughter who was held captive by a man aged 22 years and named as 1. Nirmala was escorted by the man’s Bishnu Paswan. aunt until Jogbani

Upon inquiry it was found that 2. Nirmala was kept locked in the guest Nirmala and Bishnu were in love and house they had made plans to run away 3. She was of minor age from home. The day, they made a plan to run away from home, Nirmala was escorted to Jogbani by Bishnu’s Nirmala’s parents expressed their aunty whereas Bishnu remained back gratitude towards Maiti Nepal for at home. She was kept locked in a preventing her from falling into abuse or hotel in Jogbani. When Nirmala did exploitation.

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 Intercepted 342 (three hundred and forty two) ninety two) migrants were provided information children and women at the border, preventing on safe migration at Nepal-India border. them from being traffi cked.  Reunited forty four (44) out of four hundred  346 (three hundred forty six) children and women and forty (440) girls reported missing with their were reintegrated with their families. families.

 97 (Ninety seven) children and women had  Settled 33 out of 39 reported cases of gender stopped their journey to India realizing that they violence in favour of survivors. were travelling unsafely to India after receiving  Transit Home fi led 06 (six) cases of Human information on safe migration in Nepal-India Traffi cking in the District Court of Banke. 05 border. accused are in police custody awaiting trial and  Rescued and repatriated twenty (20) children and 05 accused are absconding. women from India, Saudi and Kuwait. 04 boys  04 (four) cases of rape were fi led; 03 accused is and 16 girls, 06 girls were rescued from Kabadi in police custody awaiting justice. bazaar, Meerut; 01 boy from Baharaich, 01 girl from Baharaich Nanpara, 01 boy Gorakhpur,  Celebrated 103rd International Women’s Day by state of Uttar Pradesh; 02 girls and 01 boy was organizing week long programs: writing anti- rescued from Malwiyanagar, 01 boy and 01 girl traffi cking slogans in 10 rickshaws; conducting an from Aananda vihar, 01 girl was rescued from GB orientation program on 7 March in Fathepur VDC Road, 01 girl from Kotla, 01 girl from Madankilla for 63 people and organising a rally of 650 people union territory of Delhi; 01 girl rescued from in Nepalgunj on 8 March. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; 01 girl from Jeddah Saudi  Celebrated International Youth Day on 12 Arabia and 01 from Kuwait. August by organising orientation and interaction  Inspected 2,269 (two thousand two hundred and programs on “Youth, foreign employment and sixty nine) vehicles and rickshaws crossing the human traffi cking” for 104 people in Nepalgunj border, providing occupants with information on and Bankatuwa VDC. safe migration.  A week-long activity were organised to celebrate  12,892 (twelve thousand eight hundred and 6th National Anti-traffi cking day. Awareness

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CASE STUDY perplexed as to whether or not she should trust the man. As they were crossing the border, fortunately, the border guards of Maiti Nepal Sangita was born in Bhaktapur and is the eldest stopped them for interrogation. Suspecting the child among three siblings. 23 year old Sangita hazard, Sangita was stopped from crossing was employed and was in touch with a man from the border.

ransit Homes Lukhnow at Uttarpradesh in India. Facebook T was the mediation between the two. Slowly, Sangita is thankful that she was forbidden both of them started interacting in phones and right on time from doing something that would their relationship strengthened. The man had have perhaps ruined her life. After necessary told Sangita that he would help get her a job counseling services, she now knows the safe in one of the hotels in India. So, on his advice, procedures one must employ before migrating. she boarded a night bus from Kathmandu and Trusting easily or being lured into golden dreams came to Pushpalaal Chowk at Nepalgunj. The is dangerous and one can risk their lives if man had come to pick her up in a bike and he they are not careful enough are some of the told Sangita that across the border, his friend is things she learned from the transit home. She waiting for the two of them. He insisted Sangita has realized her mistakes and before doing to meet his friend and decided to leave for any such tasks she would think about the Lukhnow, then after. He also mentioned that consequences and then only would make her that the job he had looked for Sangita is safe decisions. Maiti Nepal has opened her eyes. and she will have to start working as soon as The counseling service provided by Maiti Nepal she reaches Lukhnow. Sangita was hopeful for helped her a lot. She is committed to not make a better future and was anticipating a new life; such mistakes again. She has been handed however, she as a bit scared within. She was over to her parents by the transit home.

messages were delivered through banners and organising a rally of 850 people in Nepalgunj. IEC Materials reaching 7,000 people. On 7  On the occasion of Teej, (a Hindu festival) transit September orientation program was organised home organized a song and dance program for in Fathepur VDC for 150 people and to mark the 1150 women with human traffi cking as its theme. anti-traffi cking day on 4 September, a Human chain of 360 people was formed in Nepal-India  Celebrated 16 days of activism against gender Border at Jamunaha. violence by organizing week long programs; awareness massages were delivered via  Celebrated Children’s Day on 14 September by banners, posters, pamphlets reaching 10,000 people; on 26, 27 November and 10 December orientation programs on gender violence were conducted in Rajhena, Mahadevpuri and Bankatawa VDCs for 127 people; on 10 December an interaction programme was broadcasted through Radio Bageshwori reaching 10,000 people; and the same day, a strong rally of 800 people was organised.

 Orientation programs on human traffi cking were conducted in different schools in May and August for 803 students belonging to Bankatuwa, Rajhena, Kohalpur, Kanchenpur, Sumshergunj, Bajapur, Khaskhusma and Sitapur VDC.

 Transit home conducted an interaction program with 48 Judges and Lawyers to identify means to strengthen laws on human traffi cking on 13 June.

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 An orientation program on human traffi cking was ransit Homes conducted in Baijapur on 28 June for 40 people. Two interaction programs were broadcasted on 8 July and 30 July through Radio Bageshwori reaching 4,000 people.

 Transit home organised a district level anti traffi cking interaction program on 20 August for 35 people belonging to district anti traffi cking committee including superintendent of police, chief district offi cer, government attorney and women development offi cer,

 Transit home conducted three days of residential training for 25 youths on combating human traffi cking from 7- 9 October.

 Orientation programs to train youths to help them understand their role to combat human traffi cking were organised for 231 youths from 20-30 October in 10 VDCs namely Kohalpur, Samshergunj, Fathepur, Rajhena, Manikapur, Chisapani and Baijapur.

 An interaction program focussing on Maiti’s work was broadcasted in ABC, a national television channel on 1 November reaching 50, 000 people. On 11 November an interaction program on human traffi cking was broadcasted through Radio Bageshwori FM reaching 10,000 people.

