A fund to rescue children from slavery in Nepal

We are pleased to share with you that we have recently rescued a 15-year-old girl called Mina (name changed).  However her story is truly tragic and almost unbearable to type. She comes from a large, dysfunctional family who lived just outside Kathmandu, relying on agriculture for income. 

Mina's desperately poor mother brought her to Kathmandu to find work when she was just ten years old.  Initially Mina worked in a dance bar without pay.  Over the years she moved to different dance bars, being forced to service male customers but having to hand over her earnings. The dance bar owners said that feeding her and giving her a place to stay was enough. 

Eventually she moved to a small restaurant, thinking that her experience there would be better.  She expected to clean and wait on tables but was once again forced into sexual slavery, having to have sex with between 5 and 10 men each day. She says that at this time she was in "severe pain." 

Our partner Shakti Samuha heard about Mina through their outreach worker and moved swiftly to rescue her. Needless to say after five years of constant abuse she is very traumatised. We are giving her all the time she needs – just assuring her that she is safe. 

We are so glad that Marigold House exists to offer a safe haven to girls like Mina – but we dearly wish that it wasn't needed. Thank you to all who fund our work, helping us give time, space and safety to girls like Mina as they start to rebuild the pieces of their broken lives.