Unfortunately, in Nepal the incidents of murder, kidnapping and other crimes are becoming common place. Mostly teen-age girls are the target. A recent incident shook the entire country. A girl named Khayti who was in the 12th grade was kidnapped and murdered by a man, who was a science teacher for 14 years in another school. He falsely invited Khayti for her interview to publish it in a popular magazine called VOW (Voice of Women). She trusted him and came with hopes of earning a name and earning a bit of money. The man eventually killed her and then asked for a ransom from her parents. Her parents paid the ransom with a hope of getting their daughter back. They did not know that she will never return home.

After this incident we at the Little Sisters Fund decided to do a counseling and awareness raising program for our girls to hopefully troubleshoot the rise of these crimes. We sat with all the ISP girls, grade 7 onwards up to the 12th grade, all the SCs, and also with all the SSP girls of the same category on July 4. We invited two women doctors and two Constituent Assembly members so that the girls get inspired from them and be focused on their study rather than on materialistic things. The two renowned Constitution Assembly Members, Ms. Chitralekha Yadav and Ms. Suprava Ghimire spoke to our Little Sisters. A top female journalist Yashoda Timsina also came and shared her experience. All of them discussed the importance of education in life. They told the girls that education is the only wealth that can remain with the person who has earned it in life; education is the only thing that can not be stolen from the person who has earned it; education is the only thing that travels with the person wherever that person goes; education is the only thing that increases as it is shared with others. A ‘change’ is possible, whether it is in a person’s life or in community, society or in a country only through education. They also said that all LSF girls were lucky because they have an opportunity for good education.