 Transit home conducted three days of transport workers to prevent human traffi cking" residential training for students on combating on 17 December. human traffi cking from 28- 30 November.  To enlighten journalists about the work done by  Conducted orientation programs from 11-31 the transit home in 2013, a press conference December for 445 students from belonging was organised for 42 journalists on 31st to 10 VDCs Rajhena, Bankatawa, Baijapur, December Kachanapur, Chisapani, Bageshowri, Sitapur,  More than 15,000 IEC materials on domestic Khaskusm, Kusmeshor. violence, unsafe migration and human traffi cking  Conducted an orientation session in Nepalgunj were disseminated to the locals throughout the for twenty nine (29) bus drivers on "the role of district

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 Intercepted 354 girls at the border, preventing them community people. from being traffi cked.  Organised a Cross-border workshop in  Provided 790 girls/women crossing the Nepal-India Pashupatinagar on 5th September for 130 border with information on safe migration. participants from Nepal and India on addressing  Reunited 19 of the 51 girls reported missing, with human traffi cking and developing linkages to fi ght their families. this crime jointly.  Rescued and repatriated 5 girls and 2 women  To empower women through computer skills, exposed to various forms of abuse and exploitation transit home organised three months computer from Siliguri, Bijanbari, Simana, Sukhiapokhari of training from 1st September – 30th November 2013 Darjeeling district, Sikkim and New Delhi, India. to 10 girls/women belonging to Fikkal, Kanyam, Samalbung, Panchakanya and Barbote VDC’s of  01 case of Human Traffi cking has been fi led in the Ilam district. district court of Ilam and 02 accused persons are in police custody.  To mark the 7th National Anti-traffi cking day, transit home organized a Human Chain in Pashupatinagar  Resolved all 21 cases of domestic violence on 5th September where 500 people from Nepal reported. and India formed a human chain to show their  Inspected 15,287 vehicles crossing the border, solidarity on the issue of human traffi cking. providing occupants with information on safe  To mark the 103rd International Women’s Day, transit migration. home organized an interaction programme on 8th  With the purpose of empowering single women and March for 30 women on the problems of women and members of Community Safety Net, transit home the ways to address violence against women. organised a TOT training for 30 women from 16th  To mark 20th Anniversary of Maiti Nepal, transit to 22 June at Pashupatinagar. Home organized an information dissemination  Made people aware about traffi cking and gender programme for 15 journalists on 4th April and violence, via door to door program on 3rd January shared Maiti Nepal’s 20 years of achievement, and 20th April at Bauddhadham, Chabise and Hile changing dimension of human traffi cking and the VDCs of Ilam district reaching 93 people. possible ways to minimize the problem.  A 10 days training on “income generation by  On the occasion of “16 days of Activism against utilising natural resources” was conducted in Gender Violence” and “International Human Pashupatinagar from 3rd July – 12th July to 13 Rights Day”, the transit home conducted an

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interaction programme with 33 participants on 10th December to strengthen the role of the counterpart organizations in India to combat human traffi cking and promote safe migration at Fatak, Simana.  Transit Home conducted following awareness and orientation programs to strengthen sensitization among people about human traffi cking, gender violence and safe migration:

Venue Date Participants Pashupatinagar 23rd and 24th February 2013 28 and 34 Police and custom offi cials Ilam municipality 18th April and 24th May 2013 27 and 38 Police and custom offi cials Shantipur VDC 29th March and 6th June 2013 140 and 98 adolescent girls Godak VDC 31st May 2013 95 community people Samalbung VDC 1st July 2013 49 tea-leaf pickers of Samalbung VDC Kanyam VDC 30th August 2013 79 tea-leaf pickers of Kanyam VDC Shakejung VDC 18th August 2013 75 people Sundarpani, Fikkal VDC 30th January 17 people Godak VDC 8th December 2013 49 people

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 Prevented 101 children and women from getting  Celebrated 7th national anti traffi cking day on 05 traffi cked by intercepting them at the border. September by making a human chain in Dhangadi  Reintegrated 90 children and women with their stretching over an area of two kilometres. 650 people families. Some of them were transferred to Maiti’s from Nepal and India formed a human chain to show rehabilitation homes at Kathmandu and Sunsari to their solidarity on the issue of human traffi cking. train them on income generating.  Organized a rally of 172 persons on 8th March in  Provided 2,752 children and women crossing Dhangadhi on the occasion of 103rd international the Nepal-India border with information on safe women’s day. migration.  To celebrate Maiti Nepal’s 20th anniversary  Settled 24 (Twenty-four) cases of gender violence distributed posters and pamphlets in Manehara in favour of applicants out of 27 cases. camp and phulbari buspark on 6th April reaching 575 people.  Found (58) of (67) girls who were reported missing and reunited them with their families.  Conducted training to 20 students in Dhangadhi on human traffi cking and safe migration from 2-3  Inspected 1,512 vehicles/rickshaws crossing the October. border, providing occupants with information on safe migration.  Organised training to 20 youth group members in Dhangadhi on human traffi cking and safe migration  Filed 01 case of human traffi cking in the District from 4-5 October. Court of Kailali. One accused is in police custody awaiting trial.  Published anti-human traffi cking messages throughout the month of December in local print

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by Maiti Nepal border Surveillance monitors. They CASE STUDY told the monitors that they were a couple and were going to India for medical checkup. The monitors were suspicious, so along with the border police Nine years ago, Juna, daughter of Ganga Devi they were interrogated again. This time unable to and Dev Bahadur Nepali was married to Sanjay with stand too many questions put forwarded by Nepali of the same village at a tender age of 9. the authorities, Sajor ran away. Juna was kept in Due to her family’s poor economic condition, her the Maiti Nepal offi ce where she was made aware husband, brother in law and father in law, had to on human traffi cking and hazards associated to it. opt for foreign employment (in India). While Juna was living with her mother in law and sister in She is very thankfull to Maiti Nepal for saving her law; a man named Saroj Shrestha lured her to life right on time. marry him. He told her that he was a very rich guy and possesses vast land in Punjab, India. Juna is now back in her village and gives awareness Convinced with the man’s words, Juna decided to people in her village about human traffi cking. 18 to go with him to India. years old Juna gathers children, youths and even adults and gives information on perpetrators and Juna and Saroj were in the process of crossing the how they lure young girls and women by giving border to India. At the border, they were questioned them false promises.

media (Kailali Dainik, Sudursendesh, Morning  More than 2,000 people were made aware of bell daily, Dhangadhi post, Hamar Pasura, News human traffi cking and safe migration through 04 paschimeli) reaching 25,000 readers. street dramas held from 13-14 June.  On 24 December training and sensitisation program  Aired 52 episodes of FM programs through Dinesh was organised for 22 border police, armed police FM 93.8 Megahertz and Paschim today FM 88.8 and custom offi cials. They were provided specifi c Megahertz Dhangadhi, kailali making more than instructions on their roles at Nepal-India border to 1,60,000 people aware of human traffi cking and combat human traffi cking safe foreign employment.  Organised training to 21 child club members in  Organized a press conference for 17 national and Dhangadhi on human traffi cking and safe migration local media personnel on 31st December to share from 27-28 December. the qualitative and quantitative achievements of  Activated 116 committee members of “Combating Maiti Nepal Kailali in 2013. Traffi cking in Persons group” to function as anti-  Transit home conducted regular awareness traffi cking advocates through briefi ng sessions programs in Kailali district and distributed more and training programs. than 9,000 IEC materials throughout the district.

