This is going to be an exciting year for the Nepalese Youth Opportunity Foundation. Next month, our staff will fan out over the five districts in west Nepal where
girls are enslaved as bonded laborers to carry out our dynamic awareness program against the bonding custom. We will have a new weapon in our arsenal this year in addition to the piglet or goat we give the parents as incentives – the new government program to pay for the education or vocational training of all the girls we rescue. This is the culmination of a decade of lobbying the government by NYOF! We will emphasize to reluctant parents that their daughters will be eligible for a fully funded education by the government if they will consent to bring them home from their labors. Our plan is to rescue thousands of girls who have been or are about to be sold. Those of you who have contributed to this cause have our eternal gratitude. We still need your generous support to liberate the bonded girls and conduct our awareness campaign, because the government funding will not be used for these purposes.
Christmas is approaching, and though the holiday is not celebrated in Nepal, we have a Christmas Eve party for our kids, with Father Christmas arriving in full costume. He carries a doko (the local carrying basket) on his back, and says the requisite ho-ho-hos as he enters. The basket is filled with colorful stockings that contain simple little things – perhaps a fancy pencil, a hair ribbon, a tiny metal car, a scarf or a belt – but the kids are so excited and happy you would think that we are giving them the latest in video games. Then some treats, and a little dance and singing performance by the kids at the end. It is so much fun, and the little ones look forward to it with great anticipation.
I hope your holidays will be equally enjoyable. In this season of giving, pat yourself on the back for all you have done over the years for the children of Nepal. Without you, NYOF would not have been able to liberate thousands of girls from bonded labor, educate many youngsters who would otherwise not have been able to attend school, and save the lives of thousands of severely malnourished children. While you are shopping for holiday gifts for your family and friends, please consider making a gift to help children who do not have family to provide for them.
Warm regards,
Olga Murray, NYOF Founder
You Can Help the
Most Vulnerable
Children in Nepal
As you plan your holiday gifts, please consider a gift to support destitute children in Nepal. So many Nepali children are abandoned, abused, or malnourished that it can feel overwhelming. However, NYOF's diverse programs are making a profound difference in the lives of thousands of children.
These contributions will make excellent holiday gifts on behalf of your loved ones. The impact of your gift will go far beyond almost any material object you can buy. A donation of $100 girl will rescue a girl from bonded labor, $340
will save the life of a malnourished child,
and $75 will send a village child to
school for a year.
