Born in 14 April 1949
to Colonel Pratap Singh Gurung and Laxmi Gurung, Anuradha Koirala was brought
up in a family that regarded providing services for humankind as the best form
of pious work. She studied in Saint Joseph Convent School Kalimpong,
India. At the school, sisters and mother further increased her devotion towards
the social work.
For more than twenty
years, she taught English at various reputed schools of Kathmandu. Mother
Teresa was the biggest source of inspiration to initiate a mission for the
betterment of humankind. Therefore , in 1993 Ms. Koirala founded Maiti Nepal
with the aim of providing services for both children and women who have endured
untold pain and suffering, often in silence. Children ,girls and women were
being trafficked within and from Nepal for commercial sexual exploitaion. She
set up Maiti Nepal with a vow to put an end to this heinous crime.
After establishing
Maiti Nepal, she plunged into the service of humanity. Her first work was
setting up of a rehabilitation home so that she could provide a home to those
who have nowhere else to turn to. Now, Maiti Nepal has three prevention homes,
nine transit homes, two hospices and a high school. More than one thousand
children are getting direct services from Maiti Nepal everyday. She made it
possible with her firm determination and unprecedented leadership.
Maiti Nepal today
conducts a wide range of activities. Conducting awareness campaigns, community
Sensitization, rescue operations, Apprehending Traffickers, providing legal
support to the needy, women empowerment programmes, providing anti retro viral
therapy(ART) to children and women infected BY HIV are regular activities of
Maiti Nepal.
So far, Anuradha
koirala has been provided 30 national and international award in recognition of
her courageous acts and lifetime acheivement furthering the cause of children's
and women's rights. Some of the international awards includes German UNIFEM
Prize 2007, Queen Sofia Silver Medal Award 2007, The Peace Abbey, Courage
of Conscience 2006 etc. Her achievements include liberating twelve
thousand girls from brothels, providing ART before the goverment of Nepal could
initiate this process. Due to her continuous struggle Govermment of Nepal
recognized anti - trafficking day, which falls on 5 September this endeavour
was initiated by Maiti Nepal. She was also appointed as a state minister as an
honour to her contributions.
Ms. Koirala loves
spending time with children, they say that they get a warmth of mother and a
father. She is self motivated person relishing new and dynamic challenges with
a leadership role if required in a team environment or independently.
On 23rd September Ms.
Koirala was selected as Top-10 CNN Heros. The global voting through the website
of CNN would determine CNN hero of the year. It was the result of
her struggle and compassion to fight the social evil of human trafficking ,
that CNN has recognized her as a TOP 10 Heroes of the world list. This honour
to the daughter of Nepal is a Pride for our Nation.
On 25th November 2010 she was declared as CNN Her is a pride and honour
to the nation itself.
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