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Asha Nepal and our partners work with victims of trafficking to find the best way to support each individual back into society and a meaningful lifestyle. Each of our projects is either a direct response to urgent needs of girls rescued from being trafficked into the sex industry or based on field research into the longer-term needs of trafficked women and children. 

A large percentage of our income relies on companies and individuals, members of the public like you. Asha Nepal is a volunteer organisation in the UK with no paid staff, so all of your donation goes directly funding our projects. We need approximately £20,000 to cover all 2011 expenditure -  please help!

Our projects include: 

Shakti Kendra Refuge - Established in 2004, Shakti Kendra is a refuge in Kathmandu for victims of trafficking.

Ashraya Women's Centre - The Ashraya Women’s Centre is a work in progress, created in response to needs identified through Asha Nepal’s joint research project into the long-term effects of trafficking on women (to be published by Terre des Hommes in autumn 2011).

Shatki Halfway House - The Shakti Halfway House was established in 2007 as a hostel for up to 60 trafficked women infected or affected by HIV and fit and willing to find employment.

Job Coordination - Our full-time Job Coordinator, Laxmi Puri, provides job-seeker support for clients at Shakti Kendra and for girls and women returned from trafficking through our partner organisation Shakti Samuha.

Children's Education - Asha Nepal has committed to providing an education, free from discrimination and abuse, for children affected by trafficking.

Foster Home - Violence against women in the family is rife in Nepal.

Hospital Healthcare - Asha Nepal offers financial support to women in the care of our refuge

My World My View - In 2006-07, Asha Nepal ran the successful My World, My View photography project with disadvantaged girls from Pokhara.