Empowering Nepalese Girls

A trek to the world’s highest peak gives rise to one of education’s greatest endeavours.

Little Januka (not her real name) grew up on the streets of Katmandu, selling trinkets to try to make enough money to eat and feed her three younger sisters. Her mother had passed away and her father had abandoned them. She moved in with her grandmother but had to work as a housemaid to warrant her keep. At age 15 she met with an opportunity to change her world.

People and Projects Positively Changing Asia

  • M’day Reak Reay, Kone Reak Reay (MRKR), which translates into English as Happy Mother, Happy Baby, is a Cambodian non-governmental organisation which aims to improve the...
  • Anuradha Koirala with rescued women and children living at the Maiti Nepal shelter (Photo by Kiran Panday, Nepali Times) Maiti Nepal rescues and rehabilitates victims of sex...
  • Feed the Hungry Philippines has been feeding the hungry in the country for almost 18 years — from 10,000 miles away. Based in Virginiai, USA, the organization's also expanded to...
  • Mobile Active is a phone-based broadcasting system used in healthcare, microfinance, counseling and training for urban sex workers in Bangalore India.  www.mobileactive.org...