I met the woman in this banner. Her name is Anuradha Koirala. She is a modern day abolitionist and the founder of Maiti Nepal, an organization that rescues girls from the sex trade in Nepal. One of the goals for our journey and for the film was to bring awareness of the prevalence of sexual slavery and trafficking in places like Nepal. The stories we heard were harrowing. Unfortunately we could not film any of the survivors or the workers at Maiti Nepal. We were just able to talk to the spokesperson and founder, which was a great enough honor to us. She encouraged us to find stories and tell them any way we could. At this point we are only able to graze the surface of the horrible and dark reality of this perverse trade in human flesh. Bringing justice will not be easy. It takes hard and dangerous work to bring justice for others, and the joining of so many hands to stop the injustice from ever occurring. But it is exactly the kind of work that our Savior calls us to carry out in his name. It is time for the people of God to get their hands dirty as they wipe away the tears of the oppressed and the enslaved. To hear their cry and not turn away. “Now no one call me with the name I love the most, now I am pretty. And now I don’t have friends. I am alone in this world which I have not seen because I have not moved out of my room since I arrived here way back in April 14th 2006.” [read the rest of this story on Maiti Nepal] Click the banner image to support Not For Sale, the organization that is currently supporting Maiti Nepal and doing a huge amount of work to end human trafficking around the world.

I met the woman in this banner. Her name is Anuradha Koirala. She is a modern day abolitionist and the founder of Maiti Nepal, an organization that rescues girls from the sex trade in Nepal. One of the goals for our journey and for the film was to bring awareness of the prevalence of sexual slavery and trafficking in places like Nepal.

The stories we heard were harrowing. Unfortunately we could not film any of the survivors or the workers at Maiti Nepal. We were just able to talk to the spokesperson and founder, which was a great enough honor to us. She encouraged us to find stories and tell them any way we could. At this point we are only able to graze the surface of the horrible and dark reality of this perverse trade in human flesh. Bringing justice will not be easy. It takes hard and dangerous work to bring justice for others, and the joining of so many hands to stop the injustice from ever occurring.

But it is exactly the kind of work that our Savior calls us to carry out in his name. It is time for the people of God to get their hands dirty as they wipe away the tears of the oppressed and the enslaved. To hear their cry and not turn away.

“Now no one call me with the name I love the most, now I am pretty. And now I don’t have friends. I am alone in this world which I have not seen because I have not moved out of my room since I arrived here way back in April 14th 2006.” [read the rest of this story on Maiti Nepal]

Click the banner image to support Not For Sale, the organization that is currently supporting Maiti Nepal and doing a huge amount of work to end human trafficking around the world.

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