Hjælp slavepigerne i Nepal

I Nepal bliver mange piger revet ud af deres dagligdag og solgt som billig arbejdskraft - også kaldet kamalari.

De skal lave mad, gøre rent, vaske tøj, rydde op hos helt fremmede mennesker. Mange af pigerne er blot seks år gamle – og udsættes ikke blot for hårdt arbejde, de risikerer også at blive udnyttet seksuelt.

Pigerne kan være slaver i over 10 år – uden at tjene en krone og uden mulighed for at få en uddannelse.

Mere end 3.500 piger er kommet hjem
Indtil videre har Plan genforenet mere end 3.500 piger med deres familier. Vi støtter familierne, så de bringe deres døtre hjem og tilbyder stipendier til pigerne, så de kan komme i skole. Nogle piger får undervisning, så de kan starte deres egen lille forretning.

Projektet er en del af Plans globale kampagne – Because I am a Girl – der skal sikre pigers rettigheder. Det er vigtigt, omfattende og kræver ressourcer, så vi har brug for hjælp.

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Journeys to school: Nepal

From poverty to slavery, Pramila, 15, from Nepal, has faced extreme challenges in going to school – and she’s seen far too many girls from her community suffer the same fate.

“Because of poverty, I have had many problems in keeping up my education,” says Pramila. “My family couldn’t afford the things you need for school, so my father decided to send me to work as a kamalari.”

A kamalari is a child servant - Pramila agreed to go as her ‘master’ had promised to send her to school. But things did not work out that way. “It was the opposite of what I expected. I was enrolled at school, but couldn’t study,” says Pramila. And things took a turn for the worse when she fell ill. “At one point I had to return home because I caught pneumonia.”

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Nepal moves to abolish kamalari slave system

Nepal’s government has taken a huge step towards protecting the nation’s girls by formally announcing the abolition of the harmful kamalari practice.

Plan has welcomed the news and urged the government to follow through and take legal action against those who hire girls as kamalaris (child servants) to work in households in return for money or education.

“This is a significant step in the right direction and it could not come at a better time as the world’s attention is currently locked on the rights of girls in the wake of Malala Day last week,” says Donal Keane, Plan's country director in Nepal.

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Sommerens PlanNyt

Vores faddermagasin, PlanNyt, er nu landet i postkassen hos vores PlanFaddere.

Her kan man blandt andet læse om Nepals slavepiger, Plans arbejde i Egyptens slum og om danske unge, der gør en forskel.

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Plans ambassadør udsat for vold ved demonstration i Nepal

Plan-ambassadør og tidligere slavepige i Nepal 22-årige Urmila ligger på hospitalet, efter at hun mandag blev udsat for vold ved en ellers fredelig demonstration. Urmila og andre tidligere slavepiger protesterede mod de overgreb, som slavepiger i Nepal udsættes for.

Selvom det i Nepal er forbudt at hyre piger som huslaver, kamalarier, er praksissen stadig udbredt i det vestlige Nepal. Pigerne udfører hårdt fysisk arbejde fra morgen til aften, tjener ingen penge og kommer ikke i skole. Ofte er de udsat for vold, ydmygelser og overgreb.

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