Shoemaking Training for Women
In January, the Women and Children Ministry from the Nepali Government inaugurated a three-month shoemaking training for the women at Women's Safe Haven.
In January, the Women and Children Ministry from the Nepali Government inaugurated a three-month shoemaking training for the women at Women's Safe Haven.
Everyday, Ofelia sets out in the afternoon to sell boiled duck eggs, or more commonly known in the Philippines as "balut", together with other snacks to fill her neighbors. She does this diligently to provide for her four children, while her husband works as a construction worker.
Poverty remains to be one main factor of sexual exploitation in the Philippines. Thus, reaching poor communities and teaching them how to fight OSAEC are crucial in ensuring the safety of the children.
As a little girl, both of Sunita's parents passed away so she had no one to send her to school. She got married and moved to Pokhara with her husband to find work. But they struggled to earn sufficient money to even eat two meals a day.
In one online awareness campaign, a teacher for children with special needs shared that she received a report from a neighbor that a child with special needs is being abused in her own home.
Unfortunately, children with special needs can be more prone to exploitation because they cannot speak up or defend themselves.
“The program was successful to deliberately provide the relevant enormous knowledge about human trafficking which directly helps our police to deliver effective and relevant services.”
The ultimate goal for survivors of human trafficking and online sexual abuse and exploitation of children (OSAEC) at The Blessed Project is for them to be reintegrated to the community, or if possible, to their families. The main challenges for this process to happen are the unpreparedness of relatives to accept and care for the trainees, unsuitable environment within the community, and the slow legal process for those with ongoing cases.
Kranti's case is critical and severe in nature. The 3 Angels Nepal legal team, including our lawyer, travelled 10 hours to file her case.