Nepalese Youth Opportunity Foundation
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The Nepal Youth Foundation (NYF) is a U.S.-based nonprofit organization. The mission of NYF is to provide children in Nepal
with education, housing, medical care, and support.
The Nepal Youth Foundation's partners are private foundations and individuals around the world and non-governmental organizations in Nepal. NYF was founded in 1990 by Olga Murray
under the name Nepalese Youth Opportunity Foundation
(NYOF), which was later changed to the current name. Olga Murray is still the organization's president. NYF rescues and supports children in Nepal through a range of programs.
are subsistence farmers, living far from roads, electricity, or social services. The average national income is $200. Most people are illiterate. Cultural and legal traditions make it difficult for women to assert their basic human rights and receive health care and a decent education. According to UNICEF, half of all Nepali children under age five are malnourished, one of the leading causes of death in this age group.
. Very few of the girls ever attend school. The fathers receive an average of US$50 a year for their daughters’ services, and the girls get nothing.
The Nepal Youth Foundation's Indentured Daughters Program provides an alternative. The organization works with local communities to encourage parents to bring their daughters home from the city and provides a piglet or goat which the families can raise and sell. NYOF then ensures the girls attend local schools. Thousands of rescued girls now attend school under the Nepal Youth Foundation’s auspices. There are many thousands who have not yet been rescued.
Nepal
Nepal , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked sovereign state located in South Asia. It is located in the Himalayas and bordered to the north by the People's Republic of China, and to the south, east, and west by the Republic of India...
with education, housing, medical care, and support.
The Nepal Youth Foundation's partners are private foundations and individuals around the world and non-governmental organizations in Nepal. NYF was founded in 1990 by Olga Murray
Olga Murray
Olga Murray is a retired lawyer and the founder and president of the Nepal Youth Foundation , a U.S. based nonprofit organization that provides education, health care, human rights, and housing for disadvantaged children in Nepal...
under the name Nepalese Youth Opportunity Foundation
Nepalese Youth Opportunity Foundation
The Nepal Youth Foundation is a U.S.-based nonprofit organization. The mission of NYF is to provide children in Nepal with education, housing, medical care, and support....
(NYOF), which was later changed to the current name. Olga Murray is still the organization's president. NYF rescues and supports children in Nepal through a range of programs.
About Nepal
The vast majority of the people of NepalNepal
Nepal , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked sovereign state located in South Asia. It is located in the Himalayas and bordered to the north by the People's Republic of China, and to the south, east, and west by the Republic of India...
are subsistence farmers, living far from roads, electricity, or social services. The average national income is $200. Most people are illiterate. Cultural and legal traditions make it difficult for women to assert their basic human rights and receive health care and a decent education. According to UNICEF, half of all Nepali children under age five are malnourished, one of the leading causes of death in this age group.
Liberating Girls from Indentured Servitude
In parts of Western Nepal, many indigenous families subsist as farm laborers. Unable to make ends meet, thousands of them have been forced to sell their daughters to work in faraway cities as bonded servants. An ABC News report states that many of the girls, who are as young as six, never return home, while others are abused or forced into prostitutionProstitution
Prostitution is the act or practice of providing sexual services to another person in return for payment. The person who receives payment for sexual services is called a prostitute and the person who receives such services is known by a multitude of terms, including a "john". Prostitution is one of...
. Very few of the girls ever attend school. The fathers receive an average of US$50 a year for their daughters’ services, and the girls get nothing.
The Nepal Youth Foundation's Indentured Daughters Program provides an alternative. The organization works with local communities to encourage parents to bring their daughters home from the city and provides a piglet or goat which the families can raise and sell. NYOF then ensures the girls attend local schools. Thousands of rescued girls now attend school under the Nepal Youth Foundation’s auspices. There are many thousands who have not yet been rescued.