A P R O J E C T O F T H E R O TA RY C L U B O F E U M U N D I Issue 95, Thursday 13 June 2024
FORGET ME NOT - SMILE CAMPAIGN You may have noticed a lot of smiles around Eumundi in the past few weeks. A group of Eumundi locals have banded together with Boom Shankar – an Australian women’s fashion label based in Noosa – to support Forget Me Not Australia with a cheerful range of new clothing called Smile for a Smile.
truth - that these children were not orphans and most had family who were looking for them.
In 2006 Forget Me Not established an orphanage in Kathmandu Nepal for 20 children. Despite being bright-eyed and excited to be helping these beautiful children, it was not until a few years later the organisation learned the ugly
Co-founder, Dr Kate Van Dore, completed her PhD about the reality that orphanage’s create child trafficking - a modern form of slavery. Through her research the organisation learned Cont. p3
In 2012 the organisation won the right in court to start the transition of returning these girls to their families and supporting the families with education and upskilling. This has since become the true work of Forget Me Not.
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