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Mahendranagar, Kanchanpur (Est. March 2003) ransit Homes T

 Intercepted 76 children and women at the border, Secondary School, Mahendranagar aware of preventing them from being traffi cked. human traffi cking through sensitisation programs  Provided 5,140 migrant girls and women held on 16th January and 23rd December. crossing the Nepal-India border with information  Celebrated 103rd International Women's Day on safe migration. on 8th March by organising a human rally of  Rescued and repatriated 05 girls from India; 02 400 people at Mahendranagar and with a street from Gurgaon, Delhi; 03 from Haridwar, Khatima drama of 500 people. and Nanakmata of state of Uttaranchal.  Celebrated 20th anniversary of Maiti Nepal by  Inspected 1,451 vehicles/rickshaws crossing the organising a door-to-door campaign on 08 April border, providing occupants with information on in Gaddachauki reaching 100 households and safe migration; conducted a press meet for 20 journalists to share the transit home’s quarterly achievements  Reunited 20 of the 214 children and women reported missing with their families.  Celebrated 7th national anti traffi cking day on 05 September by making a human chain of 1,300  Resolved 50 of the 53 cases of gender violence people in Mahandranagar covering an area of two in favour of applicants. kilometers.  Initiated court proceedings against 01 case of  Celebrated 16 days of activism against gender human traffi cking; three accused are in police violence in Mahendranagar on 03 December with custody awaiting trial. a rally of 200 people.  Filed a case of rape of 15 year old girl in  Organized an interaction program on 9th Kanchanpur district court, three accused are in December for 27 people of Chandani VDC. police custody awaiting decision.  Transit home conducted regular awareness  Conducted two press meets for 35 journalists on programmes in Kanchanpur district and 13th January and 31st December at Mahendranagar distributed more than 5,000 IEC materials to share annual achievements of Maiti Nepal. throughout the district.  Made 102 students from International Higher

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Maheshpur

 Informed 1168 migrants on safe migration procedures. CASE STUDY  Handled fi ve cases of domestic violence

 Traced and reunited all 11 girls reported missing Mamata Gurung, a 16 years old, was with their families. intercepted at Maheshpur Check point while she was going to India. Because the  Intercepted 32 children and women at the border surveillance staff smelled rat, she border, preventing them from being traffi cked was brought to Transit Home Maheshpur for and reuniting with their families. further investigation.

 Inspected 378 rickshaws/vehicles crossing the She did not reveal the truth in the beginning border, providing occupants with information on but later unveiled that she was accompanying safe migration. Birendra Chowdhary, a 23 year old guy to pursue profession as a bar dancer in the Indian  More than 1119 IEC materials disseminated by territory. She was still a minor and she could the transit home be at risk. The images stored in her mobile phone were evidential in portraying that she  Celebrated annual day of Maiti Nepal on 7th could most likely be at risk. April by distributing 500 IEC materials in India- Her parents were summoned and Mamata Nepal border. was given counseling along with her parents.  Organized door-to-door programs on 18 July She affi rmed that she would never leave her and 4 December reaching 60 households and home without the consent of her parents from now on. 337 people.

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Rehabilitation Home

Rescued girls and women fi nd it diffi cult to adjust to ordinary life: they are emotionally and even physically scarred from their experience; they

ehabilitation lack self-esteem, education and skills they need R to live independently, and are often rejected by society. To ease their reintegration into the community, Maiti Nepal runs two rehabilitation homes, one in Kathmandu and one in Itahari, Sunsari District

In Kathmandu

of domestic violence and rape, street children and traffi cked children and women. The Rehabilitation and Crisis Home is fi rst and foremost a safe home to those who are in immediate need, and those who have been physically and/or psychologically scarred. This Home has been able to support the physical, psychological, and educational needs of its members and continues to provide safe temporary shelter during their stay.

As of December 2013, 313 children and women were in the Rehabilitation Home and received direct benefi ts from Maiti Nepal. Shelter 01 (Girls section) had 76 girls/women, and Shelter 02 housed 237 children respectively. Adolescent girls reside in Shelter 01, and the younger children live in Shelter 02. ey activities of the Rehabilitation and Crisis Home is to provide shelter; arrange for non- Kformal as well as formal education; impart Rehabilitation and crisis homes vocational, income generating and life skills; facilitate medical check-ups and treatment; conduct  Are a sanctuary for the victimised counselling and psychotherapy sessions; fi le  Provide physical and cases against accused criminals; identify parents psychological care and encourage the residents to set up their own enterprises and become self-reliant. Rehabilitation  Teach the skills needed for home also provides jobs to residents. independent living

 Initiate legal proceedings Residents of the home form a heterogeneous mix. They include abandoned/lost children, survivors

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47 were destitute women and survivors of R ehabilitation In total, out of 71 girls/women in the centre gender violence 134 were intercepted girls and women 06 are working as housekeeping and 07 were raped or sexually abused service staff at Kathmandu Guest House, 10 were rescued from vulnerable conditions Kathmandu from different restaurants 04 are working as housekeeping staff at Park Village Resort, Kathmandu 01 is working as a waitress in Coffee Times, In 53 cases of trafficking Kathmandu 06 are working as care takers in baby room of 39 were rescued from various traffi cked the Children’s Protection Center, Ktm. destinations in India namely, Pune, Meerut, 02 are working as service staff in Hotel Mumbai, New Delhi, and Kolkata. Baishali, Kathmandu 10 were returnees from Gulf Countries, 06 are taking Hotel Management Training at namely, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Dubai, Hotel Annapurna, Kathmandu Bahrain, and Kuwait. 02 are working as housekeepers and service 03 were rescued from Khasa, China. staff at Hotel Aryal, Kathmandu 01 was rescued from Bangladesh. 03 are working at Neel David's beauty parlour as beauticians, Kathmandu. Of the above 08 are working as offi ce helpers at Maiti Nepal, Kathmandu, 04 are working as clinic helpers at Maiti Nepal, 32 were re-integrated with their families. Kathmandu, 05 are in the rehabilitation home in Maiti Nepal, 01 is working in boy's hostel as a care taker. Kathmandu, 03 are working as kitchen helpers in Maiti 07 have been provided jobs in different Nepal, Kathmandu, sections of Maiti Nepal’s Head offi ce, as 01 is working as a gardener at Maiti Nepal, helpers, care takers, boutique workers and Kathmandu, tailors. 02 are working as canteen helpers at Maiti 07 have been shifted to the Child Protection Nepal, Kathmandu, Centre as they wanted to receive formal 03 are working as school helpers at Teresa education. Academy, school run by Maiti Nepal, 02 are receiving house-keeping training from 15 are attending classes on income generating Global Institute. skills, sewing, knitting and life skills in Maiti rehabilitation home, Kathmandu, In 134 cases of interception 09 are attending Maiti Nepal’s workshop wherein women learn income generating skills like bead making. 121 were re-integrated with their families 01 is working at Nil David Beauty Parlour as a From January – December 2013, there were 270 new beautician. arrivals. 251 were girls/women and 19 were children. 03 are receiving house-keeping training at Hotel Annapurna, Kathmandu. 07 are working at different hotels and colleges Out of 251 girls/women after receiving training on house-keeping 02 are working as an offi ce helper and a child 53 were traffi cked and rescued from various care taker at Maiti’s head offi ce destinations

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02 Children were adopted by Nepali families In 47 cases of domestic violence and destitution 05 Children are with their mothers and are residing in the Women’s Rehabilitation Home 34 were re-integrated with their families 01 Child is in a hostel for blind children 04 are in Maiti’s rehabilitation home 01 Child is studying nursing in India Kathmandu 13 Children are attending higher secondary 01 is working at Maiti’s Child Protection Centre, level schools

ehabilitation Kathmandu R 01 is taking house-keeping training from Global From January - December 2013, 19 children were Institute. rescued and provided shelter. 05 are working at different hotels and colleges after receiving training on house-keeping Out of 19 children 02 have been shifted to the Child Protection Centre as they wanted to receive formal 05 Children were re-integrated their family education members. 02 Children were adopted by a Nepali family. In 07 cases of rape 01 Child was transferred to the Hospice, and now is attending Teresa Academy a school 04 were re-integrated with their families established by Maiti Nepal 01 is working in a hotel after receiving training 11 Children are in the Child Protection Centre, on housekeeping Kathmandu, Nepal and attending formal 02 have been shifted to the Child Protection education. Centre as they wanted to receive formal education Of those 11 children in the CPC

