Shakti Samuha, NepalSafehouse and reintegration centre

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Grants To Date 0

Grant 2012 95,000 (Shortfall in Shakti Budget)

Requested Budget of USD12,188:

This amount would be spent as follows*: Programme costs (e.g. food cost/ medical/ activities self expression/

vocational training/ school support etc: 48.17% Advocacy and networking: 1.29% Salaries (e.g. project coordinator, project officer, parasocial worker): 28.75% Capital cost (e.g. kitchen equipment etc): 1.29% Support costs (e.g. rent, stationary, central office support) 20.49%

• % Based on Shakti's overall budget summary 2011-2012 of approx USD42,000 per annum.

RECOVERY & REINTEGRATION

A new start for girl victims of child sexual abuse and exploitation

Shakti Samuha

Pokhara, Nepal

Shakti SamuhaProtection Recovery Reintegration

Two criteria for support at Shakti Samuha :

1. Under 18 years age

2. Victim of sexual abuse or sexual exploitation / at imminent risk

Girls who fit these criteria can be immediately taken into the protection of the emergency

shelter.

To date not one girl has been turned away.

Services Protection/Emergency Shelter Counseling and legal support Social skills, life skills and

awareness Family Reintegration Training, employment and

independent living support Referrals to long-term

residential support (as a last resort when family or independent reintegration not possible)

Snapshot of Achievements Supported > 500 trafficking survivors Trafficking prevention activities have reached est. 10,000

women and girls Set up the 1st ever shelter home run by- and for trafficking

survivors in South Asia (currently operate 3 shelters) President Shakti Samuha, Ms. Chari Maya Tamang was

presented 'Hero acting to end modern day slavery award' (US State Dept'11)

Psychosocial Support from Committed Staff who understand the girls’ situations & perspectives

Opportunities for recovery through recreation and self-expression

Strength from Togetherness

“When I lived with my employer, I had no friends and felt lonely.

I was sexually abused on a regular basis.

Now I am with friends who understand. I know that I am not the only one who has faced these problems.

We are all branches of the same tree.”

17 year old victim of sexual abuse, former domestic child labourer