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Donation focus: Women and Children<br />
One of ROKPA’s main goals is the improvement<br />
of the social standing of girls and women.<br />
In Nepalese and Tibetan villages, girls have no<br />
opportunity to obtain an education – they<br />
have to work in the house and in the fields<br />
from a very early age. Way too early – often<br />
when they are still children - they are married<br />
off and stay financially dependent on their<br />
partner, who then often leaves them with a<br />
number of children to care for. A substantial<br />
number of these women end up living on the<br />
streets where they and their children try<br />
to survive by begging and working odd jobs.<br />
To give these woman and children a better<br />
future, ROKPA supports a number of projects<br />
for women and helps individual women in<br />
emergency situations without bureaucracy.<br />
Example: Padma / Women’s<br />
Workshop in Kathmandu<br />
Padma was married off when she<br />
was 16. Five years later, she fled from<br />
her husband as she was repeatedly physically abused.<br />
After years of suffering, during which time she and her<br />
children also had to live on the street, she found her way<br />
to ROKPA where she was hired as a seamstress. Today,<br />
she works as the Manager of the Women’s Workshop.<br />
Project: ROKPA Women’s Workshop in Kathmandu, Nepal.<br />
Goal: The purpose of the Women’s Workshop is the<br />
social reintegration of single poor mothers by providing<br />
training to become a seamstress and offering them a<br />
job that pays fair wages.<br />
Budget 2012: CHF 20’030*<br />
* Through the sale of the products, this project is<br />
almost financially independent.<br />
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