In 10 cases of girls rescued from vulnerable 08 Children are attending Teresa Academy a conditions from restaurant school established by Maiti Nepal where they are receiving formal education. 08 were re-integrated with their families 02 Children are infants 01 is working in hotel after receiving training on 01 Child is in Maiti Nepal's Clinic Section for housekeeping long term medication. 02 have been shifted to the Child Protection Centre as they wanted to receive formal Statistical data of trafficking survivors education Name of City and Country Number of Traffi cked from where girls were rescued Girls Rescued As of December 2013, 237 children received direct Delhi, India 12 benefi ts from Maiti Nepal in form of shelter, medical Mumbai, Maharastra, India 20 assistance, education, food and clothing. They developed Pune, India 02 toward a brighter future in the following ways: Hyderabad, India 02 Silchar , Assam,India 02 Out of 237 children Kolkata , India 01 Kuwait 04 197 Children are attending formal schools 04 Children are attending colleges Saudi Arabia 04 02 Children doing MBBS Khasa, China 03 07 Children are infants U.A.E. 01 05 Children were re-integrated with their Iraq 01 families Bangladesh 01

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Established in March 2002, the Itahari Rehabilitation Home has so far served 322 girls and women. Its non- formal education programme is particularly effective in teaching residents reading, writing and arithmetic as well as addressing gender issues, including gender violence, child and women’s rights, leadership, health, birth registration, safe motherhood, early marriage, and HIV/AIDS. Different trainings and income generating skills are provided to each batch of trainees which encompasses six months training in tailoring; embroidery (boutique items).

2013 highlights

 Reunited 13 of 33 persons reported missing, program in Itahari on 8th March reaching 350 with their families. people.

 Resolved all 3 cases of domestic violence  To commemorate Maiti Nepal’s 20th reported. anniversary a documentary fi lm “SOLD- A Child Traffi cked” was shown to 84 people of  01 case of Human Traffi cking has been fi led Bagarkote, Shivanga, Dharan on 6th April. in the district court of Sunsari and 01 person convicted of the crime but released on bail.  Conducted a sensitisation program on 23 January and 8 December for 53 students of  Provided six-month empowerment training in B.P. Koirala Campus to sensitise them on sustainable livelihoods in tailoring, needlework Human Traffi cking, HIV/AIDS and social/ and boutique work to 35 girls in the 16th and health consequences faced by the survivors of 17th batch of trainees. traffi cking.  Celebrated 103rd International Women’s Day  On 12th May organised an orientation by organizing a mass rally and an interaction

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CASE STUDY Married at an early age: Vulnerable to trafficking

Life came to a stand still for Manisha (name silver ornament. And fi nally, with the money they changed), when she got married at a very early reached until Kakarvitta. age of 8 years. When it was her time to play Her friend Nisha had informed her earlier that with her friends and toys, she had to do all the

ehabilitation one of her aunt living at Kakarvitta would help household chores in her in-laws house.

R them reach their destination but as they reached She could never imagine that she would get Kakarvitta, Nisha asked her to stay with the bus married to a man, 22 years older than her. The driver at his house whereas she would stay with huge difference in age made life more diffi cult for her uncle in his house. Manisha. She was neither mentally nor physically Petrifi ed Manisha, told her that she would rather prepared to understand the person and this was stay in the street then go with a stranger in his the reason that she had a lot of diffi culty getting house. Subsequently, Nisha went out looking for along with her in-laws. her aunt’s house and she stayed back at the bus As a daughter in-law, she had to perform all the station. household chores and also get the tantrums of At that very moment, she saw Nisha coming along her in-laws. After a year, she decided to go back with a woman in a uniform. She addressed me to her parents’ house as she used to be severely and then came to know that it was the Border tortured by her husband when she could not get Surveillance Staff of Maiti Nepal. The bus driver along with her husband’s wishes. was asking her to give the bus fare but as the staffs But her fate took a different scenario when she of Maiti Nepal intervened, she was then left away. was forced to go back to her in-laws house by Both of them were then taken to the police her parents, as leaving her husband’s house and station and upon inquiry they were found to be staying with her parents was against the society. vulnerable to traffi cking and were referred to Maiti Unwillingly, she went back to her in-laws house Nepal at Kakarvitta. They were then provided but after some months her husband married with counselling and comprehensive support another girl and did not return back home. services. Then she decided to run away from home but she After realizing how vulnerable she was to feared of her elder brother who was in police force. traffi cking, she decided to take some training at Rehabilitation Home in Itahari. With the help of one of her friends, she fi nally ran away from home and decided to go to India She has now completed her income-generating to look for a job. While they left home, they had and leadership training of six months and is no money so she had to sell her one and only presently looking for a job.

program for 50 armed police offi cials of Pakali police camp, they were provided specifi c instructions on their roles at Nepal- India border to combat human traffi cking.

 To mark the 7th National Anti-traffi cking Day, rehabilitation home organized a “human chain” on 5th September, with the involvement of 700 people from Government bodies and other organizations.

 On the occasion of “16 days of Activism against Gender Violence” organized an interaction programme for 45 people on 11th December entitled “problems faced by women in the district of Sunsari and ways to curb it”.

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As part of its rehabilitation efforts, Maiti Nepal provides survivors of traffi cking and other forms of abuse and exploitation with legal and medical services. By providing legal aid at its central offi ce in Kathmandu, Maiti Nepal helps to ensure that justice is done in the cases of children and women who have had their rights violated and helps to promote a sense of proper re compensation.

For its part, the provision of medical services is a recognition that good health is a requisite for a good life and that child and women victims are often denied their right to preventive primary health care measures. Maiti Nepal’s clinic and two hospices to remedy this need and Initiative Hope lends a much-needed helpful hand to persons living with HIV/AIDS.

