CNN Hero Winner 2010

There are loads of definiton worldwide of what a hero is or should be like. Whether or not your ideal hero is spriderman or batman; here is the hero from the real world!






Anuradha Koirala, the founder of Maiti Nepal, dedicated herself to helping victims of sex trafficking.





Maiti Nepal operates rehabilitation home, transit homes as well as preventive homes in Kathmanfu. The organisation rescued women from brothels in India. The women can stay in the homes run by Maiti Nepal until they are able to go back home or if not accepted by their family they may also stay until they are able to live on their own.





More than that, the organisation also provide free medical, psychological assistance as well as legal advice to the victims.





How to help ?





For people who are in the US, they can join the Friends of Maiti Nepal :





Friends of Maiti Nepal is the official US representative of Maiti Nepal. It is a non-profit all-volunteer organization dedicated to addressing the human rights crisis of girl sex-trafficking by supporting Maiti Nepal in its work of prevention, interception, rescue and rehabilitation of victims; and criminal prosecution of perpetrators.





To help the victims internationally , you can donate to Maiti Nepal:
https://secure.groundspring.org/dn/index.php?aid=1534





To find out more about the organisation, please visit:


http://www.maitinepal.org/





To find out more about Anuradha Koirala, the founder of Maiti Nepal, please visit:


http://edition.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cnn.heroes/archive10/anuradha.koirala.html




Venus Yu
Hong Kong