“End the Misery, Stop Human Trafficking”
Shakti Samuha
Annual Report
2014 “End the Misery, Stop Human Trafficking”
Shakti Samuha Annual Report 2014
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Year 2014 “End the Misery, Stop Human Trafficking” Message from Chairperson
Human trafficking is the third largest crime in world; in regards to Nepal, it is serious concern. Sexual slavery and forced labor is still very common due to the globalization of human trafficking spreading day by day in the name of foreign employment, organ transplant, name of marriage and through tourist and visit visa in entertainment sector. The political liquidity and the lack of opportunity are also playing role to increase trafficking in Nepal. Government, Non-Government organizations and the entire change maker are devoted to end human trafficking and modern day slavery in Nepal, but still people are being trafficked to India, Korea,gulf countries like Dubai, Malaysia, Qatar, Saudi, Oman, and Bahrain, even in African countries like Kenya, Tanzania and so on. Even in Nepal, internal trafficking is increasing in the name of entertainment sector, especially in Kathmandu. It is being transit point of external trafficking. Children, girls, women and men are compelled to go for better opportunities and in the meantime, traffickers and their agents enter the community and lure them by showing the false dreams. Thus, trafficking is being conducted by networks of criminals. Now, Nepal is not only the resource country, it is developed into transit and destination as well. If we go through the history of human trafficking in Nepal, we all know it clearly existed through Rana’s Family and others. Looking back to this time, the trafficking trends and forms has changed in different ways: seen, unseen and hidden. With the evolution, human trafficking is also increased in so many different ways and with new trends. As you know Shakti Samuha is globally first organization established and run by trafficking survivors and has been working from 1996. In this year, 3rd National conference of Trafficking Survivor was conducted, with the participation of more than 350 survivors and stakeholders. Survivors had shared their feelings, experiences and recommendations to the government and other stakeholders. Memorandum was prepared as the conclusion of the conference and handed over to different ministries and CA members for protecting the rights of survivors. This year, I was also honored with the C10 award from Sweden. Besides these achievements, Shakti Samuha is passing through many challenges, like having limited resources, donor supports for short time, trauma of survivors, problems in reintegration of survivors in the family and threats from agents and traffickers. We are trying to reach as much as possible to overcome these challenges through the support of Nepal Government and all stakeholders. Facing many problems here, we find that human trafficking is a crucial issue and sensitive issue that we have to convert our pains and activate our leadership to reach most communities, which are vulnerable. We are very hopeful that we can overcome our challenges through support of all supporters in further ahead. Finally, we always appreciate and express our gratefulness to the regular support of Nepal Government, Government bodies and system, donors-partners, media-journalists, all stakeholders, human rights activists and all supporters. We would like to thank the board members, members, advisory committee, management and all staff for their regular hard work and creative efforts. At last, I am very thankful for all who involved in this annual report 2014. "End the Misery, Stop Human Trafficking."
...... Sunita Danuwar Chairperson “End the Misery, Stop Human Trafficking” Table of Content
1. Introduction
2. Journey of Shakti Samuha
3. Current working districts of Shakit Samuha
4. Program Theme
5. Activities
A. Prevention
B. Protection
C. Porsecution
D. Capacity Building
E. Advocy/Lobby & Networking
6. Challenges
7. Best Practices/Learnings “End the Misery, Stop Human Trafficking” Congratulations!
Ms. Sunita Danuwar, Chairperson of Shakti Samuha (first recipient from Nepal) recieving C10 Award-2014 in Sweden.
The winners of the C10 Award 2014 are ten exceptional leaders, reinventing the fight against trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation of children. Ms. Danuwar is the first person getting this award from Nepal. . “End the Misery, stop Human Trafficking”
Introduction
Shakti Samuha (SS) is the first organization established and managed by trafficking survivors worldwide; formed in 1996. It is an organization of human trafficking survivors who are trying to convert tears into power. In the early years, SS faced many difficulties and challenges but was finally registered as a legally independent Non-Government-Organization (NGO) at the District Administration office in Kathmandu in 2000. The goal of Shakti Samuha is to establish a progressive society, devoid of trafficking and other kinds of violence against women. Shakti Samuha received the Ramon Magsaysay Award’ a testimonial of Shakti team’s hard efforts and invaluable contributions in the Philippines in 2013 and also some others national and international awards. Journey of Shakti Samuha
Indian government raided in red light areas of India in 1996 and were able to rescue around 500 Nepali, Indian and Bengali girls and women; more than 200 girls and women were from Nepal. All were kept in government shelter homes. Behavior and environment of the shelter home was not friendly and they were treated very harshly. The government of Nepal refused to bring them in Nepal arguing that the survivors will bring HIV along with them. Then, 7 non-governmental organizations brought rescued survivors into Nepal where 128 women and girls were Nepalese. After returning Nepal, those organizations divided in different groups and brought them back in seven different safe homes. Among them, 15 survivors decided to go together wherever they stayed. After few months, Women’s Rehabilitation Center (WOREC Nepal) organized 10 days training on “Gender, Reproductive Health & Trafficking”. During training period, 15 survivors became able to understand that being a trafficked victim was not their fault. Therefore, the team decided to convert their tears into power. After completing training, the 15 members united and devoted themselves to fight against human trafficking and formed Shakti Samuha. The meaning of Shakti Samuha is “Power Group”.
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Vision Human trafficking affected women and children will be living a dignified life in society through economic and social empowerment.
Mission Act as a supportive organization to involve affected women and children and those at high risk of human trafficking in anti human trafficking campaign to ensure & protect the rights of survivor through awareness, organizing and empowering themselves
Goal Ensure and protect rights of women and children and those at high risk of human trafficking
Objectives Shakti Samuha has the following objectives: • To minimize human trafficking through organizing and empowering women and children affected and those at high risk of human trafficking involving them in anti human trafficking campaign • Safe house and emergency support program will continue to rehabilitate and reintegrate human trafficking survivors and children of survivors. • Income generating and skill based program will be organized to ensure sustainable livelihood of human trafficking survivors • build the capacity of employees and members of organization to ensure the effective work of organization. • Update and record data of human trafficking affecting women and children for effective advocacy based evidence • Expand cooperation and coordination with national, international organization and networks to ensure the rights of human trafficking survivor • Ensure the rights of human trafficking survivors through empowerment for living a dignified life in society • Advocate to enhance existing laws and develop new laws/act related to anti human trafficking to ensure access to justice for human trafficking survivors.
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Our Partners 1. Asha Nepal UK 9. Leger Foundation 2. Asian Women Empowerment Program 10. Nepalese Home (AWEP) 11. Nepal Government 3. Child Welfare Scheme, Hong Kong 12. New Community Project (NCP) (CWS-HK) 13. Planete Enfants (PE) 4. Free A Girl 14. REST 5. Free the Slaves (FTS) 15. The Asia Foundation 6. Geneva Global 16. UNODC 7. Global Gund for Women 17. World Childhood Foundation (WCF) 8. Kidasha Advisory Committee Ms. Bhagwati Nepal Dr. Binayak Rajbhandari Mr. Kumar Bhattarai Dr. Meena Poudel Mr. Ratnakaji Bajracharya Ms. Sarada Subba Mr. Tanka Pant Current Working Districts of Shakti Samuha
1. Kathmandu 7. Rautahat 2. Sindhupalchowk 8. Jhapa 3. Nuwakot 9. Banke 4. Kaski 10. Bardiya 5. Makwanpur 11. Kailali 6. Bara
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Shakti Samuha 4 Annual Report - 2014 “End the Misery, stop Human Trafficking” Activities A. Prevention
Trafficking in persons is a serious crime, a grave violation of human rights and Trafficking in children is a global phenomenon. It deprives the victim from rights to life, freedom, dignity, and security. Children are being trafficked for many purposes, including sexual exploitation, domestic labour, agricultural and mine work, as well as for sport and for adoption. Even if children are not destined for the sex industry, they are at risk of physical abuse, including sexual abuse. The root cause of trafficking are multiple thatTherefore include poverty, to alleviate lack and of preventemployment human opportunities, trafficking, lowShakti social Samuha status has ofbeen the raising girl and awareness women, from impunity the base from of communityprosecution, by aforming general adolescences lack of education groups andand awareness.survivors groups. As adolescences are at high risk of trafficking, the adolescence groups focus necessary anti human trafficking prevention programs. Shakti Samuha has been working with the girls and women to minimize violence and trafficking case through different programs; however, the numbers of incidents on child sexual abuse faced by young girls are increasing. This topic is still thought of as a secret to be hidden and many offenders are able to still live in our community. Ultimately, this results in the unhealthy effects in mental health of young people both inside and outside, that compel to be victims. As the younger years are taken as the key age to learn and grow mentally and physically, Shakti Samuha, with a prevention aspect, works to reduce human trafficking and child sexual abuse from the community level. Hence why the group formed and mobilized. Adolescent's age between 12-19 is at high risk of abuse and trafficking; thus with the motto to raise awareness and involve young peoples in the campaign to protect self and other, Shakti Samuha is running a prevention program. Altogether there are 73 adolescent groups and 21 survivor groups running in the working districts of Shakti Samuha. These adolescent and survivor groups are in different district and organizing different preventive activities like interaction/orientation, street drama to create awareness to the community people. Key Activities:
1.1 Formation & Mobilization of Adolescence, Survivors and Women Groups who are working in the Entertainment Sector (Dance, restaurant and other restaurants) Shakti Samuha has formed 73 adolescences group, 21 human trafficking survivor groups and 2 district network group at 10 districts. Shakti Samuha succeeds to conduct 825 monthly meeting of adolescences groups all over in 10 districts and 84 , 84 and
Shakti Samuha Annual Report - 2014 5 “End the Misery, stop Human Trafficking” 8 are monthly meeting, bio monthly meeting and quarterly meeting of trafficking survivors respectively. Monthly group meetings of adolescence and survivor are conducted on several topics like new dimension of human trafficking, human slavery, early marriage, women violence, domestic violence, child abuse and sexual exploitation/harassment and other kinds of social burning issues. Meanwhile, they also include topics of leadership, group saving, importance of being united, problems sharing, ideas of solution and creative thinking to make their community free from social crimes. Groups have been playing a vital role to reduce human trafficking in their community. Major aims of the group formations are: • Group creates a platform for girls to learn, speak & act and to talk about their problems and bring a solution within themselves. • Group members will learn about the life skills that humans need in every step of life. • Group members will learn the habit of saving (economic management).