Legal Aid Section, Central Office, Kathmandu

hrough its legal aid section in its central office in Kathmandu, Maiti T Nepal provides legal support to In 2013, 4022 people were survivors of trafficking, handles referrals provided with the legal support. and deals with the several daily requests Out of these for help in cases ranging from missing girls, rescue from brothels, incidents of domestic violence, guardianship,  39 human traffi cking cases were fi led in child sexual harassment, abuse and exploitation, trafficking, rape, polygamy the different district courts throughout and kinship. On average, it handles eight the country. All the cases are awaiting to ten cases of domestic violence and two justice from the learned courts. to three cases of missing children and  890 cases of domestic violence were girls every day. reported, 445 cases were resolved out Survivors of trafficking are assisted in of court and other cases were referred registering FIR and pleading their cases to national women commission, police’s in court. Maiti Nepal extends its support women cell, Nepal Bar Association and until the district court reaches a decision other related organizations. and, if the decision is unsatisfactory, an appeal is filed with the concerned  1696 cases of missing girls, women and appellate court and supreme court through boys were reported, of which 872 were the government attorney’s general office. located and reunited with their families. Not all cases go to court, however, as Maiti Nepal lawyers pursue informal and 27 cases of rape were fi led in different alternative methods of dispute resolution district courts and are awaiting fi nal like counselling, mediation and negotiation decision. prior to litigation.  1370 individuals sought legal counsel. On a client's first visit, his or her complaint,

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personal data and the type of assistance when all attempts at mediation have failed, sought are recorded. Whether or not he or a case is filed, if the client wishes it and as a she needs supplementary support, including last recourse for justice. Such mediation avoids shelter, medicine or food, is also assessed. court costs and delays and often leads to an After registering the complaint, the opposite amicable settlement. When mediation fails in party is notified by phone and invited to Maiti most criminal matters, including rape, brutal Nepal's office to discuss the problem and violence and trafficking, litigation is the only dispute settlements by alternative means (the way to ensure a constitutional remedy. In such ADR Process) are initiated. Negotiations are cases, Maiti Nepal files cases with the police carried on over several sessions and only and the concerned court.

The Sonja Jeevan Kendra (est. 2002) L egal Aid/Medical Service  On 18 October, administered polio drop to children below the age of 5 years residing he Sonja Jeevan Kendra (clinic) was at Sonja Bal Griha, Kathmandu. Organized established in 2001 to provide medical a skin check up for children and women on T services to the children, girls and women who 16 April reaching people. reside at the Kathmandu Rehabilitation Home,  Set up a dental camp for children and Kathmandu. Its services include providing general women on 18 April reaching 60 people. health checks and medical screening, medical, nursing, and psychological care, moral support,  On 27 October administrated Vitamin A to and basic emergency treatment; prescribing children below 5 years. and dispensing medicine; monitoring anti-  56 children and women underwent CD4 retroviral treatment, taking patients to hospitals count in February and September. for out-patient services, complex investigations, surgery and major medical emergencies. It has  On 22 December administrated Polio the capacity to conduct basic laboratory tests, vaccine to children below 5 years. including determining total and differential

blood counts, erythrocyte sedimentation rate, haemoglobin level, blood group, VDRL, HIV status, and hepatitis B infection as well as carrying out routine microscopic examinations of urine and stool and the Mantoux test.

The clinic has 38 beds and is supervised by a full- time medical doctor who is supported by one staff nurse, one health assistant, two community medical auxiliaries, one laboratory assistant and fi ve clinic helpers.

In 2013, it served 1047 check-ups as inpatients of the residents as well as new clients. It also provided the following services to the general public and residents. Children receiving their yearly vaccination

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There are 18 residents, including one baby girl. M edical Service Sattighatta hospice and The hospice provides the residents with their primary health care basic needs including shelter, food, and medical care and provides companionship and affection. centre (est. 1999) To promote long term healing residents are encouraged to participate in vegetable farming, In April 1999, Maiti Nepal established a hospice on fish breeding and animal husbandry. 8.15 acres of land in Sattighatta, Jyamirgadi VDC, Jhapa District, fi ve Kilometres south of Kakarvitta Sattighatta Hospice provides primary health care to shelter survivors of traffi cking who suffer from to the local residents of Sattighatta where free various illnesses, including hepatitis, tuberculosis medical services including general check-ups, and HIV/AIDS. Its residents were moved to Gokarna, providing medicines and conduct awareness Kathmandu district when Maiti Nepal’s Sonja Kill campaigns on health and hygiene. Memorial Hospice was opened in January 2006 and the Sattighatta residents now houses survivors of In 2012, 529 locals, 233 children, 172 Women and gender violence suffering from psychiatric disorders. 124 men received health services.

residents themselves grow seasonal vegetables Sonja Kill Memorial for their own consumption. Yoga classes, Hospice, Gokarna meditation and birthday celebrations are regular activities, as are deciding upon the daily menu and (Established in 2006) going on trips.

This hospice was specially designed to introduce serenity and dignity into the lives of survivors of traffi cking and gender violence who are in poor health and to provide them with holistic care. It meets their basic needs, including shelter, meals, clothing and medical care, and offers them companionship and affection so they can live out the rest of their lives in dignity and serenity. Residents who moved from Sattighatta can still enjoy beautiful open grounds of almost 3690 square metres, but they also benefi t from an upgrade in the quality of care they receive because of the proximity of the hospice to the excellent emergency hospital care and skilled medical professionals in Kathmandu. The hospice’s modern amenities include 24-hour medical care, a balanced diet, and anti-retroviral treatment which includes testing viral load and CD4 cells regularly.

The hospice currently houses 36, 21 children and 15 women, but has the potential to expand. Residents not only receive medical treatment but also participate in vocational handicraft classes like making bead necklaces and bracelets. The on- location dairy farm supplies milk products and the

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rate, though not curable. In 2013, 54 children and Initiative Hope women underwent CD4 count

With the help from the INGO'S and organizations Information Management which help and support Maiti Nepal, Initiative Hope was launched in the mount of September 2003. Initiative Hope is a Champaign to provide anti- retroviral treatment (ART) and monitoring to all HIV/

M edical Service AIDS-infected people cared by Maiti Nepal under the management of outstanding medical team.

Initiative Hope is a Champaign to provide anti- retroviral treatment (ART) and monitor skin and HIV/ AIDS-infected people cared by Maiti Nepal under the care of excellent medical team.

Of the total 77 PLWHA(People Living with HIV/ AIDS),43 are receiving ART, out of which 25 are adult female and 1 adult male and 9 female child and 8male child. Since 2008 Maiti Nepal has been receiving antiretroviral drugs from the Government Maiti Nepal set up an information and resource of Nepal. The CD4 counts in the patient prove that centre (IRC) in 2002 to collect, disseminate, the treatment of effective in reducing the mortality process and store information related to women, children, HIV/AIDS and human traffi cking as well as to provide the general public with information about these issues as requested by e-mail, fax, or post. The centre issues a computerized text database system, CDS/ISIS, developed by UNESCO. The IRC'S other regular activities include publishing newsletter, keeping up to date with news from branch offi ces, organizing awareness programs and maintaining its fi le of newspaper clippings related to children and women, which dates to 1998. At the end of December 2013, IRC had more than 2500 books, documents, reports, training modules, newsletters, journals and papers related to traffi cking, gender and HIV/AIDS and had begun to establish an audio and video library. In 2013, 800 people from different sectors made use of the facilities. Other highlights of 2013 are listed below:

 Conducting 15 interaction programs with social workers, medical institutes, teachers, students and representatives from various organizations.  Issuing 7 press releases.  Conducted 6 awareness campaigns in Kavre, Nuwakot, Lalitpur and Kathmandu districts.

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Edifi cation at Teresa Academy E ducation Kathmandu (Est.1998)

traffi cked, Teresa Academy was established in April 1998. Since then the academy is committed to providing a positive childhood in an intellectually stimulating learning environment through varied activities.

The year 2013 is the fi fteenth academic year of Teresa Academy. Currently there are 435 students studying in various classes, 200 children are the children from Maiti Nepal’s Sonja girls child protection centre, 12 students are from the missionaries of charity, 89 girls are from Bal Basera (an organization for confl ict victim children) and 134 o provide the formal education and all-round students are day scholar. Out of which 61 children development of orphans, under-privileged are provided with uniforms and stationeries from Tchildren and children at high risk of being the school.

