A woman and her children’s chances of human trafficking are increased when they are destitute. One of our programs aims to help Nepali mothers address their extreme poverty by helping them build and manage their businesses through microfinancing and continuous guidance. 

Since traffickers prey on the poor, My Business – My Freedom is another preventive tactic for human trafficking. Our other prevention projects include monitoring stations, awareness programs, and educational support. When a woman is impoverished, she will likely be attracted to shady job offers and migration prospects that lure her out of her village. A sustainable livelihood can significantly help in reducing these risks. 

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In photo: Members of one of our Microfinance Women’s Groups in Chitwan during their weekly meeting. Here, they are diligently logging their savings for the week, supporting each other on their journeys toward financial independence.

How It Works

Here’s how we help our beneficiaries establish her own business to ensure her continued freedom:

Training. She undergoes basic entrepreneurship training to learn how to build her business and receives advice on making her venture successful.

Mentorship. She will receive a more personal approach to money management, savings, budgeting, and other entrepreneurial skills. 

Community. Connecting her with other women in similar circumstances can help build a supportive community where they can share their challenges and successes for years to come. This community can help them build each other’s confidence because they know that they have each other’s back. 

Lending. She can take out micro-loans to help her get started. The loan is then expected to be paid in 6-9 months. Once paid, she can take out more loans to scale up her business. 

Support and Guidance. It doesn’t stop with loans and training. Our loan officers and her community will look out for her and watch her grow into an independent and empowered female entrepreneur. 

How To Help

Helping a woman start her own business also means helping her family achieve a better life. Join us in our fight against human trafficking by empowering women through entrepreneurship. 

Support one woman

  • USD 270 | AUD 385

Support ten women and create a new women’s group

  • USD 2,700 | AUD 3,850

Support 50 women and create five women’s group

  • USD 13,500 | AUD 19,250

Partner with us and you’ll receive:

  • A six-monthly donor update about the program (November and May)
  • A six-monthly update on our overall work and impact in Nepal (August and February)

The My Business – My Freedom Microfinance Program – Captivating Nepal, is an approved aid and development project run in partnership with the Global Development Group (ABN 57 102 400 993), an Australian DFAT-approved NGO that carries out quality humanitarian projects and experts in long-term solutions to poverty. For more information about GDG, visit http://www.globaldevelopment.org.au

Donations for this program are tax-deductible in Australia, New Zealand, the USA, and Hong Kong.

My Business - My Freedom Microfinance Program Nepal Projects