Members are in group meetings
1.2 Trainings:
Shakti Samuha is providing different kinds of training to the group members of adolescence & survivors and beneficiaries' in order to help them so that they can enhance their mental and physical capacity. Likewise, Shakti Samuha has provided different kinds of training which are listed below:
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Trainings Objective No. of No. of Training Participants Attitude & Behavior 3 days & 2 days ‘Attitude & Behavior Change’ 4 89 members Change Training training has provided to the adolescence group members in Kathmandu, Sindhupalchowk, Nuwakot, Nepalgunj and Banke respectively. After training, participants have been behaving positively towards their group’s members than previously. Main objectives of the training are to develop positive thinking, to make participant able to self evaluate and to make them clear about attitude & behavior. Conceptual Clarity 2 days ‘Conceptual Clarity Training on Child 1 21 members Training on Child Rights Rights & Human Trafficking’ is provided to the & Human Trafficking adolescent group members in Nepalgunj and Banke. Members are taught about child rights and five sectors of the child rights; all participants participate actively. Child Sexual Abuse 1 day training on ‘Child Sexual Abuse Prevention’ 1 20 members Prevention (CSAP) (CSAP) has conducted in Nepalgunj and Banke Training with the objectives to inform adolescents about child sexual abuse, what can they do to prevent themselves from being abused and how can they provide awareness to others from being abused sexually. Beauty Parlor Training Shakti Samuha has provided the beauty parlor 1 30 members training to the members of entertainment worker's group from the Shakti Resource Center. Members learned about parlor and health and self-care courses, 40 women used cosmetic items as a self care while visiting to Shakti Resource and Contact Center. Vocational Training – 2 members got Advance Beauty Parlor training 1 2 members Advance Beauty Parlor as a vocational training course for 45 days in Training co-ordination with Laghu Uddham Bikash in Mainapokhar, Bardiya district. Dance Training Members have completed the dance training 1 28 members among themselves. 5 members completed advance dance training and members learned to do a MURJAA and LENGA dance. Entrepreneurship 1 day ‘Entrepreneurship Training’ was organized 1 12 members Training in Nepalgunj and Banke where participants from Banke, Bardiya and Kailali districts were taught to understand about the business and how to start ahead.
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Non Formal Education 3 months basic and advance level of ‘Non- 1 52 members Formal Education (NFE)’ class was completed (Basic – 31, by the members of entertainment worker’s group. Advance-11) 6 months non formal education classes were 1 5 members completed Training on Gender 1 day training on ‘Gender Based violence & 2 43 members based Violence and Trafficking in Person’ was conducted for the Trafficking in Person adolescence group members in Basamadi and Handikhola VDC and Makwanpur district. Adolescent members were able to understand the issues after the training. Human Rights, ‘Human Rights, Women Rights, Human 2 41 members Women Rights, Human Trafficking and Safe Migration Training’ done Trafficking and Safe in Banke district to understand about human Migration Training trafficking and safe migration and other legal rights. Members understood about the 5 areas of human rights and learnt in detail what violence is. Learning more about the types of violence members discussed from their personal experience, what the causes in their community to bring violence are and what they can do to decrease these. In the 3 days, training members learnt about the fundamental rights of women and what economic rights they have as women. Through effective participation and group work members learnt and shared on human trafficking and on safe migration. Legal Orientation 2 days orientation on legalities was provided to 1 22 members the members of Women Protection Committee and members of Co-operative Groups. Legal orientation about the legal rights of women 112 members in Nepal, citizenship rights, property rights and legal criteria especially on rape and violence cases conducted at Kathmandu and Banke district to members.
Computer Training Members are taking computer class from the 1 2 members staff of Shakti Samuha and now learning how to use emails and internet. Staff are teaching the computer skills and providing support whilst teaching online safety. Job Training Members got job training in leather factory. 1 2 members Basic Counseling 3 days ‘Basic Counseling Training’ was 1 19 women Training completed by the staff of Service Center which is running under Women and Children Office in Makwanpur district.
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Saving & Credit 2 days ‘Saving & Credit Management Training’ 1 19 women Management Training was taken by the members of Women Protection Committee of Basamadi and Handikhola VDC, the cooperative members of Dhaneshwari, Rajdevi and Shakti Sakriya Women Co-opertives in Makwanpur district.
Orientation
Trade Union Orientation about Trade Unions among all group 4 members of entertainment worker's group about 94 members importance of being associated with Trade Unions members.
Supreme Court Group members oriented on Supreme Court 4 69 members Directives-2065 Direcitves-2065 published by Shakti Samuha. Members understood about the rights adjusted for workers in the directives. Adding to those, workers shared that restaurant owners should also be oriented or trained on Supreme Court directives so that they will understand how workers should be treated.
Children Working in One day orientation program on ‘Children 1 36 Entertainment Sector Working in Entertainment Sector’ was completed participants in Pokhara and Kaski. The main objective of program is to increase the knowledge about commercial sexual exploitation in children (CSEC).
Orientation on Psychosocial counseling and art therapy training 2 44 members Psychosocial Issues & provided to the members of Banke and Bardiya Art healing Therapy districts. Member understood about psychosocial problems, cause and its solutions. The art healing therapy uses the application of visual arts and the creative process in a therapeutic relationship to support, maintain and improve the psychosocial and physical, of all individuals. The tools used in the training will facilitate trust and support within members of the survivors group and also enhance peer group support.
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Orientation on Child Orientation was provided to girls and women 1 24 Sexual Abuse Prevention working in the dance - dohori and cabin participants restaurants in DIC, Shakti Resource and Contact Center, Gangabu. All participants are the target people of Shakti Samuha, who are working in vulnerable situations to sexual abuse while they are in the work places. Girls and women working the dance restaurants, cabin restaurants, open restaurants, guest house and so on are the participants who understood about the process of sexual abuse and how offender visit to the probable victims. All participants learnt how to be safe and how they can protect themselves and others from the sexual abuse.
Life Skills Taining 5 days ‘Life Skills Training’ was completed by 1 19 members the members of entertainment worker's group. Participants learn the 10 component of life skills and how to implement those in the daily life and the work place. All participants are aware of their value and are able to solve their problems as much as they can after the training.
Refresher Life Skill Training was provided to the girls and women 1 21 training working in restaurants and similar places. Training participants showed how life skills can be implemented day by day, revealing how they are using life skills, how they cannot implement them and how they can implement in future in their personal and professional life.
Training to Police Shakti Samuha provided 1 days & 2 days training 2 times 56 Police to the Nepal Police (with DSP and Women cell representative) to understand the issues of human trafficking.
Resource Mobilization Resource Mobilization Training for network and 1 time 21 members Training active group members by government officers to develop local resource access among members, creating an environment amongst government bodies and members for co-ordination.
Training on Prevention 1 day training was given to the members on 1 15 members from Sexual Abuse prevention from sexual abuse in Shakti Resource and Contact Center at Kathmandu.
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Discussion Program Discussion program was organized by local 2 40 police station in Jhapa. The discussion was participants conducted to discuss the situation of children working in circuses. The major discussion in the program was most of the girls were trafficked only because of lack of proper care from their parents. After keeping the agent in the jail, villagers able to bring back the trafficked child.
Training of Teacher TOT was provided to the Non-Formal Teacher 1 10 (TOT) (NFE) in co-ordination with district Education participants Office of Makwanpur.
Conceptual Clarity We have organized conceptual clarity training in 1 17 training on human right, two groups of Banke district separately. participants women right and legal Objectives of the training: Enhance capacity of provision on human the survivors’ groups on human rights specifically trafficking and labor women’s rights along with basic legal information migration on human trafficking and labor migration to act as local level information and resource pool. All the participants are member of trafficking survivors group functioning in Naubasta, Banke.
Orientation Program One day orientation program for local 1 36 stakeholder about CSEC in Pokhara. participants
Awareness Classes Awareness Classes for prevent of girls from 7 132 trafficking and other abuse. participants
Interaction Program One day interaction program about present issue 1 54 of CSEC in Pokhara with local stakeholders has participants conducted in Pokhara.
Shakti Samuha’s participation in the rally program on the occasional Naional Anti Human Traffcking Day 2014
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Interaction with Nepal Police in Art Therapy training to survivor’s group in Kathmandu district. Nepalgunj, Banke.
Counseling orientation to the survivor’s School Awareness Program in Jhapa district. group of Makwanpur.