Highlights of co- curricular activities in 2013

 18 April: School new session started. Selected  23 June: Organized an inter house singing new captains and distributed awards to the competition. best performers of the year 2012.  13 July: Organized a Nepali poem  03 May: Introduced a New Class " Chahari recitation competition on the occasion of Class" in the school especially designed for Bhanu Jayanti. the students who come in the middle of  30 August: Organized an inter house the session and also for the students who elocution competition on the topic "How are double the age of their classmates. important is Extra Curricular Activities in These children have been into different the school". forms of unsocial activities so were unable to continue their studies or have never  14 September: Celebrated children’s day been to school, or have not received a  19 September: School participated in quality education. the science exhibition organized by  May: Observed the global voting day in the TPES (the Pioneer's Event Solution) the school. WCPRC (World’s Children’s Teresa Academy had chosen the Topic Prize for the Rights of the Child) is the “Evolution of the organisms”. programme launched by children all  17-24 November: Second Terminal over the world announcing the three Examination held. prize candidates of the year, who have been selected by the World’s Children’s  25 December: School had organized a Prize Jury. This year more than thousand talent show on the occasion of Christmas children voted for their child rights hero. Day.

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Advocacy on safe migration (started in 2010) in 2013 A dvocacy

 Provided information on safe migration and  Aired 104 episode (Thursday and Friday safe foreign employment to 847 people two episodes in a week) of FM programmes from a counselling centre located at district through Rasuwa FM 102.1 MHZ from January administration offi ce at Dhunche. to December; more than 14,431 people are expected to reach through this programme.  18,187 (Eighteen thousand one hundred and eighty-seven) female labour migrants were  Celebrated 7th national anti traffi cking day on informed on safe foreign employment at 05 September by making a human chain of Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA), Kathmandu. 300 people in Dhunche of Rasuwa district.

 Established 02 (Two) women cooperatives  Monitoring of human rights situation in three specialising in saving and credit schemes. VDCs of Rasuwa was conducted; situation of From 71 members NRS.3,18,000 have been women’s rights was found to be improved than saved till date that of previous years.

 09 community people were successfully  Disseminated more than 8,000 IEC materials trained in the sector of hospitality to more than 4,000 people throughout the management. district;

 01 (One) youth and child learning centre was  In collaboration with 11 district level established, so far 107 children and youths organisations selected a traffi cking free VDC. have benefi ted from the centre.  Held a meeting with 14 members of Srijanshil  Conducted tutorial sessions to o8 (eight) women cooperative in Ramche on 13 and SLC (School Leaving Certifi cate) students 19 December on “operating cooperatives continuously for three months, due to that all of effectively and handover of youth centre”. them passed their fi nal exams.  On 14 December conducted a meeting with  1,166 (One thousand one hundred and sixty- Radio Rasuwa 102.1 MHZ on continuing six) child club members from 04 schools have broadcasting FM radio program even after benefi ted from sports materials provided to termination of the project. their schools and child clubs.  Organised a district level sharing and linkage  Tracking scheme to ensure safety of the development meeting on 16 December for 57 migrants who were provided information participants. through Maiti’s information centre has come  Advocacy on Safe Migration and Anti Human into effect. Under this study information Traffi cking Initiatives (ASaMATI) project was on 652 (Six hundred and fi fty-one) labour handed over to two cooperatives, Mahila migrants were collected; out of that, 375 Adhikar Bachat Tatha Rin Sanakari Samstha, (57.52%) migrants were found to be safe in the Dhunche and Srijanshil Bachat Tatha Rin destination countries. Sahakari Samstha, Ramche; from the year  Celebrated 103rd International Women's 2014 onward those two cooperatives will carry Day on 8 March with a strong rally of 350 out anti human traffi cking programs in the participants. district.

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Half-way Home (Est. October 2009)

he small hotels, restaurant sector, massage age of 18) withdrawn from these sectors and then parlours in Nepal have emerged as a visible rehabilitate, provide an alternative livelihood to Tintermediary supply site in the context of bring them to a mainstream society. internal as well as cross-border traffi cking of girls and young women. The last 5-6 years have seen an Since its establishment, the Home has provided unprecedented number of women and girls entering shelter to 53 (fi fty-three) girls. Among them 06 (six) employment as workers in dance, cabin restaurants girls underwent different types of trainings in 2012. and massage parlours in Nepal. This has in Currently, 09 girls are staying at the Half way home. somehow helped in the economic independence of To keep the girls refreshed, several recreational the girls/women but on a larger part put a threat to activities were also conducted such as taking them the life of the girls/women making them vulnerable to for visit at various sites, picnics. The girls also different forms of abuse/exploitation and moreover undertake active roles in raising awareness against hampering their social development. human traffi cking by performing street dramas during the awareness campaigns. Apart from the As a matter of fact, Maiti Nepal established a Half- above activities, to enhance their capabilities, the way Home in October 2009 with the objective to girls also learn to play musical instruments and as provide a safe shelter home to the girls (below the well learn English language.

Rujana Gurung had nearly forgotten her national CASE STUDY language but her fate didn't want this and was brought to Nepal safely

"I am very happy to be in Nepal again. Thank When she was old enough to take care of you to Maiti Nepal for accepting me"- says herself, she along with her friend Nima Lamu Rujana Gurung. Sherpa took a rented room and started to work in a Wange Disco. It had been six-seven Rujana Gurung was born around 1995 at months that they were working in the disco; Chitwan District. Her mother's name was Laxmi Chinese police came and checked their Gurung. She doesn't know her father's name. citizenship. They had no any document with Her both the parents were farmers. She doesn't them. They said that they were Nepalese. So, know about her siblings. the Chinese police told them to leave China. They had nowhere to go and were staying in She was six years old when she was started to Nepal-China border where some staffs of Maiti work in Lajen Sherpa's house as a housemaid. Nepal found them. Lajen Sherpa's sister Tshering Sherpa took her to Khasa, China. She then, worked in Gumba.She Now, Rujana is happy. She stays in Maiti was given food and clothes but was never given Halfway and goes to Teresa Academy, the salary. This embarrassed her but could do nothing. school run by Maiti Nepal.

