The Indentured Daughters Program is one of the most important of NYF's programs to help children in Nepal. This project rescues young Nepali girls who have been sold into bonded servitude by destitute families who need the income from their daughters' labor. NYF's humane answer to this horrible practice is to bring the girls home to be educated, while giving the family either a piglet or goat which, when sold at maturity, will provide a profit equivalent to what the daughter would have earned.
A decade ago, the Nepalese government banned the practice of parents selling their children into bonded servitude. However, the scant income these parents are able to make from their own labors simply isn't sufficient to provide for the entire family. And, since the government hasn't been enforcing the law, destitute families in the most impoverished regions of Nepal have continued the practice, selling their daughters' labor for about $50 per year.
For an investment of $100, NYF is able to rescue one of these indentured Nepali girls, bring her home and help her begin or resume her education. Many of these girls are the first females in their families to be educated. In addition, the family is compensated for the daughter's lost wages by the gift of a piglet or goat which will sell at maturity for as much or more than the daughter would have earned.
These rescued girls are returned to their homes, reuniting families and creating more stability in the girls' lives. In addition, NYF ensures that these girls have the opportunity of education. Many of the 11,500 young woman rescued by NYF so far have gone on to become college graduates, business owners and now spearhead this movement to free all Nepali girls from indentured slavery.
Nothing rekindles hope in the human condition more than witnessing the transformation of a child.
- Olga Murray, NYF's Founder and President
Total Funding Received to Date: $171,998
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $153,001
Total Funding Goal: $325,000
This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Excel file (projdoc.xls).
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