Feature: Shifters

Week of 4.4.08 // Tales of Courage

http://www.pbs.org/now/shows/414/girl-slaves-nepal.html

"Thousands of young girls in western Nepal have been sold by their parents to work as servants. Subsisting as farm laborers, many families have taken this dramatic step in a desperate attempt to put food on their tables. The girls are often sent far away from their homes and lured to the cities with a promise of education. The girls rarely go to school and many are abused by the families they work for. The Nepalese Youth Opportunity Foundation (NYOF) is helping these girls through an innovative program wherein girls win their freedom in exchange for goats and pigs. Below, two brave girls who were able to break free from their lives as modern day slaves in Nepal share their stories"

"This week NOW travels to Nepal during the Maghe Sankranti holiday, when labor contractors come to the villages of the area to "buy" the children. There, we meet the Nepalese Youth Opportunity Foundation, which is trying to break the cycle of poverty and pain with an Enterprising Idea. They're providing desperate families with an incentive to keep their daughters: a piglet or a goat that can ultimately be sold for a sum equivalent to that of their child's labor.
The organization says it has brought thousands of girls home to live with their families, but many cultural and political challenges still stand in their way. This is part of NOW's continuing series on innovative and sustainable solutions to world problems, what we call Enterprising Ideas."

Watch the impressive video....it is truly worth it....it is all about Feminine Energies...