Dhamma Moli

Loca­tion:                  Kath­mandu, Nepal 

Key dates:                Com­menced March 2005;  Com­pleted March 2006 

Local part­ners:         Sis­ters Molini and Dhamma Vijaya

Project back­ground: Dhamma Moli is a project based in Nepal that pro­vides shel­ter and edu­ca­tion to young Nepalese girls at risk of falling vic­tim to human traf­fick­ers who will sell them to broth­els in India.  After meet­ing Sis­ter Molini in Myan­mar, we felt that her strate­gic aims were very closely aligned with those of The Man­dalay Projects.  After fur­ther due dili­gence on the founders and the Dhamma Moli project, we decided to pro­vide part-funding of a safe haven for young girls, in coop­er­a­tion with other NGOs.  We co-funded the con­struc­tion of a dor­mi­tory and pro­vided ded­i­cated fund­ing for a kitchen.

Main activ­i­ties:  Con­struc­tion of the safe haven com­menced in 2004 and TMP became involved in 2005.  We see this as a good exam­ple of how The Man­dalay Projects coop­er­ates with other char­i­ta­ble organ­i­sa­tions around Asia.

Sta­tus of project:  A small num­ber of girls (pic­tured below, cour­tesy of The Friends of Dhamma Moli) have become the first res­i­dents of this safe haven.  Sis­ter Molini is pleased with the progress, but is at pains to empha­sise how much more remains to be done in this seem­ingly end­less bat­tle against the hor­rors of the child traf­fick­ing trade.