{"id":867,"date":"2017-01-14T21:35:38","date_gmt":"2017-01-14T20:35:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/nottingham\/?page_id=867"},"modified":"2020-04-24T12:41:10","modified_gmt":"2020-04-24T11:41:10","slug":"nepalese-evening","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/nottingham\/what-we-do\/nepalese-evening\/","title":{"rendered":"NEPALESE EVENING"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<strong><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;\">WOMEN IN NEPAL<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;\">SI Nottingham wanted to find out more about the \u201cEducate to Lead: Nepal\u201d project that all Soroptimist clubs are supporting.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;\">We were delighted to have Shanti to talk to us about her early life in a Nepal village and life on the streets of Kathmandu.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;\">As a girl of the lowest class she was not given an education and at 11 years old she was working carrying rocks.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;\">Girls are at great risk of being trafficked.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;\">She said that the aid following the Earthquake had not reached the villages.\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\"><\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image=&#8221;868&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0It is obvious from Shanti&#8217;s experience that the girls and women in Nepal need much help.<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;\">The Soroptimist international\u00a0President\u2019s Appeal is therefore very timely.\u00a0 Money raised will support four projects with a focus on improving the lives of women and girls.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;\">The Australian Himalayan Foundation are training teachers and offering scholarships for vocational skills training.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;\">Maiti Nepal has rescued women from trafficking and has built a safe house. 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