Rally on the occasion of 8th National Anti Survivor’s initiation to raise awareness on Human Traffikcing Day. boarder area of Bardiya district.
Shakti Samuha 12 Annual Report - 2014 “End the Misery, stop Human Trafficking” 1.3 Workshop Different kinds of issues related on human trafficking workshop has been conducted with different stakeholders, such as media, community, target group (Survivor and adolescence group) and local agencies to raise the issue of human trafficking from local level, maintaining confidentiality rights of survivors and finding solutions for survivors with the possible findings through the workshops. In this year, following workshops have been completed in different working districts.
. One day workshop with Police: One day workshop with police was held in three districts; Sindhupalchowk, Nuwakot and Kathmandu with the objective to strengthen child protection system and our role to protect children and the roles of police regarding the women working in the entertainment sector. There were 52 participants in the workshop. Confidentiality about the survivors, child issues, laws and procedures of child rights, Child Right Convention (CRC) were elaborated during workshop.
. One day workshop with District Child Welfare Board: With the objective to strengthen child protection system, the one day workshop with District Child Welfare Board (DCWB) was completed in a mutual banner in two districts; Nuwakot and two times in Sindhupalchowk districts. There was 97 participants in the one day workshop. From the open discussion, Shakti Samuha informed that there is no Village Child Protection Committee (VCPC) at Village Development Committee (VDC) in Nuwakot, thus members of DCWB suggested to Shakti Samuha to go together for the formulation of VCPC, then it would be easy to work at the VDC level and could create an easy and child friendly environment to address child issues from the VDC level.
. One day workshop with Teachers: Teachers from government schools were invited for the participation in the workshop, discussion was held about human trafficking, four areas of child rights and child sexual abuse. Also open discussion covered our role to protect children. The workshop was held in Kathmandu, Sindhupalchowk & Nuwakot districts and 52 teachers participated.
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. Strategy Review and Planning Workshop: Shakti Samuha organized the third strategic review and planning workshop in this year at Sauraha, Chitwan where 20 participants from executive board members, general members, founder members and staffs of Shakti Samuha were participated. The major objective of the workshop was to share the achievements/ outcomes and progress of each projects/ programs implemented by Shakti Samuha during past 5 years and to prepare new strategy for next five years.
. National Plan of Action (NPA) and District Plan of Action (DPA) Workshop: District implementation plan made in 2013, Jhapa & Bardiya has been reviewed in the program amongst 76 participants and made the new DPA, based on NPA district implementation. Different government officers and line agencies stakeholders participated in the program.
1.4 Interaction Program In this year, Shakti Samuha has conducted interaction programs with media, trafficking survivor, girls/women working in entertainment sector, parents of adolescences, Nepal police , teachers, Trade Union and restaurant owners, local NGOs and government bodies. Main objective of interaction is to spread awareness on human trafficking, human slavery to the adolescence, survivor and community people.
. Interaction between parents and adolescent groups: Interaction was held on following topics: o Our role to protect and create protective environment to the children in the community. o Personal roles to generate safe environment among adolescents and parents roles to give social protection to the children. No. of Interaction: 10, Total no. of Participants: 163
. Media Interaction in Kahmandu (4 times), Banke, Bardiya: Media interaction was conducted regarding the status of slum areas and vulnerabilities among adolescents. Interaction was designed in the objective to sensitize the people that protective environment should be created to the adolescents aged between 12-19 and a objective discussing that sharing information about supreme court directive 2065, confidentiality rights of women worker, Monitoring Action Committee (MAC) recent update sharing and need of media pressurize done in the in interaction. No. of Interaction: 6, Total no. of Participants: 7
. Interaction Program organized by Trafficking survivor in Makwanpur: Survivor members organized one day interaction program on unsafe migration and human trafficking in Basamadi-5, collaboration with Shakti Samuha.
Shakti Samuha 14 Annual Report - 2014 “End the Misery, stop Human Trafficking” No. of Interaction: 1, Total no. of Participants: 29 survivors
. Interaction with Trade Union, restaurant owner and worker: Interaction focused on the rights of entertainment sector workers that they should have to get appointment letter, ID card, fixed working hours, service charge and attendance and other rights needed to be started in restaurants. No. of Interaction: 1, Total no. of Participants: 44 participants
. Refresher follows up 2 days workshop on “Identifying issues and challenges of women workers working in the entertainment sector”: Two days Interaction program on identifying the problems/challenges and finding the solution of the problems of girls and women working in the entertainment sectors. Problems and solution discussed with a discussion on positive changes as experience by workers in the sector. No. of Interaction: 1, Total no. of Participants: 33 participants
. Interaction program organized by Shakti Samuha and AATWIN: Interaction conducted amongst right holders groups and NGOs working in the entertainments sector to share their challenges. Members raised the need of adjusting their problems with all stakeholders. No. of Interaction: 1, Total no. of Participants: 9 members
. Interaction Program on ‘Our Role to Prevent Domestic Violence’/ Interaction Program on ‘Prevention method to control Human Trafficking’: The interaction program began with short introduction of participants. To lead the discussion,
Field visit program and interaction with Interaction program on the occasion of adolescent group (Ms. Charimaya Tamang) International Migration Day in Jhapa. in Rautahat.
Shakti Samuha Annual Report - 2014 15 “End the Misery, stop Human Trafficking” member of survivor groups shared their story about how they got trafficked. The main concept of this program was to discuss about the human trafficking in the name of foreign employment. Most of the community people want to go for foreign employment.
The main reason behind such growing attraction of foreign employment is lack of income generating opportunities in community for sustaining their livelihood. People are going in foreign employment with the feelings that they can easily earn money there but they tend to overlook the challenges and problems of unsafe migration and they are also unaware about how in the name of foreign employment people are being trafficked. Therefore, to raise awareness in community people about unsafe migration and prevent the human trafficking occurring in the name of foreign employment, a thorough discussion was held amongst members. The interaction program was more focused on how to make foreign employment safer and prevent people from being tricked into human trafficking (in the name of foreign employment). No. of Interaction: 2, Total no. of Participants: 76 participants
. Interaction Program on “Our role to effective reintegration of human trafficking survivor/survivor of violence” in Kathmandu: In coordination with SLOVE NEPAL, in the occasion of 16 days campaign, one day interaction was done on reintegration of survivors with drama shows against human trafficking and on safe migration. Participants of the program pointed out a need that the government could take special initiative to combat human trafficking. Stakeholders have said that the fallen victims of human trafficking should be given skill oriented trainings before reintegration in the society. No. of Interaction: 1, Total no. of Participants: 40 participants
. Teachers Interactions: Teacher interaction was held with objectives to raise the need of child protection theme in schools to minimize risk among children with the discussion of child vulnerability from the age of 12-19 in slum areas and reaching to restaurants. Teachers were informed and realized the need of discussing internal trafficking trends amongst all students. No. of Interaction: 1, Total no. of Participants: 16 Teachers
. Interaction with Trafficking Survivors on “Prevention method to control Human Trafficking” in Banke: No. of Interaction: 1, Total no. of Participants: NA
. Interaction on Equality to women is development for all in Bardiya district: Interaction program was conducted in coordination with other organizations in Bardiya. Slogan of the 104th women days was “Equality to women is development for all”. The program’s chief guest was from a political party and discussion was
Shakti Samuha 16 Annual Report - 2014 “End the Misery, stop Human Trafficking” against the theme of discrimination against women in our society. No. of Interaction: 1, Total no. of Participants: 57 participants
1.5 Street Drama Show: 24 street dramas and 4 stage dramas were performed by members of adolescent and survivor groups in Sindhupalchowk, Nuwakot, Kathmandu, Makwanpur, Bara, Rautahat, Bardiya and Kailali districts. Similarly, the above two street dramas have been performed by three national level artists; Surbir Pandit, Niru Khadka and Binod Rai at Ratnapark and slum area to enlighten the issue of safe migration and especially how entertainment sector are used as the transit point to human trafficking and human slavery. The theme and dramas were prepared to conclude problems of some slum area in Kathmandu where young girls are staring to work in catering service and entered in entertainment sector by dropping their study, by covering the changing trend of human trafficking, domestic violence as a root cause of human trafficking and child sexual abuse. Estimated 10,871 community people participated in the street & stage dramas and understood about human trafficking, human slavery and sexual abuse issues.
Street drama performed by Head of WCSC and women police are adolescence groups in Bara District. performing drama with adolescent and survivor’s group.
1.6 Counseling:
Trafficking trend has been changing in the name of foreign employment. Most of the girls and women are eager to go for the foreign employment in the dream of earning money and living a luxurious life of aboard. Brokers are giving falsifying promises to the girls and women and providing pre advance of their salary before applying for the visa, thus without taking proper information about vulnerabilities of human trafficking and violence, they are ready to go. Shakti Samuha aims to provide information about vulnerabilities of human trafficking and protect them from the high risk of human trafficking. Therefore Shakti Samuha has established a counseling desk in District Administration Office (DAO) in the offices of Sindhupalchowk, Makwanpur and Bardiya districts. Thus, information about safe migration is given to them and without acceptable condition; permission is not given to those girls and women to issue their passport along with the coordination of district administration office.
Shakti Samuha Annual Report - 2014 17 “End the Misery, stop Human Trafficking” This year, 2,637 women, girls and survivor members received counseling from the counseling desk of Shakti Samuha in district administration office and from working districts in Kathmandu, Bara and Rautahat. In Sindhupalchowk, after counseling, 34 women and girls returned without issuing their passport with realization that they have to learn language of that country and also need to get training according to the nature of work. From counseling, they can support themselves and minimize their stress of life and work place.
