Child Trafficking

children
0 Million

were victims of commercial sexual exploitation in 2016

NEPALIS
0 Million

were victims of commercial sexual exploitation in 2016

EXPLOITED
0 %

were women and girls

EARN
30 %

less than $2/day In developing countries

An estimated 3.8 million adults were victims of forced sexual exploitation.

What is child trafficking?

Child trafficking is the illegal practice of recruiting, transporting, transferring, harboring, or receiving children for the purpose of exploitation. In Nepal, the common forms of exploitation include forced labor, sexual exploitation, forced marriage, for-profit orphanages, and illegal adoption.

  1. Recruitment: Children may be recruited through deceit, coercion, or force. Traffickers often use false promises of education, employment, or a better life.
  2. Transportation and Transfer: Traffickers move children within or across national borders. This can involve smuggling children across remote areas to avoid detection.
  3. Harboring and Receiving: Once trafficked, children may be kept in hidden or isolated locations to prevent escape and ensure continued exploitation.
  4. Use in Armed Conflict: Children are recruited or abducted to serve as soldiers, messengers, or spies in conflicts.
  1. Forced Labor: Children are made to work in hazardous conditions, often for long hours and little to no pay.
  2. Sexual Exploitation: Children are forced into prostitution or pornography.
  3. Forced Marriage: Children, often girls, are sold or coerced into marriage.
  4. Illegal Adoption: Children are illegally adopted, often under false identities.
  5. Use in Armed Conflict: Children are recruited or abducted to serve as soldiers, messengers, or spies in conflicts.
  1. Poverty: Families in extreme poverty may be more vulnerable to traffickers’ false promises.
  2. Lack of Education: Uneducated families and children are less aware of the dangers and more likely to be deceived.
  3. Political Instability: Regions with weak governance or conflict are more susceptible to trafficking activities.
  4. Demand for Cheap Labor and Sexual Exploitation: The high demand for cheap labor and the sex trade fuels child trafficking.
  1. Physical and Psychological Harm: Trafficked children often suffer severe physical injuries, mental health issues, and trauma.
  2. Loss of Childhood and Education: Trafficked children lose their childhood and the opportunity to receive an education.
  3. Legal and Social Stigma: Victims may face legal repercussions and social stigma, further isolating them from support systems.
  1. Legal Frameworks: Strengthening and enforcing laws against child trafficking.
  2. Education and Awareness: Educating communities about the dangers and signs of trafficking.
  3. Support Services: Providing medical, psychological, and legal support to victims.
  4. International Cooperation: Collaborating across borders to track and dismantle trafficking networks.

Why does this happen?

The root causes of trafficking are lack of education, poverty, and disempowerment.

70% of victims are illiterate and living at poverty​

Structurally violent and patriarchal society persist that put women & girls at a specific disadvantage in terms of finding economic opportunity and avoiding exploitation

Where economic alternatives and access to education do not exist, women and girls are more vulnerable to being tricked and coerced into sexual servitude

Traffickers use promise of an education or job to lure victims away​

Our Solutions

Education

Educated children and their families are much more aware, alert and mature, and they can comprehend the risks of child trafficking quite well.

Empowerment

Lack of awareness can create situations that traffickers can exploit. Educated communities are capable of understanding, and effectively responding to the various ways traffickers source children.

Economic Development

Where economic alternatives do not exist, women and girls are more vulnerable to being tricked and coerced into sexual servitude. If women experienced improved economic and social status, trafficking would in large part be eradicated.

Every $50 donation can make a significant impact—funding a leadership workshop for two students or providing ten meals at our Nepal center.

We also offer a PenPal and a mentorship program that pairs a girl from our Nepal center with a sponsor.

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