Maiti Nepal (माइती नेपाल) is a non-profit organization in Nepal dedicated to helping victims of sex trafficking. Currently, it operates a rehabilitation home in Kathmandu, as well as transit homes at the Indo-Nepal border towns, preventive homes in the countryside and an academy in Kathmandu.
Maiti Nepal ("maiti" meaning "mother's home" in Nepali) was established in 1993 by a group of socially committed professionals to fight against the social evils inflicted upon Nepalese females, such as domestic violence, trafficking for flesh trade, child prostitution, child labour and various other forms of exploitation and torture.
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Maiti Nepal runs several programmes such as awareness and advocacy campaigns; community outreach programmes; anti-trafficking safety networks; prevention home; rehabilitation home; transit homes; hospices; rescue and repatriation operations; gainful employment for survivors of trafficking, high-risk girls and women; and soliciting the rights of restaurant employees.
As the founder and director of Maiti Nepal, Anuradha Koirala won the CNN Hero of the Year award in 2010.[1]. She had previously received the Courage of Conscience Award from The Peace Abbey in Sherborn, Massachusetts on August 25, 2006.[2]
The United States government has given a two-year grant of $500,000 to Maiti Nepal in April 2010.[3]