Hamro Abhiyan Anti-Trafficking Educational Program

20 500 schools have been identified as the target schools for this program, spread across 5 hot-spot trafficking regions of Nepal. In total this represents 175,000 students. Most of these students are from poor, lower class families and considered easier targets by traffickers due to poverty and desperation. EACH YEAR, 6,500 students will be handpicked from participating schools to complete the Hamro Abhiyan program (in total over 90 Hamro Abhiyan presentations will be made). These students will then be responsible for taking the message back to the rest of the school body covering an estimated 25,000 students per year. Handouts will be provided to each student for them to then take home to parents/ siblings with the indirect impact of the program being in excess of 100,000. education is the key The Hamro Abhiyan program is highly acclaimed and has already won the “2019 Asian Leadership Award” for the best trafficking prevention strategy. Hamro Abhiyan Anti-trafficking program “ “ July to December 2019 Impact • 66 schools including 2,027 students participated in the Hamro Abhiyan human trafficking awareness program. • 2 groups of Nepali Army trainees totalling 153 people also did the training.

A dedicated team of trained anti-trafficking experts run the Hamro Abhiyan program which tackles 5 key points in the fight against trafficking. This is done in smaller module/group exercises including games and lots of interaction. Each group will consist of 15 students:

CAUSES - What are the major causes behind human trafficking and what they can do to safeguard themselves and their families from the likelihood of being trafficked.

CONSEQUENSES - What happens to a person when they are trafficked and how is their life impacted.

REHABILITATION - What happens to a survivor of trafficking. This station talks about creating a positive attitude towards the survivor rather than the traditional view of being shunned and cast out of the community.

MY BODY - What boundaries need to be adhered to and how can young people protect themselves.

CAUTION - When there is an awareness of the dangers of trafficking, there is now a duty to talk about it and share it with others. How does a person do that.

During July to December 2019 all this was made possible thanks to our key donors:

Marshall Family Jamoca Foundation

This vibrant team of 8 young people travel from Pokhara 3 Angels Nepal Head Office to each of the 6 regions of Nepal to facilitate the Hamro Abhiyan Anti-Trafficking program in schools.

Each team member has their own story to share which gives them passion and commitment to share this much needed information to students who don’t understand the dangers of trafficking and the lies that traffickers use to lure young people (particularly girls) from their families and are often never seen again.

Being young, energetic people themselves, they have a real rapport with the students. They turn this very important and often awkward topic, into something that students are comfortable to talk about. They create a safe environment where stories are shared and conversations happen that potentially save lives.

This team is changing the world… one school at a time.

The newly developed Hamro Abhiyan program is highly acclaimed and has already won the “2019 Asian Leadership Award” for the best trafficking prevention strategy.

The program will not only benefit school students but has also been endorsed by the government for roll-out to their police force and other associated department officials.

Congratulations to 3 Angels Nepal for all the hard work in developing such a recognised program. We are proud to partner with you.

The principal of one of the secondary schools who participated in the Hamro Abhiyan program during November 2019, thanked the 3 Angels Nepal Team for conducting a powerful and convincing program at their school. He said he is grateful that his students had a good opportunity to learn about human trafficking. He told the team,

“ I have challenged the students to share what they have learned to raise awareness among people in their area and be part of a cure to the disease called human trafficking and help to eradicate it from our society and from our beautiful country.”