Presentation of the COURAGE OF CONSCIENCE AWARD
To ANURADHA KOIRALA, Founder of Maiti Nepal
Date: Friday, August 25th, 2006
Location: The Peace Abbey, Two North Main Street, Sherborn,MA T: (508) 650-3659
7:00 p.m. Showing of the film “The Day My God Diedâ€
Award Presentation to follow
In 1993, Anuradha Koirala founded Maiti Nepal, working to end domestic abuse, child prostitution, child labor, and the trafficking of girls for the sex trade. Since then the organization has attacked the problem from several directions, offering education and intervention to stop the trafficking and rehabilitation to help girls who have escaped or been discarded by the brothels.
At Nepal’s borders with India, the group has established nine transit homes. Women who have escaped from brothels watch border crossing points in hopes of intercepting traffickers and rescuing potential victims before they enter India.
The group also runs a hospice where girls infected with AIDS, hepatitis, or other sexually transmitted diseases can live as they are often not accepted back in their villages.
In 2005, Anurada Koirala was appointed Nepal’s Minister for Women, Children and Social Welfare.
Please join us to honor Anuradha Koirala for her courageous and relentless work.
Maiti Nepal is represented in the United States by the Friends of Maiti Nepal based in Boston, MA. - www.friendsofmaitinepal.org
Founders of FOMN, Brigitte and Joe Collins may be contacted at bcazalis@comcast.net
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