1.7 Income Generation Support In this year, Shakti Samuha succeeded to support income generation to 30 members and the parents of our adolescence groups who are in high risk of trafficking for several purposes.
Survivor members want to do small business for income generation but to start business survivors don’t have any option without taking loans in high interest. They lack of awareness as they don’t know about loans from finance and banks and in this situation, income generation support provided by Shakti Samuha is very fruitful to them as mentioned by members. If the analysis is done for the life status of members then it can be found that member income is high when supported by family and those who have low income have suffered many forms of violence, mostly domestic violence. Therefore, Shakti Samuha is playing the role of a helping hand, which is providing income generation support to the survivors and members are also investing in right place. This is also an indirect platform to make themselves busy and to decrease their stress. Besides this, family members support is easy to help members get by if they are economically empowered.
Shakti Samuha is providing income generation support and other types of support as a campaign to prevent human trafficking, to raise awareness and to protect adolescent girls and survivors by informing about safe foreign employment and other vulnerabilities to make the society safe place. If members are not supported and left alone, then they become inactive and also face many kinds of different violence from family, society and the community. The amount provided through the
Shakti Samuha 18 Annual Report - 2014 “End the Misery, stop Human Trafficking” IG support to members, they can’t return 100% immediately or within a year but members will return the amount when they are able to.
1.8 Education Support Due to the low income of the members, which is not enough for their daily expenditure, parents are unable to afford their children education fee. For the family income source,
Shakti Samuha Annual Report - 2014 19 “End the Misery, stop Human Trafficking” parents are sending their children for labor work and for pen, copy, book and dress children are also forced to do so which is causing problems in their education. After getting help from organization, children, who are doing labor work, is decreasing and are being Education Support providing to the able to continue their study. member of adolescences groups.
S.N. District 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Total 1 Kathmandu Entertainment Sector 10 10 10 10 10 19 20 30 43 36 198 Slum Area 89 90 120 71 71 76 76 59 64 58 774 2 Sindhupalchowk 0 31 0 16 15 10 62 61 95 78 368 3 Nuwakot 0 25 0 0 0 132 71 69 98 93 488 4 Makwanpur 0 0 0 18 25 25 64 93 93 70 388 5 Bara 0 0 0 10 10 10 48 52 52 31 213 6 Rautahat 0 0 0 10 10 10 51 51 55 30 217 7 Jhapa 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 20 25 27 92 8 Banke 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 32 25 87 9 Bardiya 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 13 28 71 10 Kailali 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 13 25 26 84 Total 99 156 130 135 141 322 432 468 595 502 2980
1.9 Other Activities
. Quiz Competition Program: Adolescence groups of Nuwakot, Makwanpur, Bara, Rautahat, Bardiya and Kailali organized quiz competitions. Groups organized 10 competitions in different districts. Competitions were managed in the aim to circulate the messages about human trafficking and child issues. Questions were designed about human trafficking issues and child issues. After completing competitions, audience and competitor shared that they learned some issues about human trafficking and child abuse.
. Day Celebration: National Anti Human Trafficking Day, Women's day, Children Day, Labour Day, Safe Migration Day, International Human Rights Day, 16 Days Adolescence group’s members in Shakti Samuha 20 Annual Report - 2014 “End the Misery, stop Human Trafficking” program against Women Violence, Teej celebration and HIV/AIDS Day are celebrated in our working districts with rally, quiz and interaction program on the different dates.
. Exposure visit: In the objective to provide scenarios about other's groups and to exchange learning from each other, exposure visit was completed in the month of November. The groups reviewed and shared their plans for the rest months. There were 35 adolescent members from 38 groups and visited in three districts; Sindhupalchowk, Nuwakot and Kathmandu.
During exposure visit, adolescent members were taken into the District Child Welfare Board (DCWB) at Sindhupalchowk District. Mr. Lalit Rana facilitated an hour session to adolescent by giving information about functions of DCWB. Open discussion was done for a few minutes about the activities organised by DCWB on child issues. Adolescents learnt about functions of Village Child Protection Committee (VCPC) as well. Then all visitors visited counselling desk in district administration office and collected information that how Shakti Samuha has been providing counselling in the subject of safe migration to reduce vulnerabilities of human trafficking in the name of foreign employment among the women and girls those who came to issue their passport.
Adolescent groups of Nuwakot in Samundrataar VDC welcomed visitors with flower garlands and performed dramas on anti human trafficking issues inan incredible way. Next morning, adolescents were taken to the Nuwakot Durbar (old palace), a historical place, and after arrival in Kathmandu, adolescents were taken to visit the world heritage site at Swoyambhu. Some of the adolescents visited in Swoyambhu first time in their life.
At the last day of visit, when adolescents visited at slum areas in Kathmandua district, they saw realities of the slum areas and how people are spending their lives. Also, adolescents got the time to observe unmanaged living mode and high vulnerabilities to the adolescents, so they found vast different about the life style of people in slum areas although they are living in capital city of Nepal.
. Wall Magazine: Adolescent groups of Kathmandu, Sindhupalchowk, Nuwakot, Makwanpur, Bara & Rautahat district has published a wall magazine with their creativity like poem, song, general knowledge, article, stories, awareness material Shakti Samuha Annual Report - 2014 21 “End the Misery, stop Human Trafficking” on human trafficking violence etc. The wall magazine was designed with sketched drawings and different colours were used to make it more attractive. Several creativities were incorporated in wall magazines with lot of information about human trafficking and other issues.
. Sanitation Program in the Local Community Environment: Adolescent groups and survivor groups of Sindhupalchowk, Nuwakot, Kathmandu, Banke, Bardiya, Kailali, Bara, Makwanpur & Rautahat districts organized cleaning the local communities' environment in their VDCs with the aim to circulate messages for the good health. Adolescent passed the messages to the community people that if our community is not clean then diseases attack the people and if we stay with poor health then we have to spend lots of money for our health and medicines so our economic condition would be poor. Thus, in these situation, brokers and traffickers could easily lure the women and girls and they could be trafficked. Therefore, adolescents organized sanitation programs in their community. One adolescent group from each district has been involved to organize it, which community people thanked and encouraged them to go ahead.
. Education Campaign: Adolescent groups of Sindhupalchowk and Nuwakot districts organized education campaign for the purpose to pass the message of the importance of education. Some parents in the community are not interested to send their children to the school. Therefore, adolescent groups organized education campaign at the time of new admission period. Adolescents went door to door in their community people's home and informed about the important of the education for their children. After campaign, 7 children who had already dropped out were enrolled back into the school from their parents. Teachers and community people thanked and appreciated their work and motivated them to keep moving ahead with the awareness raising activities. Similarly, Shakti Samuha supported stationary for a child whose family are not able to buy stationary. Now these children are enrolled to the school and continuously attending school.
. School Awareness Program: School awareness program has been done in 9 communities with minimum 7 schools and campus amongst 653 students, against human trafficking and human slavery in Bardiya, Jhapa and Kathmandu district. Information material related to the safe migration and human trafficking published by Shakti Samuha has been provided in the school program. . Deusi Vailo Program: On the occasion of Tihar (one of the big festival of Hindu), adolescent groups of Bardiya, Banke, Kailai, Makwanpur, Bara & Rautahat Shakti Samuha 22 Annual Report - 2014 “End the Misery, stop Human Trafficking” organize a Deusi Vailo, a cultural program in the festival, where local song, folk song and special song of Tihar are sang and people contribute gifts-food or money. Some groups organized picnics and some groups planned to buy tent and catering items, which they can give in rent. Collected fund may help to sustain the group. The Deusi-Vailo also helped to make community people aware of violence and human trafficking. Information about violence and human trafficking delivered through a Deusi song. . Help Desk Program: One help desk was established in Jhapa Sani Arjun municipality (Arjun dhara) on the occasion of “BALA CHATURTHI” with the objectives to raise awareness in people against changing trends of human trafficking and slavery, the help desk is disseminated IEC materials by Shakti Samuha (SS) group and network in Jhapa. Many people come (Arjundhara) to visit or worship as a holy place and group of Jhapa coordinated with municipality to organize a mass information program. More than 1000 people knew about Shakti Samuha and the awareness about human trafficking through reading material disseminated by the SS group members as a volunteer in the program. Most of the visitor found the help desk program effective and told that because of the program, they got chance to read materials against human trafficking and SS activities against trafficking. Most of people got the detail counseling on safe migration and number is 731 persons for the program. . Documentary Show on Public Awareness Program: Video/Documentary show was done in the 5 groups of Banke and Bardiya on prevention and steps on sexual abuse to children and women in the community which followed by discussion on group members how they will fight if such a case happens. 5 video shows have been done in Banke and Bardiya groups about violence against women in different dates. 100 group members got information about violence causes and how violence trends are changed among women in modern time. . Non-Formal Education (NFE): 200 women of Basamadi and Handikhola VDCs were involved to complete non formal education of 14 month in Makwanpur district. . Women Protection Committee: In the Makwanpur district, there are two women protection committees and two Women Saving and Credit Co-operatives where 46 women are engaged and two they are filing/registering the case and doing referral. There are 24 monthly meeting in women protection committee.
