Arunadha Koirala is a woman that has taken a stand to something that is the worst that humanity has to offer. Human trafficking. She runs an organization called Maiti Nepal which is strictly dedicated to helping girls and women that were/are victimized by human trafficking.
Maiti Nepal operates a rehabilitation home in Kathmandu. They also have transit homes on the Indo-Nepal border and an academy in Kathmandu. Maiti translated from Nepali means 'mothers home'. Maiti Nepal has been a refuge for women or little girls rescued from the brothels in India. It has become a home for the women and girls that have been sexually abused and is the true meaning of home for these girls. The women or girls can stay in the homes run by Maiti Nepal until they are able to return to their homes and if they are not accepted by their parents they may stay there until they become able to live on their own. Maiti Nepal also works on reuniting these girls with their families and patrolling around the Indo- Nepal border with police or other authorities to rescue trafficked women.
Anuradha Koirala has received the the Courage of Conscience Award from The Peace Abbey in Massachusetts in 2006. She also won the CNN award of 2010. Anuradha Koriala is an amazing woman. She was brought up in India. She has fought for the rights of children and women. Non-stop fighting. The Courage of Conscience Award and the CNN Award of 2010 are only two of her 30 national and international awards. Anuradha Koirala has helped the lives of 12,00 girls and women since the year of 1993 and has not stopped fighting ever since. Koirala has a personal experience with sex abuse. "Every day, there was battering. And then I had three miscarriages that I think [were] from the beating. It was very difficult because I didn't know in those days where to go and report [it], who to ... talk to." So this is why she has done this. This is why she is helping all these young innocent girls.
In this YouTube video, the girls that are represented in the video shown, are so thankful to her and this shows us all how much they appreciate everything Koriala has done. Statistics show that human trafficking is estimated to be the third largest international crime industry. According to the U.S. state government, some 10,000 to 15,000 women and girls from Nepal are trafficked to India and then sexually exploited each year. Don't you think this statistic is just so crazy and scare? I do. Imagine if someone you knew, someone close to you, you're sister, aunt or whoever was sent of to India to be sexually exploited. Think about how much you would fight for them. How much it would affect you. Anuradha Koirala is speaking for these girls and fighting for them when nobody would. 20% of trafficked victims are children. This really scares me. I hope people that read this blog post understand the severity of human trafficking. I certainly do after reading about all these statistics even though I'm just a school girl.
So I ask you. I implore you to help stop human trafficking. How? To at least by taking the step where you would promise all of mankind and to yourself you would never be part of it. Never let anyone trick you into being trafficked. Never be a man that would traffic someone. Why? Because it scars. It scars the purity of a girl. Think about what if something like this were to happen to someone around you. I know I've thought about it and it sure is frightening. So I will never become a part of human trafficking and I hope you don't too.
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