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Showing posts with label Nepal. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nepal. Show all posts

09 May 2013

Mothers Can Change the World (VIDEO) from PLAYING FOR CHANGE 8MAI13

MOTHERS CAN AND DO CHALLENGE AND CHANGE THE WORLD EVERY DAY. Here is a short video about the work Playing for Change is involved in, empowering women in Nepal fight against human trafficking of women from Nepal to India to be sex slaves or domestics.
PFC Episode 76: Mothers Can Change the World

http://vimeo.com/65602618

Mothers Change the World

Your donation to the Playing For Change Foundation supports the Tintale Village Mothers' Society, and many other amazing people and organizations that are making a huge impact in their communities around the world. Thank you for your support!

When Playing For Change Foundation provided resources to the Mother’s Society in Tintale, Nepal, they knew there was a great need. Now, several years later, we all stand in awe of the creativity and courage of this group of women - and the girls who have joined them - who are using music, dance and performances to educate area villages about the risks of human trafficking, drugs and alcohol.

The society travels on a regular basis to perform and teach communities about the tricks human traffickers use to lure young women into the slave trade. The risks they address are real—each year more than 10,000 Nepali girls are stolen or sold to work in brothels in India. As a result of their performances, false promises of work, marriage and a better life made by traffickers are now recognized as a deceitful trap that can strip young girls of their freedom and future. Equally encouraging, the men of Tintale village fully support the project and have joined with their wives and daughters to help protect them and spread the word.

The cost for the Mother's Society to travel, perform, and deliver their urgent message to people in remote areas of Nepal is approximately $200USD per performance; this includes instruments, supplies, stipends for the performers, and a small administrative fee for the group's coordinator.

Visit Playing For Change Foundation's website to learn more about this organization and make a donation. You can be assured that your gift will support these remarkable women and girls who are committed to saving the lives of others and who are using music and performance to do it.

30 June 2011

PFCF is making a difference for young women in Nepal 28JUN11

PLAYING FOR CHANGE and their work in Nepal....
 
 
 
Tintale Village Women's Alliance
 
 
Hello Playing For Change Family,
 
Have you ever felt like music saved your life?

Whether it was a touchstone through a difficult time, a way to connect with others, or a means of expressing your deepest self, for many of us music has been a source of great healing and inspiration.

In the most direct and literal way in the remote villages in the Udayapur District of eastern Nepal, drama, song, dance, and music are being used to save the lives of vulnerable children. Here, a small group of determined Nepali women are using music as one tool to educate young girls and their families about sex trafficking, including the ways girls are lured away, and the incredible hardships they endure in the hands of traffickers.
 
Devi Karki directs the Tintale Village Women’s Alliance, the group that has created these stirring performances. Through your support of the Playing For Change Foundation, you have provided instruments, costumes, funds for travel, and financial assistance to Devi, enabling her to create these performances and deliver them in neighboring villages. 14-year-old Tintale Village student Roma Khadka (below) has dedicated her life to this exceptional cause to save a child.
 
14-year-old Roma Khadka
 
“We utilize the power of music and dance to ensure that this horror will not happen to any one of the girls we meet. The suffering must stop.”
– Devi Karki
 
Watch this video of Devi and the Women’s Alliance to see how your support is making a difference.

Devi’s story is one example of how investing in music brings social change. There are many others from our programs around the world.

Will you give today to help us continue to expand this program and others around the world?

Make a difference.  Click here to give.

On behalf of The Playing For Change Foundation family, thank you for believing in the power of music to change our world for the good.
 
 
Whitney Kroenke
Executive Director, Playing For Change Foundation