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Organization	American Himalayan Foundation
Region	Nepal
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ProjectLeader	Sarah Bakker

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Every year in Nepal thousands of girls, some as young as 9, are trafficked into exploitation and sexual abuse, their lives destroyed. We can prevent - and prevention is key - this modern slavery by educating girls. We go to the villages, find the girls most at risk, and give them all they need to stay in school - and safe. Education gives them confidence, value to their families and a future. The cost of this switch from dread to hope: $100 a year. That's how we Stop Girl Trafficking. Will you?

Challenge

Human trafficking is a crisis in Nepal. Every year, up to 20,000 young girls from the poorest parts of the country are sold or lured by traffickers with promises of marriage or good jobs. Casualties of poverty, illiteracy and a caste system that does not value girls, they are forced into Indian brothels or domestic servitude. In either case, they are slaves. Many are HIV positive within two years, and dead before they reach twenty.

Long-Term Impact

We started with 54 at-risk girls 20 years ago and today have helped over 23,000. Where we once had to persuade each family, whole villages are now asking to be included. And with each year a girl stays in school, she learns more and gains confidence. The graduates are becoming community leaders and speaking out. They will marry later and educate their own daughters - breaking a vicious cycle.