RfP Philippines 2017Against Human TraffickingAfter the Manila Conference on Human Trafficking, an assessment-network meeting was conducted. This time, the meeting includes only the 3 centers that caters to trafficked women and children, and the She Works, the organization that handles the community re-integration of trafficked women, and other key partners with resources and expertise. That meeting has resulted to the following activities:1. Education program — we are currently working out a memorandum of agreement with the University of Santo Tomas for the distance education learning program.Volunteer teachers will provide the required education for the continuing education of those victims.2. Psychosocial and trauma professionals — Religions for Peace has a long Read more about Against Human Trafficking[…]

Saptari Projects by RFP Nepal together withRFP International and ACRP2017-2018Nepal Floods 2017Nepal has been hit by one natural disaster after another. It was Earthquake in 2015 and in 2017, it was the flood. The Terai region of Nepal was most affected by the floods. There was continuous rise in the water level in various major rivers in Tarai districts caused by nonstop rainfall for manydays. Many people died and lot many were displaced.As the focus of relief efforts have been centered on responding to the earthquake, survivors of flooding and landslides outside of Kathmandu Valley did not received essential support. RfP Nepal identified Saptari as a place in dire need Read more about Saptari Projects by RFP Nepal[…]

Child marriage Prevention is an important issue, RFP Nepal together with RFP International andACRP thought of giving further continuity on it. We decided to do a street drama in Saptari.We contacted a production company who had an ample experience in conducting such street dramas and also visualizing films. We asked them for a script which was later approved by a program officer in UNICEF, Ms. Sanju Bhattarai. She was kind enough to listen to our script and give us her valuable suggestions.Our story had a positive spin to it, instead of highlighting the victim’s tragic story we decided to show how the life can change positively if the child was Read more about Street Drama and Video on Child Marriage Prevention[…]