Shakti Samuha Annual Report - 2014 23 “End the Misery, stop Human Trafficking” Success Story Gita Adhikari (name changed) is a residence of Rautahat district Chandrapur- 10. Now she is 21 years and studying in BBS 3rd year. From her childhood, she was fascinated in her studies. Since 2067 BS, she was involved in Digo Bikash Adolescents Group which has been formed by Shakti Samuha. She has got different kinds of capacity building training such like; leadership training, radio anchor training and street drama training from Shakti Samuha. After those training, she is able to enhance her capacity and leadership and she was able to show her talent by showing street dramas, radio program ‘Shakti Abhiyan’, and more group activities made her empowered on issue of trafficking, violence, exploitation. She was talking about her status of being involved in adolescents group “after being involved in adolescents group, I have a lots of self-confidence, it is a great platform for me to build up my capacity as well as it helps me to develop saving habit”. She was also able to work in Shakti Samuha as a volunteer. She was able to mobilize the group, billing and reporting, doing coordination with other organizations. Now she is actively involved in Digo Bikash Adolescents Group as an advisor. She is very thankful to Shakti Samuha for giving great opportunity.
Success Story A little girl was accustomed with getting up early morning and whole day busy in washing pots, cleaning table and premise in a hotel for two years. She has not hoped that one day she will be able to meet her relative and continue education. Abruptly, a team of new people entered in hotel and rescued her. Now she is living with her relative and joined school. Priyanka (name changed), 9 years girl is rescued from child labor exploitation situation in Hetauda, Makwanpur. Trafficking survivors group members informed about the case to Shakti Samuha. Shakti coordinated with other organization and District Child Welfare Board (DCWB) and was rescued in board’s initiative. She was working the hotel from the last two years. Priyanka’s father, Riksha Puler, left her in the hotel saying he will be back in a hour. The hotel owner didn’t allow Priyanka to go, accusing her father have taken a gas cylinder and fifteen hundred rupees. Priyanka’s uncle says- “Her father used to beat her mother and one day her mother left home with a 5 year boy”. Since then Priyanka’s childhood was in risk. No one knows where her father has gone. Her mother is in foreign employment according to her uncle. Priyanka’s uncle heard about her and came to Hetauda. He says- “I have asked the owner to let her go with me, but he scolded.” Then the uncle told about Priyanka to trafficking survivors group members. Two group member visited the hotel and then informed Shakti Samuha. Shakti Samuha’s Project coordinator in Hetauda visited different concern organization including DCWB and called a meeting. The rescue was conducted by DCWB urgently. Now Priyanka is living with her uncle in Chitwan. She has joined school in class two. “I would like to thank all the supporter for their help.”- Priyanka expressed her thankfulness.
Shakti Samuha 24 Annual Report - 2014 “End the Misery, stop Human Trafficking” • Success Story Samita Shrestha(name changed) is a residence of Sindhupalchowk distirct. She is 19 years old. There are 8 family members in her family. Samita is living in Kathmandu and studying at bachelor level. Also working as a social mobilizer in Shakti Samuha. Due to her poor economic background, she searched a work to earn money while she was studying in grade 7. Then her relatives told her they will find good job to her in India and taken to Kathmandu. They informed her that she has to work as a domestic worker. But after some days, they took her in another place from Kathmandu and it was Agra at India. Then, she found herself into the brothel and they forced her to work dirty things in the brothel. After nine months, she and another girl succeeded in escaping from the brothel. She was in CIWIN, a non profit organisation. Then that organisation referred her in Shakti Samuha. After getting shelter services, she is able to collect her self-esteem and able to file the case against trafficker. Every month, she was attending survivor groups meeting in Kathmandu and learnt conceptual clarity about human trafficking and other kinds of violence and abuse. From her active participation, Shakti Samuha came with decision that she could be mobilized in field work and since that time she has been working as a Social Mobilizer. Due to her family economic status, she got education support from “Empowering girls and women for prevention and protection from human trafficking”. She is talented and just passed intermediate level and admitted in Bachelor level. Her education is good and interested to study more in her future too. She feels that her life has changed very much and now she becomes able to handle herself. From the support of Shakti Samuha, she is getting support on her education. Also receiving trainings to enhance her skill on work and improving her performance. Her family members have been supporting her and have positive perspective towards her. But due to social stigmatization there is problem to be open in village. Thus she is living in capital city and working. Her aim to be a social activist in the campaign against human trafficking and to complete her education too. She is thankful to Shakti Samuha and for the support and encouragement.
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B. Protection (Repatriation, Rehabilitation & Re-integration)
Along with prevention program on anti human trafficking, Shakti Samuha is working for the protection of trafficking survivors and children those who are in high risk of trafficking. We are providing direct shelter support, health support and case management and providing friendly environment to them to overcome the trauma. Shakti Samuha has four shelters homes including Women Rehabilitation Center at Sindhupalchowk District. The objectives of the Safe Home and Half Way Home is to rehabilitate and support to the service user for the physical, mental and social well being and rehabilitate and empower, to be self sufficient for their independent and dignified lives through counseling, awareness training and different vocational training and job placement so that they can live independent and dignified lives in the society. Safe home is the first step of rehabilitation of the trafficking survivors, the children at the risk of trafficking and the children facing sexual abuse and in the process of trafficking. During their stay in the shelter, they are supported with the available services to heal them physically and mentally and prepared them to feel as they could live a very dignified live in the community. After having cured from the problematic stage in the safe home, they will be shifted to Half Way Home, as each shelter has the privilege to keep the beneficiaries within certain timeframe; after they become able to live an independent life or getting support from their family, they move out from the shelter. Similarly, the Emergency Shelter Home has aim to provide protection, support rehabilitation and re-integration of girls who are in high risk of trafficking, sexual abuse, sexual violence; exploitation and emergency support the girls under 18 years. Women Rehabilitation Center at Sindhupalchowk is also focused for the shelter support and counseling to the trafficking survivors, people who are in high risk of trafficking and other case (women violence, rape).
Name of shelter homes and date of establishment Date of S.N. Name of Shelter Address Remarks Establishment 1 Safe Home 2004 Kathmandu 2 Emergency Shelter Home 2007 Pokhara, Kaski 3 Half Way Home 2011 Kathmandu Women Rehabilitation 4 2013 Sindhupalchowk Center
Services Key activities . Direct Shelter support . Coordination with Indian Organizations for . Case Management the repatriation of the trafficking survivors. . Psychosocial counseling . Home assessment . Health support . Formal Repatriation of the girls, who are . Educational support-Non formal rescued by Indian Organizations. education and formal education . Direct shelter support
Shakti Samuha 26 Annual Report - 2014 “End the Misery, stop Human Trafficking” . Provide vocational and skill oriented . Monthly meeting of survivors training . Capacity build up of the staffs . Income generation support . Development/Revision of the policies and . Job placement support curriculum . Legal Support . Conduct of Exchange visit in Indian . Family Counseling and reintegration organization in family and community . Handicraft workshop . Life skill training . Conduct Life skill training to the members . Therapeutic center(handicraft) and beneficiaries . Dance class . Conduct Interaction program with parents . Reading class of the survivors . Awareness classes . Conduct Cross border workshop . Other Extra Curricular Activities . Conduct National Consultation workshop . Independent living set up . Coordination with National and International Governmental and Nongovernmental stakeholders
Repatriation Cases handover process in Chief District Officer’s (CDO) office. Statistics of Residents S.N. Particular Number Remarks Repatriation of Nepali trafficked girls/women 1 17 from India to Nepal 2 Total number of service receivers in shelters Safe Home & Half Way Home 76 . Outside Service : 10 . 50 girl victims of sexual abuse and exploitation are provided with emergency/residential shelter service. . At least 90% of residents have Emergency Shelter Home, Pokhara 45 legal identity. . All girls have legal consultation and encouraged (but not forced) to register legal cases (through legal aid organizations) where feasible
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Women Rehabilitation Center, Sindhupalchowk 48 3 Existing Services User Safe Home & Half Way Home 25 Emergency Shelter Home, Pokhara 9 Women Rehabilitation Center, Sindhupalchok 12 4 Re-integration . Urban Reintegration : . Family Reunification : 28 Safe Home & Half Way Home 44 . Independent Living Unit : . To the another organization : 16 . Family Reintegration : 10 Emergency Shelter Home, Pokhara 23 . Independent Living Unit : 2 . To the another organization : 11 . Family Reintegration : 26 Women Rehabilitation Center, Sindhupalchowk 34 . To Safe Home & Half Way Home: 8 . Safe Home & Half Way Home:14 5 Job Placement 15 . Emergency Shelter Home, Pokhara: 1
Girls are studying/having Dinner in shelter home.
Figure 1: Girls referred from different organizations
Shakti Samuha 28 Annual Report - 2014 “End the Misery, stop Human Trafficking” Altogether 169 persons received the services from all four shelter homes. There are 25, 9 and 12 existing beneficiaries in Safe Home & Half Way Home, Emergency Shelter Home and Women Rehabilitation Center respectively. • Counseling Psychosocial Counseling has been provided to the 122 beneficiaries in all shelter homes of Shakti Samuha. Psychosocial counseling is provided to the beneficiaries to overcome the pain and trauma. Counseling is one of the methods to understand their situation and it assists to direct them as per their interest. We have individual and group counseling as per needed.
