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Nepal
India
Livestock can be seen working in fields …
… and roaming the streets
Nepal is 80% Hindu …
… 11% Buddhist …
… and 0.9% “other”
Literacy rates:54% in
Nepaland 65% in India
Many people live on the streets
5000 children work and live on the streets in Nepal
… most of them have been
sexually abused
50% of girls on the streets are regular sex “workers”
20 children in Nepal and 31 in India have been rescued from
poverty or worse and live in homes
sponsored by ServLife
ServLife Children celebrate Parent’s Day …
… and Christmas
Women in Nepal
In Nov. 2006, the western region of Nepal
had its first Christian women’s conference
The literacy rate for women in Nepal is 30%
More than 10,000 girls and women in Nepal are trafficked and sold into brothels every
year
Most trafficked victims are girls
between the ages of 9 and 16
Approximately 150 Nepali women are rescued at
the Indian border by Serve Nepal staff every year
