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HUMANIST

• Born on 14th April, 1949 to mother Laxmi Devi Gurung and father Col. Pratap Singh Gurung, in Nepal, Anuradha Koirala also known as Dijju, is one of the most popular Nepalese social activist of India as well as the founder of Maiti Nepal, which was started in 1993.
• It is said that she first got inclined towards social work during her school days at St. Joseph Convent School, in Kalimpong, when she witnessed the work of the Mother and sisters of the school.

MAITI NEPAL

• Maiti Nepal started with setting up a small home so that girls rescued from brothels could at least have a safe shelter to stay.
• Often sex trafficking survivors are disowned by their own families and friends. So, Maiti Nepal not only started rescuing trafficked children and girls, but it also started taking up the responsibility of rehabilitating them.
• Women can stay in the homes as long as they themselves are capable of living lives on their own.

MAITI NEPAL

• The word ‘Maiti’ has no literal interpretation in English but in the Nepali language the word ‘maiti’ means the home of the girl’s birth parents.
• Maiti Nepal was established in 1993 by a group of socially committed professionals in order “to protect Nepali girls and women from crimes like domestic violence, trafficking for flesh trade, child prostitution, child labor and various other forms of exploitation and torture”.
• Since 1993, this organization has been working towards “preventing trafficking for forced prostitution, rescuing flesh trade victims and rehabilitating them”.

MOTHER TERESA OF NEPAL

• Currently, Maiti Nepal operates a rehabilitation home in Kathmandu. Government of Nepal celebrates 5th September as anti-trafficking day recognizing the efforts of Anuradha Koirala. Ms. Koirala.
• She has rescued 12,000 girls in her journey of 20 years. It is believed that 12,000 is the same number of girls and women trafficked to India each year.

AWARDS

• Anuradha was presented with the CNN Heroes Award 2010 in Los Angeles, California.  She received USD 100,000 to continue her work with Maiti Nepal, in addition to USD 25,000 as a token of appreciation from CNN.
• She received the Mother Teresa Awards in 2014. Anuradha Koirala was also honoured with Acharya Tulsi Kartritva Puraskar by Akhil Bhartiya Terapanth Mahila Mandal in the year 2014.
• Anuradha Koirala was conferred India’s fourth highest civilian award Padma Shri in April 2017 by president Pranab Mukherjee. 2018 Koirala received G. O. D. Award

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