Figure 2: Total number of service user of counseling in the shelter home • Health Support Most of the repatriated girls and women of the cross boarder cases are found to have communicable diseases. Thus, Shakti Samuha has been doing medical check-ups when they come for the shelter support and regular follow-ups, treatments etc. The following figure described the data of beneficiaries for the health support:
Figure 3: Total number of Health/Medical Support
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• Trainings We are providing different kinds of training to the service user to bring the practical knowledge to enhance their skills and to make them independent, for positive thinking, understanding and giving importance to their own life andhow to survive happily etc. Following data shows that Vocational training has been provided to 45 service Girls are busy doing users of three shelter home, except Women Rehabilitation Center in Shindupalchowk, tailoring. Life Skill training has been provided to 21 service users in Safe Home & Half Way Home and Basic Tailoring training has been provided to 8 girls & women of the Women Rehabilitation Center & Safe Home & Half Way Home. One of the beneficiaries from Women Rehabilitation Shelter home in Sindhupalchwok also got training for three months about basic knitting training from Gharelu Sana Udhyog.
Figure 4: Total number of receiver of trainings
Shakti Samuha 30 Annual Report - 2014 “End the Misery, stop Human Trafficking” • Job Placement From the following data, we have job placements for 15 beneficiaries of Shelter Homes as per their skills.
Figure 5: Total number of job placement
• Education Support
Figure 6: Total number of girls and women receiving education support
Shakti Samuha Annual Report - 2014 31 “End the Misery, stop Human Trafficking” From the above figure no 8, there are 8 girls in Safe Home and Half Way Home, 12 girls are in Emergency Shelter Home in Pokhara and 10 girls from Women Rehabilitation Center, who succeeded to receive formal education. Similarly, 37 and 52 girls have received non-formal education from Emergency Shelter Home and Safe Home & Half Way Home respectively.
• Legal Support From the following figure, our contribution on legal support is 34 in this year. Amongst them, 5 are in Emergency Shelter Home, 22 are in Women Rehabilitation Center and 7 are in Safe Home & Half Way Home.
Figure 7: Total number of Legal Supported
Some Glimpse of Shelter Homes
Learning Yoga in Life Skills Training class Legal Orientation to the Trafficking Survivors in shelter home
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Girls are in Emergency Shelter Home. Group Counseling in Safe Home.
Home Visit of Trafficking Survivors. Performing welcome dance in Teej Program.
Shakti Handicraft Workshop Pvt. Ltd.
The Handicraft Workshop is being run in a separate facility for the trafficking survivors who are taking services in the safe home and the half way home. This year, Shakti Samuha was able to successfully register the handicraft workshop as a private limited company. Trafficking survivors who are taking half way home services regularly go to the handicraft workshop and make different kinds of handicraft materials like jewelry, Saori shawls, key rings, bracelets, sewn items, etc. The additional skill of weaving was added. Asian Women Empowerment Project regularly orders
Shakti Samuha Annual Report - 2014 33 “End the Misery, stop Human Trafficking” the Saori products and the team also supported the finding of materials as well as design and marketing. Additionally, the design of the beaded products was improved. Shakti Samuha motivates the residents for their economic empowerment. The residents are supported with different types of vocational training as per their capacity and interest that is assessed by the Case Management team. Usually, they are sent to the organizations that provide trainings in coordination. However, when it requires professional training, they are sent to different institutions outside the shelter. Handicraft Products
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Success Story
Name:-Lax Age:-19 Address: - Sukaura VDC, Makwanpur Family Economic Status: - A small piece of land, no sufficient production for family management, daily wage work
Educational History: - Grade seven (She stopped her school due to poor economic status of family)
Trafficking History: - She was convinced by a relative brother with explaining about a good job opportunity in the city. During conversation, the perpetrator offered food in the restaurant and he mixed drug in food. After eating, she became unconscious and perpetrator kept her in a van and drove to his destination. When she was become conscious, she found herself in the brothel. At her home, her parents tried to find her everywhere but they could not find her. So they request an organization to find out their daughter. In the initiation of organization, she was found in a brothel of India six months later and they rescued her.
Case Story Lax/20/14 is 19 years old girl. She is from Sukaura VDC, Makwanpur. Her family economic status is low. Her parents have a piece of land and the production of farm is not enough for her family. So her parents go to daily wage works. Due to big family structure, she could not continue her study after completion of class Seven. She was repatriated from India. She had behavior problem e.g. anger, adjustment but she is fine due to continuous counseling. She is confident on her destination and future plan. So she had shown interest in vocational training e.g. sewing. She was supported to participate in vocational training, at first in the basic course. She has completed basic package and involved herself for doing well in the advance and the special sewing course as well. She did very well in sewing. She has been received the special course complete certificate with good performance. After completion of the training and receiving certificate, she showed interest to return back in her village and utilize her training over there. As per her wish, she reintegrated in her family with some IG Support. Now she is involved in a sewing job with the support of Shakti Samuha. She is planning to open her own tailoring shop after few month of work experience and want to live a dignify life. She has keen interest to support financially for her family members.
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C. Prosecution Prosecution is one of the areas of anti-trafficking intervention where a lot of emphasis and resources have been placed both globally and nationally. Even the anti-trafficking law of Nepal talks about the prosecution of traffickers with penalty and compensation for the survivors. However, in practice, most filed trafficking cases do not proceed as expected due to a lack of witness/victim protection, family pressure, and the political protection available to alleged traffickers. It has also been realized that ample time and preparation is needed to inform the trafficking survivors about the legislation, consequences and eminent threats that may ensue after they file cases against their alleged traffickers. After receiving shelter home service, the women survivor of human trafficking get regular counseling to heal their trauma and anxieties. Similarly, Shakti Samuha never forced them to take legal process against the trafficker but prepare them by providing legal counseling to get justice by themselves. As Shakti Samuha experience during working with the survivors if they become self aware then there is less chances to hostile the cases of trafficking. Once they become firm about their decision to file the case then the likelihood of following through with the case remains strong. Since a majority of the alleged traffickers are people the survivor already knows such as relatives, neighbors or friend’s fathers, it is emotionally difficult for the trafficking survivors to file a case. Strong family pressure to not file the case often compounds this further. Two new trafficking cases have filed this year and the Appeal Court Kathmandu and District Court has made decision of fourteen Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Cases. Altogether forty four cases have been observed by Shakti Samuha up to this year. Three residents of trafficking survivors were supported to obtain citizenship (Nationality Card) and two residents were supported to obtain birth certificates during this year. • 3 members supported from legal support • Legal orientation and referred to the related organization for rape, polygamy, women violence and domestic violence cases: 25 • Assist to 3 men who are in trafficking cases for the foreign employment in the Co- ordination to Pravasi Nepali Co-ordination Committee (PNCC) in Jhapa. • Legal Orientation : 25 • Legal support to the eight women, who were use to take Lebanon for foreign employment.
Shakti Samuha 36 Annual Report - 2014 “End the Misery, stop Human Trafficking” D. Capacity Building Capacity Building belongs to the trafficking survivors and Shakti Samuha’s staffs, which has helped to build their capacity for the effectiveness on their work. Shakti Samuha is providing different kinds of capacity building program to the survivors to increase their skill and develop knowledge and similarly, to the staffs as well for the conduct of organization’s activities. Through this training, trafficking survivor could understand the issue of human trafficking and could raise their voice after getting in the problem of human trafficking, which helps to give awareness program in their own community.
S.N. Trainings Achievements/ Remarks Participants 1 Trainings to the Members (Trafficking Survivors): . 6 months Psychosocial Counseling Training 1 member . Basic Counseling Training for survivor staffs 20 members . Vocational Training (Doll Making & Mushroom Farming) 3 members Jhapa . Art Healing Therapy Training for Survivors 84 members Banke, Bardiya & . 3 Days Counseling and Art Kailali Therapy Training 82 members Banke, Makwanpur & Sindhupalchowk . Vocational Training 7 members o Ttailoring Training 4 members . NGO Management Training . 3 Days Life Skill Training to 22 members Kathmandu : 5 Survivor Groups Sindhupalchowk : 6 Nuwakot : 11 . 1 Day Entrepreneurship Training 12 members Banke, Bardiya & . 2 days Training on Resource Kailali Mobilization 21 members Sindhupalchowk . Conceptual Clarity Training 67 members Banke, Makwanpur & on human rights, women rights Sindhupalchowk and legal provision on human trafficking & labor migration
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Trainings to the staffs:t . Staff Capacity Building Training o Social Mobilization 25 Staffs Jhapa, Banke, Training Bardiya o NGO Management 14 Staffs & Kailali Training . Reproductive Health Training 37 Staffs
. Communication Skills Training 20 Staffs . Report Writing Training to Social 19 Staffs 2 Mobilizers . 3 Days Organizational 21 Staffs Development Training to the Senior Staffs (including board members) . 2 Days Communication Skill 21 Staffs Development Training to staffs . Participation in 3 Days 1 Staff Brdiya ‘Psychosocial Cure Training’ for Social Worker
• Shakti Samuha has provided Basic Computer training to the one member. • 1 day orientation has organized on “Children working in Entertainment Sector” in Pokhara, Kaski district to local stakeholders including government and partners organization of Kaski district. The main objective of program was to increase the knowledge about Commercial Sexual Exploitation in Children (CSEC).
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Counseling Orientation to survivor group Doll Making Training to the network at Nepalgunj, Banke. members of Jhapa.
Survivor Members are being Members are in Refresher Life skill entrepreneur. Training.
Members are holding the certificate of completion of Mushroom & Doll making Training co-ordination with District Enterpreneurship Development Office.
