KATHMANDU, July 22: There has been an exchange of experience between human rights workers and concerned people working against human trafficking and transportation in Nepal and Nigeria.

Under the SKIP project, the Open University in the UK and the Peace Restoration Home, an organization working against human trafficking and transportation in Nepal, exchanged experiences between human rights activists and stakeholders working against human trafficking and transportation in Nepal and Nigeria.

Experience was shared in facilitating social and family reunification and counseling for people freed from human trafficking and persecution. On behalf of Nigeria, Apex Media and other human rights workers and stakeholders working in the field against human trafficking participated.

In the program, Dr Saraswati Dawadi and Margarat Ivuvedike shared their experiences on behalf of the open university. On behalf of Nepal, Suman Raj Sapkota, executive director of Peace Restoration Home, Shanta Sapkota, social activist and founder president of Peace Restoration Home, said that the human trafficking problems in Nigeria and Nepal are similar.

Under the leadership of the said university, there was also a discussion on charting out an action plan against human trafficking with three to five members from each country. In the event, the experiences of rescued victims of human trafficking in Nigeria and Nepal were exchanged.

Peace Restoration Home informs those going to India and third countries via the same route about the risks of human trafficking. Bhumi Raj Bhattarai, Lumbini Province Coordinator of Peace Restoration Home, said that they keep those going to India without the knowledge of their parents in shelters and later hand them over to their parents to stop minors from going to India and arrest those who mislead such people to go to India with the help of the police. 

 
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