1.3 Adolescent Girls Groups Anti Trafficking Project 

The goal of the Adolescent Girls Groups Anti Trafficking Project is to: 

increase the ability of 891 adolescent girls from nine village 

development committees (VDCs) of Baglung district to resist trafficking 

attempts and to be able to help other girls and women protect themselves 

against traffickers

.  

Although the prime targets are the 891 girls, secondary targets are their peers, parents and 

community members. The goal will  be accomplished through training and awareness 

raising activities that will contribute to the following outcomes for the adolescent girls as 

well as their peers, parents and the community at the end of the six month project.  

Increased ability to recognize three to five signs indicative of trafficking 

Awareness of girls  legal rights against trafficking  

Familiarization with five ways to protect themselves from traffickers  

Ability to communicate this information to 1600 peers, 1150 parents and 2000 

community members 

To indicate that one is knowledgeable of the issues regarding trafficking of girls, the 

project gave a special bracelet 

chetna ko dora

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(thread of awareness)

to participants who 

demonstrated thorough knowledge regarding trafficking after undergoing AGGATP s 

training and awareness activities.  

The bracelet was successful as the first step in drawing the attention of people of all ages 

to the issue of trafficking. Furthermore, it motivates participants to learn about the issues. 

The bracelet was popular not only among the primary target population but also  among 

their peers as a majority of the peers mentioned in the final evaluation that they too had 

received the 

dora

. Though the AGGATP aimed to reach a total target of 5,560 people in 

the nine  project VDCs (1,600 peers, 1,150 parents and 2,000 community members), the 

number of recipients numbered 10,500, indicating an increased number of people who 

gained basic knowledge of trafficking and ways to protect against it.    

A four day training program on trafficking of girls issues and interpersonal 

communication was provided to the primary target population of adolescents in the nine 

AMK projects  in Baglung. A one  day orientation workshop, titled  Community 

Management Course  (CMC), was provided  for community members in each of the 

project VDCs of AMK.  

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The 

chetana ko dora

 bracelet was a motivating factor that encouraged the target population to learn about trafficking. 

Chetana ko 

dora

 meaning 

thread of awareness

 is an innovative tool introduced in the program areas of AMK to indicate someone who knows at 

least the core criteria of the program: (i) signs indicative of trafficking; (ii) ways to protect against trafficking; and (iii) legal measures 

against trafficking. The color of the bracelet thread is yellow. The color and concept of the thread replicated the Nepali traditional 

custom wherein a single color of thread is bound around the wrist on a religious occasion to ward off sickness and evil. The adolescent 

girls themselves awarded the bracelet to those who could fulfil the criteria encouraging them to spread knowledge of counter 

trafficking and ways to protect against it. 

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