Career
Currently, Maiti Nepal operates a rehabilitation home in Kathmandu, as well as transit homes at the Indo-Nepal border towns, preventative homes in the countryside, and an academy in Kathmandu. As the name suggests, Maiti Nepal ("maiti" means "mother"s home" in Nepali) has been a refuge for women rescued from the brothels in India. Between 1993 and 2011, she and her organization have helped rescue and rehabilitate more than 12,000 women and girls.
Maiti Nepal also works on reuniting the rescued women with their families, patrolling Indo-Nepal border with police and other law enforcement authorities and also rescuing trafficked women from the brothels in India with the help of Indian authorities.
The United States government has given a two-year grant of $500,000 (52124000 00 in Nepali rupees) to Maiti Nepal in April 2010. Cable News Network Heroes Award 2010.