Stop Human Trafficking, Rescue, Educate & Empower

We had 15 girls in our shelter continuing their education and vocational training. However the April 25, 7.8 earthquake raddled our shelter and became unlivable. Most of the young women in our shelter were from Gorkha district where epicenter was. Currently they are with their respective family members in their villages. Before they left for their village, our fifteen young women currently located in our Katmandu shelter, were busy feeding as many homeless and hungry in their neighborhood. They were able to return to the shelter after several nights outside in the makeshift tarp-tents in monsoon like conditions earlier this week. -Have they done something like this before? No, however the success JHF has had is due in large part to the hard working board members in 2 countries. We have solar power in place, computers, water and food, in the JHF shelter when so many in Katmandu were in blackout as a result of the power outages. Our success also had to do with the infrastructure already in place, capable and tenacious members of our Katmandu office board of directors, coupled with the U.S operations expeditiously setting up the go fund me account, as well as directing donors to our JHF website. Our success also has had to do with the many generous contributions, no red-tape, familiarity with Nepali and Gurung language, and translation as well as knowing the lay of the land and how to get things done. Years of experience being trekking guides in Nepal has brought them a wealth of experience critical in emergencies. Currently, in Katmandu we have Kaylan Gurung handling operations including arranging transportation including helicopters and buses to transport supplies. He has made acquisitions of tents, rice, sugar, hygiene products and so forth. We will be brining those 15 young women back to our shelter later this year to continue their education and vocational training.