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Save girls in Nepal who are sold into virtual slavery, enable them to return to their families, and support their education. The project's goal is to completely eliminate the bonding of Nepali girls.
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In rural Nepal, thousands of families sell their daughters into bonded servitude every year. Families are so poor that they cannot get enough food without the $40-$50 they receive for their daughters. These girls, some as young as six, are sold to work in distant cities. Many are abused or disappear. NYOF brings bonded girls home, pays for all of their school costs, gives each family a piglet or goat, and uses a micro-lending program to enabling the families to rise out of poverty.
NYOF rescues girls from indentured labor and brings them back to their families. It pays the girls' school fees and provides all their school supplies. NYOF also gives each family a piglet or goat to replace the income from selling their daughter.
Total Funding Received to Date: $15,283
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $8,717
Total Funding Goal: $24,000
This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).
NYOF's goal is to completely eliminate the bonding of Nepali girls. The organization has eliminated this tradition from one of the five districts where it occurs, and is working in a second district. Thousands of girls are still bonded every year.
Father, I beg you. Let me go to school. Don’t send us to work for the landlords. We are all equal. Though we are daughters we are your children. Send us to school. Make your children’s future bright.
- Sumitra Chaudhari, a girl sold into servitude and rescued by NYOF
Janis Olson
Executive Director
3030 Bridgeway
Suite 123
Sausalito, CA 94965
United States
415-331-8585
Email:
Nepalese Youth Opportunity Foundation (NYOF)
3030 Bridgeway, Suite 123
Sausalito,
California
94965
United States
(415) 331-8585
http://www.nyof.org
This project is located in
Nepal
and can also be found under
Women and Girls.
For more information about Nepal, read the Human Development Report on Nepal or the Wikipedia entry for Nepal.
This project was last updated on January 13, 2010.
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on May 1, 2009
By Olga Murray - Founder and President, January 13, 2010 11:41 AM
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