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Information and Counselling centre, Liping, Sindhupalchowk (est. December 2011) in 2013

 Intercepted 41 children and women at the  On the occasion of Maiti Nepal's 20th border, preventing them from being traffi cked. anniversary organised an information sharing  122 girls/women had realized that their journey and discussion program in Kodari for 29 people. to Khasa was risky and returned back home  To empower the women as social activist 14 directly from the border. housewives from Tatopani VDC were provided  32 (Thirty-two) girls and women were training on women’s rights and leadership skills C ouncelling centre reintegrated to their families; 11(Eleven) girls on 11th April. were sent to central offi ce for further counselling  Trained 25 police offi cials on effective border and training. monitoring and to prevent cross border traffi cking  05 (Five) girls were liberated from sexual and from Nepal-Sino borders in April and July. labour slavery; 04 from Khasa, China and 01  Organized a co-ordination meeting at Kodari, from an exploitative situation. Tatopani on 7th June for 26 people.  2,887 migrants were provided information on  Made 180 students belonging to Kodari higher safe migration at Nepal-China border. secondary school and Tatopani lower secondary  130 girls/women were provided information on school aware of human traffi cking and unsafe safety precautions before crossing Nepal-China foreign employment by organising two training border to Khasa from Daskilo, which is a secret sessions on 28th May and 30th May. outlet to Khasa (China) from Tatopani.  In March, April, May and June organized 04 door-  Reunited 02 of the 05 children and women to-door campaigns in Thamigaun, Bokchen, reported missing with their families. Khokundol and Chaku reaching 350 people.  Settled 06 cases of the 10 reported cases of  Organised an orientation session followed gender violence in favour of survivors. by a documentary show in Kamigaun Chaku,  In March, trainees belonging to Maiti’s prevention Marming-9 reaching 24 local people home Nuwakot organised three awareness  After 77 local people and 40 armed police offi cials campaigns in Liping, Tatopani and Barhabise were trained on anti traffi cking initiatives, local reaching 620 people. people have informed us on 12 girls at risk of  Celebrated 103rd International Women's Day by being exploited/ traffi cked. Police and offi cials of organising an interaction program on women's information and counselling centre have jointly rights for 24 participants. patrolled Daskilo (one of the secret outlets to

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'NAANI'- Name of Activist for Anti-traffi cking National Initiative (Started- November 2011) in 2013 N aani With the aim of preventing human traffi cking through the efforts of trained female volunteers, Maiti Nepal has instigated a new project "NAANI", which is a commonly used Nepali word for addressing young girls. Under this project, the trained volunteers - NAANI themselves undertake anti-traffi cking programmes in their respective communities. To make community aware of human traffi cking, safe migration, gender violence and women's rights sixteen girls from Kaverpalanchok, Makwanpur, Nawalparasi and Nuwakot districts are mobilised as "NAANI" in two VDCs of aforesaid districts. In 2013 they undertook the following programs in Kabhrepalanchowk district:

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Annual conducts of NAANIs and population reached directly are as follows: N aani

Kabhrepalanchowk district Activities Place Date Participants No. Discussion Gairibisauna 4-Apr VDC officials 3 Orientation and cultural programme Gairibisauna 15th April Girls and women 74 Interaction program Sipaghat, Gauribisauna 16th April and 4th June Police 6 Door-to-door campaign Gairibisauna 5th June Students 30 Orientation Brahmayani Secondary School, Gairibisauna 31st June Students 105 Human chain Gairibisauna 5-Sep Public 300 Teej song competition Gairibisauna 8th September Women 400 Discussion Gauribisauna-5 10th December Women 35 Comprehensive support to children Sipaghat, Gauribisauna 14th December Girls 2 IEC materials Gairibisauna Jan-Dec Community people 1000 Interaction programme Naldum 15th April Government officials 16 Orientation program Naldum 16th April Women 74 Orientation Janakalyan Lower Secondary School at Thadegaun at Naldum VDC 25th May Students 28 Cultural program Mahakali secondary school, Naldum 31st August Public 278 Door-to-door campaign Naldum 16th September Community people 90 Discussion Naldum 9th December Women 35 Meeting Naldum July-December Women 105 IEC materials Naldum Jan-Dec Community people 2000 4,581

Makwanpur district Activities Place Date Participants No. Parenting education Hadikhola 18th March Parents 24 Group formation Hadikhola 24-Mar Parents 22 Door-to-door Bankariyatole, Hadikhola 13-Apr Local people 95 Orientation Mahendrajyoti H.S. school, Masine, Hadikhola 10th June Students 50 Orientation Pashupati Nath secondary school, Hadikhola 11-Jun Students 23 Human chain Hadikhola 5-Sep People 400 Teej Song competition, drama and rally Hadikhola 8th September Women 700 Lok dohori (Duet song) competition Hadikhola 5th December Women 200 IEC materials Hadikhola Jan-Dec Community people 700 Rally Manahari 4th April Local people 100 Discussion Manahari 4th June Police 14 Orientation Pologhari, Manahari 15th June People 15 Women network meeting Manahari 18th June Women 14 Human chain Manahari 5th September People 300 Maas meeting on gender violence Manahari 5th December People 100 Rally and corner meet Manahari-4 5th December Local people 150 IEC materials Manahari Jan-Dec Community people 1500 4,407

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Nawalparasi district Activities Place Date Participants No. Sensitization Daunnedevi 4th August Community people 45 N aani Data collection Gangabasti, Daunnedevi 29th August Students 852 Door-to-door Gangabasti, Daunnedevi 30th August-25th October Community people 1477 Orientation Gangabasti, Daunnedevi 12th December Women 29 IEC materials Daunnedevi Jan-Dec Community people 500 Coordination meeting Dumkibas 31st August Stakeholder 40 Orientation Dumkibas 30th September Women 38 Orientation Lakhan Thapa memorial school, Dumkibas 9th December Students 16 Orientation Dumkibas-3 11th December Women 28 IEC materials Dumkibas Jan-Dec Community people 500 3,525 Nuwakot district Activities Place Date Participants No. Coordination meeting Samundratar 4th June Police 4 Interaction Samundratar 6th June Police 11 Orientation Gangadevi primary school, Bokedhunga, Samundratar 7th June Students 33 Meeting Samundratar 12th June NAANI 4 Meeting Samundratar 14th June Women 21 Orientation Dupcheshwar HSS, Ramati, Samundratar 17th June Students 118 Human chain Samundratar 5th September Community people 300 Discussion Samundratar 9th December Women 30 Information flow Ramati, Samundratar 16th December Community people 250 IEC materials Samundratar Jan-Dec Community people 1000 Interaction Sundaradevi 5th June Police 7 Orientation Sundara LSS, Tame, Sundaradevi 9th June Students 74 Group meeting Dhande, Sundaradevi 16th June Women 30 Discussion Sundaradevi 18th June VDC officials 4 Teej song competition Sundaradevi 8th September Women 500 Human chain Sundaradevi 5th September Community people 300 Group formation Kaule, Sundaradevi-8 18th October Women 13 Meeting Sundaradevi-1, Dhande 19th October Women 31 Door-to-door campaign Sundaradevi-1, Barhabise 23rd and 24th October Community people 342 Meeting Sundaradevi-8, Bhangeri 16th November Women 13 Meeting Sundaradevi-1, Dhande 22nd November Women 31 Door-to-door campaign Sundaradevi-6, Tame 24th and 25th November Community people 273 Meeting Sundaradevi-6, Tame 21st November Women 22 Orientation Sundaradevi-9, Bhangeri 5th December Women 49 Survey Sundaradevi-9, Bhangeri 10th December Community people 18 Meeting Sundaradevi-7, Tame 14th December Women 18 IEC materials Sundaradevi Jan-Dec Community people 1000 4,496  Held an orientation programme for 16 NAANIs from four districts between June 28 and June 30 in Kathmandu. All the participants were oriented on NAANI projects.

