Overview

The transit home is located at Suryodaya Municipality in Pashupatinagar, Ward No.2 in the Ilam district. The eastern hilly district of Ilam is a place of exquisite beauty. Ilam borders with Darjeeling district of the state of West Bengal, India in the North. This area is a particularly high-risk area as India and Nepal share an open border and there are different smaller routes leading to India.
The open border and regular flow of people from both sides have created a conducive environment for trafficking. There are no documentation procedures and system of proper identification for nationals on both sides of the border; this has made it easy for pimps to traffic the girls. Border towns on both sides are busy markets, catering to residents from both countries.

Major Achievements

MN Transit Home in Pashupatinagar intercepted 855 girls and women at risk of trafficking from the border. Of them, all were provided with short-term shelter and required legal and psychosocial counseling. Similarly, 553 women/girls at risk of trafficking were intercepted and sent home directly from the border by contacting their parents and family members. Before sending, the border staff oriented them against human trafficking and precautions before they go on such a journey. 32670 vehicles were inspected at the Nepal-India Border to trace if the children/women who were migrating were at risk of trafficking.

• 14 missing cases were reported to the Transit Home. Out of these, 12 women were found and reintegrated into family and relatives.
• 13 Domestic Violence Case Filed were filed in the transit home out of which 13 were mediated and solved.
• 1 rape case and 5 trafficking cases were filed.
• 2,866 people received the information on anti-trafficking, domestic and sexual violence, and safe migration, provided by the team.
• Shelter support was provided to 302 girls/women, where 136 females were below the age of 18 and 166 females were above the age of 18 during the year.
• 912 women and girls received psychosocial counseling in the year 2023.
• Mushroom farming training was given to 20 possible survivors, victims of gender-based violence, and women groups.
• Organized an orientation meeting with 30 police personnel and other stakeholders to improve coordination between border staff and police officers.
• Organized MPAC meeting with 20 project advisory committee members and discussed the overall activities conducted by Maiti Nepal.
• Successfully celebrated the 13th International Women’s Day, 17th National anti-human trafficking day along with the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence.
• Overall, 121 students were oriented on human trafficking in three different schools.
• 60 tea Leaves Pickers of Kanyam were oriented on Human trafficking and Safe Migration
  Successfully organized interaction meeting with 44 transport workers and members of the hotel association in Pashupatinagar and Fikal.