<p>Trafficking in persons is a serious problem in Nepal, with an estimated 15,000 Nepali women and girls trafficked annually to India and another 7,500 trafficked domestically for commercial sexual exploitation. In addition, an estimated 20,000 to 25,000 Nepali women become involuntary domestic workers each year within Nepal.</p><p>In the border areas, we operate Twelve Intervention Outposts to prevent girls from being trafficked. Here, volunteers, who have been rescued from the Indian brothels themselves, watch for the pimps crossing the border with innocent girls who are ignorant of their fate. Since the volunteers know about the devious methods that the traffickers use, they can identify traffickers and prevent other girls' lives from being destroyed.</p><p>The Intervention Outposts serve as "safe houses" providing shelter for short stays, ensuring safe passage home when this is appropriate, and working with the police to apprehend traffickers. Mahendragar, is a typical Intervention Outpost. We are raising funds to support the courageous girls who are saving their sisters at the Intervention Outposts of Nepal.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Times','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">No trafficker should be able to get away without being punished and no victim deprived of justice.&nbsp;We want to ensure that traffickers don’t get an opportunity to exploit other girls.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal">http://www.friendsofmaitinepal.org/</p>