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E. Advocacy (Lobby & Networking) Shakti Samuha, since its inception is actively involved in anti-human trafficking campaign. Shakti Samuha work in integrated rights based approach to address the issue of trafficking and violence against women from a holistic perspective, and that only a multi faceted approach can address numerous and complex underlying causes of human trafficking by eliminating unequally power relations. Shakti Samuha intervened to recognize the issue of human trafficking as a human rights violation at the community and national level. Shakti Samuhahas membership with different district, national and global level anti trafficking networks and through this network also Shakti Samuha is continuously advocating to address the issues of human trafficking and for the rights of survivor.
• Third National conference of Women Trafficking Survivors National Conference organized by Shakti Samuha, Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare Ministry and co-organized AATWIN in the date of 4th and 5th of June in Jawalakhel, Lalitpur. During the opening ceremony Ms. Onsari Gharti Magar, Constitution Assembly (CA) member was invited as a Chief Guest and in the ending ceremony, Mr. Lila Mani Paudel, Chief Secretary of Nepal Government was invited as a Chief Guest in the conference.
More than 370 participated in that conference including 250 survivors from 5 development region. There were participates in 4 parallel session and also participates with other 2 extra session with media and stake holders. The sessions were Socio-Economic Condition, Health Condition, Access to Justices, Emerging Trends/Condition of Trafficking, Effective Reintegration and Reunion: Our responsibility, and Guarantee Privacy Rights of Trafficking Survivors: Media Responsibility. In the session, participates had shared their feelings, problems and the expectations, In emerging trend, some survivors working in entertainmensector had shared the problems and formed a memorandum. The memorandum was provided to CA members and government bodies too. National conference with the interaction with trafficking survivors identified the major challenges faced by trafficking survivors, recommendations to be used for advocacy (targeted to policy makers including constitution assembly members), and collection and analysis of the data of the participating trafficking survivors in order to identify the trends and root causes of trafficking and to raise awareness and sensitize policy makers, journalists and general public on trafficking and specific challenges (stigma and discrimination) faced by the survivors.
Shakti Samuha 40 Annual Report - 2014 “End the Misery, stop Human Trafficking” • International Conference on Human Trafficking UFER (International Movement for Fraternal Union among Races and Peoples) conducted an international conference on Human Trafficking in Kathmandu coordinating with Shakti Samuha, where 40 activists from 20 countries came for the conference. In this conference, Shakti Samuha, Paurakhi Nepal, GFOND, Ne Co De Co, CWISH participated from Nepal and the International participants from India, Korea, Japan, Canada, Italy and other different part of the world. All countries shared the changing trends and the status of the human trafficking with human slavery. The boarders problems are everywhere in the world influencing to trafficking. From Nepal, Shakti Samuha shared the situation, trends and problems of trafficking survivors. In specific, Shakti Samuha shared the presentation with introduction of Shakti Samuha, Socioeconomic status of survivors, repatriation, rehabilitation and reintegration process followed by SS, Some testimony voices of survivors and the plan about the National Conference of Trafficking Survivors.
• Cross Border Workshop conducted in Bhairahawa, Rupendehi Cross border workshop on “safe, voluntary and effective repatriation” conducted by Shakti Samuha on 12th Dec 2014 at Bhairawa, Rupandehi. The main objective of the workshop was to discuss and lobby for strengthening safe repatriation of women and children and discuss about link between the rights of human trafficking survivor and stakeholders. The workshop pointed out some of the difficulties like late recommendation from government, lack of coordination with Indian police, hard to get real resident of survivor, lack of awareness, hard to find survivor as they get shifted from one to another brothel, lack of coordination amongst organization working in this issue and lack of referral mechanism in repatriation process and an action plan was made to minimize these problem.
Stakeholder’s (Nepalese and Indian) discussing about effective repatriation process and difficulties in the cross border workshop at Rupendehi.
Shakti Samuha Annual Report - 2014 41 “End the Misery, stop Human Trafficking” • Meeting with District Committee to Control Human Trafficking (DCCHT) in working districts • Effective participation in the regular meeting with District Network of anti human trafficking in all working districts. • Advocacy meeting with Ministry for the protocol of Standard Operative Procedures (SOP).
Other Activities for Advocacy:
Achievements/ S.N. Programs Remarks Participants Interaction on Relevant Stakeholders 14 participants 1 Kailali District Discussion 2 Interaction with parents and some local persons 76 participants Banke
Networking: • National Committee to Combat Human Trafficking (NCCHT) • District Committee to Combat Human Trafficking (DCCHT) • Alliance Against Trafficking in Women and Children in Nepal (AATWIN) • Non-Government Organization (NGO) Federation Nepal • Global Alliance Against the Trafficking of Women (GAATW) • International Movement for Fraternal Union Among Races and Peoples (UFER) • Survivor of Trafficking (SOT) Network • Women Human Rights Defender (WHRD) Network • Campaign For Rights (NFR) Network • Social Protection Civil Society Network • Anti Human Trafficking & Human Rights Protection District Network, Makwanpur • One Step Crisis Management Center (OCMC), Makwanpur • Women and Children Service Center, Rautahat • Girls and Adolescence Power Civil Society Network (GAPCSN) • District Children Home Network, Kaski • Girls Power Network, Kaski Challenges: • It has become difficult to cope with the situation in changing trend of human trafficking. • People have willingness to leave villages for the foreign employment although there is risk because there are fewer opportunities available in the villages and there is no higher secondary school to continue their education as well. Thus in this reason too, migration rate has been increasing from remote area to urban areas in unsafe ways and it adds more vulnerable conditions to adolescents. • Adolescent groups have been getting threats from the perpetrators’ families during circulating information to the relevant organization about rape case, human trafficking cases and domestic violence, etc. • The adolescent group members have provision to leave the group after completing the age of 19 and new members come into the group but we don’t have any direct programs (i.e.
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• Efforts and work of Government are very slow to finalize the draft protocol of repatriation though we are conducting lobbies and advocacy for it.
• Need of a rehabilitation home in the Bardiya district for human trafficking survivors and it has been requested for Shakti Samuha to manage the home if possible in Bardiya to provide support for trafficking survivors and will be easy for other organization to working in the same issues. • It has been seen as a need to train police in district on human trafficking and sensitivity that has to be maintained while dealing with trafficking survivors. • Shakti Samuha is facing challenges while working in the field and in groups because other organizations are trying to divert SS group members by showing many support programs and also explaining the slavery definition for dealing with sex slavery. SS are discussing with the teams and have planned to organize a meeting with the representatives of the organization to minimize the gap and make a clear and transparent understanding to work together.
• Lack of enough acceptances to survivors by family and the community. • Lack of resources that survivor members need like other refreshments and recreational activities that help to overcome problems while passing through trauma. • It is still difficult to trace all of the missing cases. If there were an exact location and information provided, then it would be easier to trace them. Sometimes, it takes more time to trace. It is one complaint raised by beneficiaries. With the support on legal aid, there was continuous follow ups of the legal cases in Kathmandu. Another risk we experienced is that due to short-term rehabilitation support for the trafficking survivors, we need to reintegrate them to their family within the limited time span of one year. Due to their poor family situation and illiteracy, sometimes the cases were re-victimized. This is a serious issue faced by trafficking survivors. • Survivor women are still facing difficulties from their husband to participate in the programs and to do social activities. It has been a need in Nepal to bring a men’s attitude changing program, it has been considered in the area of women empowerment. • Due to the prevalence of severe forms of stigma and discrimination associated with trafficking survivors, during the process of protection, prosecution, and reintegration into the communities; the survivor groups’ effectiveness act as a resource pool and local support structure to prevent trafficking in the community level. While most of the group members are successfully reintegrated into their family and community; the role of the larger community in providing an enabling environment that is non-discriminatory to the survivors of trafficking has to be strengthened. Thus, this will enable the members of the survivors groups to effectively engage with various stakeholders at the community and district level for better protection and ensuring rights to the trafficking survivors. • Due to discriminative thinking of
the society towards the survivors, they face difficulties to work smoothly.
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Best Practices/Learning • Survivors need more training about animal husbandry. • Sharing and learning the importance of family decision in planning business. • Effective coordination with local level organizations can help to develop clear criteria and system to mobilize the fund effectively in income generating work. It helps to find out the available resources of local level to survivors group and also helps to the sustainability of survivors group work in community. • The successful completion of the Cross Border workshop on the guidelines of Safe and Voluntary repatriation of Nepali trafficked women/girls in Mahendranagar • Wall magazine and IEC material are the best tools for effective communication. • The radio program is a successful tool to raise awareness in community people and adolescents by adolescent; to illuminate trafficking playing the role of media is important. • Shakti Samuha develop own awareness song ‘Afanta nai fakauthe…’ on anti human trafficking issues. • We realized it is important to expand some wards by formulating adolescent groups in the community. This is because there is one adolescent group in one VDC where there are 9 wards in one VDC. Thus awareness program has worked less for the community people. So, if we can reach to 9 wards in one VDC then group activity can be recognized by many people and we will be able to reach more numbers in this campaign. • To access on local resources, adolescent and survivor groups should be sensitized regarding the resource mobilization in upcoming days. • It is necessary to learn from the organizations in Nepal, who are dealing with missing cases. • There is a need for intensive coordination and workshops with organizations and governmental officials inside and outside of Nepal for the missing cases and successful repatriation. • Awareness program for the families of trafficking survivors; in trafficking prone areas, it is essential and it is an effective way to minimize the cases. • Long-term support for the trafficking survivors is most necessary for their independent settlement. • Life skill training and behavior and attitude training should be provided to the beneficiaries of the working area of Shakti Samuha. • Research is highly needed to understand the current pattern and trend of trafficking of Nepali women and children so that effective interventions can be implemented in the appropriate destinations. Extra Activities of Shakti Samuha in 2014 year • Social Audit Program Shakti Samuha organized social audit program successfully on 29th December. A social audit is a way of measuring, understanding, reporting and ultimately improving an organization’s social and ethical performance. It is also important for transparency. Therefore, Shakti Samuha has been organizing Social Audit Program annually at the last month of year.