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“Shubha Yatra… A Safe Journey” S afe Journey The increasing demand for foreign employment supported by unemployment, domestic violence, poverty and a desire for better livelihood opportunities has drastically led to boost in migration. The number of women migrating for domestic work has alarmingly posed a question on their safety starting from their planning for employment to departure and until their work in the destination country. With the intent to promote safe migration against unsafe and illegal migration, Maiti Nepal has implemented various programs to strengthen capacities and linkages of CSOs along mobility continuum to prevent and address exploitative migration and traffi cking. It also empowers potential female migrants to make informed choices/ decisions about migration. In this regards, Maiti Nepal implemented the following activities in 2013:

 Workshop on “Addressing Migration for Promoting Safer Environment” for and with NFOWRC (National Forum for Women Rights Concern): Organized a workshop on 27- 28 February 2013 at Hetauda, Makwanpur district to strengthen the skills and capacities of 17 members of NFOWRC on promoting safe migration in their respective regions/districts. NFOWRC is a loose network of women rights activists spread over 35 districts. roles/responsibilities of the recruiting agencies  FGD (Focus Group Discussion) with for promotion of safe labour migration. returnees and potential migrant workers: To analyze the gaps in policy  1st National Conference on Migration: framework along mobility continuum and to draw recommendations for policy change on migration, two Focus Group Discussions with 26 female migrant returnees and potential migrant workers were conducted on 4th and 5th March in Rupendehi and Makwanpur districts.

 Orientation program for recruiting agencies: Maiti Nepal in collaboration with NAFEA (Nepal Association of Foreign Employment Agencies) conducted a sensitization workshop for 37 members of the recruiting agencies on 21st April 2013 in To identify and prioritize the concern in Kathmandu. The workshop addressed the Migration sector 1st National Conference

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CASE STUDY Nearly trafficked in the name of foreign employment

Mingma Tamang (name changed), aged 16 years While she was on her way to go to Kuwait, she is a resident of Sindhupalchowk district. She was stopped by the offi cial staff members of lived alone with her parents as her brother was Maiti Nepal at the airport. She was suspected S afe Journey working in India as a labourer, and her sister had of being underage. When they checked her married already and was living with her husband. passport, she was 20 years old but her actual Being economically deprived, it was tough for age was much smaller. It was the fake physical Mingma’s father to address his children’s needs appearance that made her look more than her and necessities. Somehow, he was managing age. In fact, she was made to dress up in such every resource he could, for a better upbringing a way, which would make her appear much of his family. older than her actual age. Suspicious about her whereabouts, the staff immediately took her with For around 200 years, Nepali men and women them for further questioning. The staffs told her have been leaving their homes to seek better that she was too young to go and work abroad, employment and living abroad. Likewise, in the and about the possibility of her being traffi cked hope of a better livelihood, Mingma desired to or forced to work as a house maid. Innocent go abroad for better employment opportunity and perplexed, Mingma had no idea what was and to support her poor family in Nepal. going on and what would happen to her if she When she told her parents about her dreams to went abroad. After thorough counseling from go abroad and work, they did not seem happy the staff of Maiti Nepal, soon, she changed with it. Despite all the hardships, Mingma’s father her mind and decided to live in her homeland was trying his best to support his poor family. He until she feels more responsible and reaches was not convinced in sending his daughter to the proper age to go abroad. Later on, Mingma a foreign land all by herself; that too, at such a underwent an ossifi cation test which proved tender age. But, on seeing Mingma’s unwavering her to be of 14-15 years of age. Mingma has desire to go abroad her parents paid to get her a been successfully re-integrated with her family passport and citizenship card issued. She soon after having been provided with holistic support received the visa to go to Kuwait. services for 8 months.

on Migration was held in Kathmandu for 170 participants from 10- 11 May 2013. The National Conference was successful in drawing 35 points of recommendations for safe migration.

 Addressing Migration: A Cross-Border Workshop Initiative: Maiti Nepal conducted a Cross-Border Workshop entitled “Addressing Migration: A cross-border initiative” from 10- 11th June 2013 at Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh- India. Forty-two participants discussed on the problems arisen due to unsafe migration, countries and drew recommendations for policy analyzed the gaps in policies of both the change advocacy.

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 Celebration of International Migrants’ Day: On the occasion of International Migrants’ Day, on 18th December organised an awareness campaign at Devichaur, Lalitpur for 120 people.

 Project wrap-up and Book Launch: On and Chapali on 30 and 31 September with 22nd December, Maiti Nepal organized a the objective of sensitising people on unsafe project wrap-up and book launch programme migration and encouraging them to make in Kathmandu. 45 people were briefed about informed/reasoned choice to migrate. the achievements of the project and at book entitled “Living the Golden Dreams: The Gulf  Information Centre at TIA (Tribhuvan and Nepalese Women” was launched. International Airport): Maiti Nepal established the information centre at TIA on 13th April 2012. In the year 2013, 12,607 girls/ women were provided with information on safe migration whereas 12 girls/women migrating

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Rights and Democracy for One Million Girls R ights & Democracy

Every child possesses rights and the state should Makwanpur, Kailai, Rupandehi, Banke, Nuwakot. be responsible to make those rights accessible to every child. The project, “Rights and Democracy for Under this project Maiti Nepal implemented the One Million Girls” helps children from every corner following programmes during the year 2013: to come together in a common platform and get equipped about what rights they possess and how To sensitize, train children on Child Rights and they can make use of their rights in every sphere mobilize them as the Child Rights Ambassadors of their lives. Launched in year 2012, this project in their own schools, a workshop was organized in is implemented a part of the World’s Children Prize Kathmandu on 8thand 9th January 2013 training program promoting girl’s rights, focusing on the child forty girls to work as the Child Rights Ambassadors sex trade. Currently, this project is implemented in the in 10 districts. districts of Kathmandu, Ilam, Jhapa, Morang, Parsa, To sensitize media on the issues of child rights as well as announce the name of the candidates for the World’s Children’s Prize, a press conference was organized on 15th March in Kakarvitta and Kathmandu.

To sensitize and train teachers on Child Rights and mobilize them as the Child Right friendly teacher in their own schools, a workshop was organized for 100 teachers in Kakarvitta, Kathmandu and Nepalgunj on 11th March, 27th May and 30thSeptember.

Organized Global Voting Day in 10 schools and 100 orientation sessions for 300 children on child rights and democracy in 10 districts.

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From July 2013, Maiti Nepal and UNICEF of children and adolescents will be addressed Nepal have jointly implemented a new project by the government through new policies or entitled “Hamro Sawal, Hamro Sahabhagita”. improved enforcement efforts This project addresses the key issues of adolescents and intends to mobilize them In 2013 - 08 Maiti Nepal’s trainers and 24 as change agents in the society, thereby adolescents peer leaders were trained on transforming the lives of thousands of Dance4life, Goal and HIV Risk Reduction adolescents as change makers utilizing the packages; 54 sessions on Dance4life immense energy and potentialities they have. were conducted; 53 sessions on Goal were conducted; 53 sessions on HIV Risk Adolescent girls reached by the program Reduction packages were organized; will have comprehensive HIV and AIDS 43 sports and recreation activities were knowledge; parents, guardians and community organized; 03 meetings with community line members will participate in social events to agencies was held in Chisapani, Nuwakot address harmful social practices; and issues reaching 100 people.

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Program Expenses 92% Administrative Expenses 8%

Name of Donors 1.51% 1.37% 2.63% 0.43% 2.65% -USA 2.75% VEBW

3.60% Other Sources Rotary Australia world community 27.42% 3.86% Pro Filia e.v Christliche Ostmission 4.17%

4.63% World Chidren Prize 5.07% 16.14%

5.76% Care Nepal Hope For Children- HFC 5.78% 12.64%

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