Shakti Samuha 44 Annual Report - 2014 “End the Misery, stop Human Trafficking” Participants praised the work of organization and wished for the success of the work of the organization in future as well. Participants mentioned “Shakti Samuha has been playing an important role in anti-human trafficking campaign, taking a guardianship responsibility of survivor of human trafficking and advocating” for the social and legal rights of survivors. All together 91 people participated in the program from working districts of Shakti Samuha as representatives of governmental and non-governmental organizations namely women and children, women and children service center, community police office, district child welfare committee, human trafficking survivors group and networks, adolescent groups, women protection committee , journalist, donors, member of shakti samuha and well-wisher of organization. Social Audit of Shakti Samuha completed where all district staffs and group member participated and gave a view to the running programs by Shakti Samuha. • Strategy Review and Planning Workshop Shakti Samuha organized the third strategic review and planning workshop on 31st August-2nd September 2014 at Sauraha, Chitwan where altogether 20 participants from executive board members, general members, founder members and staffs of Shakti Samuha participated. The major objective of the workshop was to share the achievements/outcomes and progress of each projects/ programmes implemented by Shakti Samuha during past 5 years and prepare new strategy for next five years. The strategy workshop was facilitating by Mr. Prakash Pokharel and co-facilitator Mr. Ramdhani Chaudhari.
• Interaction Workshop on "SAARC Convention on Preventing and Combating Trafficking in Women and Children for Prostitution and CSOs voices/Concerns"
Shakti Samuha & Alliance against Trafficking in Women and Children in Nepal (AATWIN) jointly organized a workshop on "SAARC Convention on Preventing and Combating Trafficking in Women and Children for Prostitution and CSOs voices/Concerns" on 24th November 2014 at Jaulakhel, Lalitpur. All together, 75 participants from different non-governmental organization (NGOs), International non- governmental organization (INGOs), advocates, and media person were participated in program. An interaction program was organized with objective to review the 2000 SAARC convention. Additionally, the interaction program was also set out to entice potential stakeholders for effective implementations of SAARC convention. Ms. Sunita Danuwar, President of Shakti Samuha, highlighted the problem and challenges to protect and ensure the rights of human trafficking survivors such as Challenges to
Shakti Samuha Annual Report - 2014 45 “End the Misery, stop Human Trafficking” rescue human trafficking survivors due to lack of clear convention between SAARC country; Lack of clear provision to repatriation from India to Nepal and from other SAARC countries; Challenges to rehabilitation and reintegration of trafficking survivor due to lack of clarity within rules and regulations on rescue, repatriation, rehabilitation and reintegration; Difficulty in establishing an identity (citizenship) for human trafficking survivor(s) and their child(ren); Lack of coordination and cooperation between the government and organizations as well as NGO to NGO to abolish human trafficking; Difficulty to rescue human trafficking survivor due to lack of repatriation Chairperson, Ms. Sunita Danuwar presenting a paper protocol between two countries. on behalf of Nepal in the Regional Convergence of People's SAARC.
Shakti Samuha in Media
Ms. Sunita Danuwar Chairperson is in SAMAKON program for Media Advocacy.
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C10 Award Ms. Sunita Danuwar, President of Shakti Samuha has been honored as the winner of C10 award in the presence of H.M. Queen Slivia of Sweden. The winner of the C10 award 2014 were ten exceptional leaders, reinventing the fight against trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation of children. Ms. Danuwar is the first recipient of this award from Nepal. The C10 Award 2014 celebrates Ten Global Leaders and their fight against the trafficking of children. Sophie Stenbeck. Family Foundation, World Childhood Foundation and Reach for Change have come together to
co-found the award to support and acknowledge entrepreneurial leaders of the child rights field. The C10 Award ceremony was held on November 3rd 2014 in Stockholm at the Grand Hôtel. The event was attended by the ten winners of the C10 Award, as well as decision makers, foundations and high-level private sector executives, who are committed to make an impact in this space and the Scandinavian media.
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New Executive Committee of Shakti Samuha
Shakti Samuha has elected new executive committee from the general assembly.
S.N. Name Designation 1 Ms. Sunita Danuwar President 2 Ms. Sweta Lama Vice-President 3 Ms. Dil Kumari Rai Secretary 4 Ms. Sita Tamang Treasurer 5 Ms. Kesang Tamang Member 6 Ms. Binu Pariyar Member 7 Ms. Rina B.K. Member
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President Ms. Sunita Danuwar
Vice-President Secretary Treasurer Ms. Sweta Lama Ms. Dil Kumari Rai Ms. Sita Tamang
Member Member Member Ms. Kesang Tamang Ms. Binu Pariyar Ms. Rina B.K.
Shakti Samuha 54 Annual Report - 2014 “End the Misery, stop Human Trafficking” Shakti Samuha Chabahil, Kathmandu Staffs S.N. Name Position Duty Station Remarks
Central Office, Kathmandu
1 Charimaya Tamang Program Co-ordinator Central Office 2 Dilip Koirala Legal & Training Coordinator Central Office 3 GopiKrishna Luitel Livelihood Co-ordinator Central Office 4 Prakash Pandey Finance Manager Central Office 5 Srijana K.C. Project Coordinator Central Office 6 Sanjita Timsina Monitoring & Evaluation Co-ordinator Central Office 7 Aashish Dulal Media & Project Co-ordinator Central Office 8 Sushila Khakurel Psychosocial Counselor Central Office 9 Sarala Tamang Project Officer Central Office 10 Manamaya Dong Job Co-ordinator Central Office 11 Rishimaya Paudel Account Officer Central Office 12 Apsara Rana Magar Documentation & Communication Officer Central Office 13 Indira Sapkota Training Associate Central Office 14 Rashmi Thapa Project Associate Central Office 15 Rashila Thokar Outreach Worker Central Office 16 Sanjmaya Tamang Receptionist/ Store Keeper Central Office 17 Urmila Shrestha Social Mobilizer Central Office 18 Rakesh Chaudhary Office Assistant Central Office 19 Kabita Lama Office Assistant Central Office
Safe Home & Half Way Home 1 Bal Kumari Rana Magar Safe Home Coordinator Kathmandu 2 Prabha Bhattarai Case Manager Kathmandu 3 Archana Lama Psychosocial Officer Kathmandu 4 Kabita Bhandari Reintegration Officer Kathmandu 5 Bala Bhattarai Health Person Kathmandu 6 Tara Khanal Hostel In-charge Kathmandu 7 Shakhila Karki NFE Teacher Kathmandu 8 Sashi Tamang Field Staff Kathmandu 9 Rudrakumari Ranamagar Assistant hostel warden Kathmandu 10 Rina B.K. (B) Assistant hostel warden Kathmandu 11 Fulmaya Tamang Cook Kathmandu 12 Sabina Badal Part time dance teacher Kathmandu
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Shakti Handicraft Workshop Pvt. Ltd. 1 Rina B.K. Handicraft Manager Kathmandu 2 Devasingh Rathaur Handicraft Trainer Kathmandu 3 Sunita Gahatraj Tailoring Trainer Kathmandu
Emergency Shelter Home, Pokhara 1 Anisha Lama Project Coordinator Pokhara 2 Prakash Chandra Tirpathi Project Officer Pokhara 3 Kalpana Garbuja Magar Rehabilitation Officer Pokhara 4 Sapana Kumal Peer Educator Pokhara 5 Sushila Nepali Social Mobilizer Pokhara 6 Rukmini Sharma Hostel Warden Pokhara
Women Rehabilitation Center, Sindhupalchowk 1 Rashmita Shrestha Counselor Sindhupalchowk 2 Harikala Bhatt Hostel Warden Sindhupalchowk 3 Shanti Mizar Security Guard Sindhupalchowk 4 Neelam Lama Cook Sindhupalchowk
Regional Office, Makwanpur 1 Asmita Thing Project Coordinator Makwanpur 2 Suneeta Singtan District Officer Makwanpur 3 Sabita Dahal Social Mobilizer Makwanpur 4 Tshering Sikarmi Social Mobilizer Makwanpur
Regional Office, Bardiya 1 Nirmala Thapa Regional Officer Bardiya 2 Sunita Chaudhary Social Mobilizer Bardiya
District Contact Office 1 Mona Thing District Officer Bara 2 Kopila Timalsina District Contact Officer Rautahat 3 Manju B.K. District Contact Person Sindhupalchowk 4 Chandrakala Tamang District Contact Person Nuwakot 5 Jyoti Tamang Counselor Sindhupalchowk 6 Mira Bhattarai Social Mobilizer Jhapa 7 Bhawani Lamichhane Social Mobilizer Sindhupalchowk 8 Rama Tamang Social Mobilizer Nuwakot 9 Radha Joshi Social Mobilizer Kailalai 10 Geeta Chaudhary Social Mobilizer Banke
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