Past Investments
Kingdom Investments Nepal (KIN) is an NGO (non-government organization) past partner located in the country of Nepal. It is committed to fighting poverty, illiteracy and the trafficking of their girls to other countries. KIN is on the "front lines" of the war against human trafficking and sexual slavery in Nepal. Partnering with KIN, we operated on many fronts - Prevention, Rescue and Restoration.
Prevention:
Our most effective investments have been in prevention! Girls are taken across the border where they are trafficked as servants or sold to brothels where they are beaten, raped, threatened and forced to work up to 15 hours a day, 7 days a week. If we can stop the girls from being taken across the border, then we can send them back home without the physical, emotional and psychological scars. KIN has 6 primary prevention programs.
1. Professional Drama Team - They hire a professional drama team to visit villages and small communities to perform an emotional, power-packed story of 2 girls - one from a wealthy family who ran away to Bollywood (India's version of Hollywood) to become a star and a girl from a poor, poverty stricken family who was tricked by a trafficker into a journey that was supposed to give her a better life with a job, education and money. They both end up in Indian brothels where they contract AIDS and are eventually kicked out on the streets with no money, no passport and n
owhere to go. A KIN worker finds them and helps bring them back home to their families. The presentation is very emotional with the audience laughing and shedding tears. But young and old, literate and illiterate, they all see an accurate picture of human trafficking and learn about AIDS, STD's and the tricks used to seduce young people into leaving their homes. Their goal is to someday provide drama teams made up of rescued girls who will take these performances throughout Nepal presenting this important message.
2. Literacy Classes - Education is provided to boys and girls in Kathmandu and a few of the larger populated cities. However, throughout most of Nepal, girls are denied opportunities for education. They work while the boys attend school. As a result, a majority of females are
illiterate. Many of the girls taken across the border never realize where they are since they can't read the "Welcome to India" signs. KIN sends teachers into some of the most poverty stricken villages to teach women - young and old - how to read and write. Education brings hope! Educational materials developed by KIN staff are used throughout the nation. This material promotes literacy and also teaches about HIV/AIDS, sexually transmitted diseases, hygiene and human trafficking.
3. Facilitating Leadership Meetings - KIN staff bring local leaders together 
to address issues such as poverty, human trafficking, HIV/AIDS prevention and illiteracy. These leaders partner with KIN to help bring economic empowerment to their regions. A solution to an issue such as poverty might include finding ways to allow women to become educated and involved in the economy. The entire community can benefit!
4. Business Education & Micro-Loans - KIN provides additional education in basic business theory and skills and encourages entrepreneural endeavors. We provide small loans, when funds are available, to assist locals in creating jobs. Such loans are paid back over the course of 3 years. Micro-savings classes teach students the importance of saving for the "off months" when a particular business may expect to have less income. For example: a farmer will need to save some of his/her profits to live on, purchase seed for the next season, etc. and not expect income until their crop is harvested and sold in the market.
5. Sewing Centers - Several centers have been estalished with treadle powered machines. These vocational centers teach sewing fundamentals and garment making skills. The intent is to allow graduates to engage in micro-enterprise activities through the purchase and use of their own sewing machines.
6. Border Surveillance Stations - Nepal has 10 legal border crossings with India. KIN operates surveillance stations on 5 of these border crossings. A small booth is built next to the soldiers' station where our 
trained staff observe traffic flowing across the border. Suspicious vehicles or individuals are stopped by staff and questioned on their activity. For example: in this culture, an older man may marry a young girl. When the staff observe an older man attempting to cross into India with a young girl, the couple will be separated and questioned independently. If the man tells their workers that he has married the girl and is taking her to India for a honeymoon, the staff will ask questions he should be able to answer such as "what is your mother-in-law's name?" or "how many brothers and sisters does your wife have?" If he cannot answer these or if his answers are different than the girl's answers, he will be arrested. The soldiers work with KIN and take the man into custody. The girl is taken to a KIN border office, provided a bed, food and educated on what almost happened to her! Her parents are contacted and arrangements made to get her back home.
KIN is required by the Nepalese government to keep records of each person we prevent from crossing into India. Each girl stopped is interviewed, processed and a digital picture is taken of her. KIN records her name, address and her story! As of October 2009, there are 5 border stations are stopping an average of 1,425 girls per month from being taken across the border. That's over 17,000 girls per year not being sold, raped, beaten, threatened and tormented. Furthermore, these girls are educated on what almost happened to them by girls who have been rescued from India. These girls are encouraged to return home and tell everyone their story - becoming a part of our preventative education component! KIN's goal is to have a Border Surveillance Station at all 10 legal border crossings.
Note on statistics: We continually see statistics on the internet and from government sources stating that 10,000 - 15,000 people are trafficked from Nepal to other nations. We despute those statistics! First, there is no way to identify who is being trafficked unless they are personally questioned. The Nepal/India borders are open so vehicles and people freely move back and forth across the country lines. There is no possible way to estimate how many people are being trafficked. These figures are only a guess. Second, these figures are almost 10 years old! They are outdated guesses! KIN's records show that the human trafficking problem is far worse than accepted statistics would indicate.
Rescue:
KIN also works to rescue girls who have been sold to Indian brothels and return these girls to Nepal. There are some situations where brothels may be raided and the Nepalese girls rescued. However, they also rescue from high trafficked urban areas such as in Mumbai where brothels often are run by a "mafia" type organization. Local officials may actually partner with these criminals to help protect their interests! In these situations, a raid could potentially place the rescuers and the rescued in harms way. Those rescued may find themselves "looking over their shoulder" for years and even place their families in danger by mobsters who will go to great lengths to make examples of those who try to escape. In these situations,KIN has at times purchased the girls from the brothels - they've paid a ransom for their freedom! By doing so, the girls are free to leave and start a new life.
Restoration:
Restoration Center - Once the girls have been rescued from a brothel, they are taken to the main center in Nepal. This center houses 25 girls and includes bedrooms, a kitchen & dining room, restrooms and a training area. Here they receive medical screenings, counseling, and job training.
Medical screenings are important as many have contracted a sexually transmitted disease or HIV. Counseling is vital as they have suffered unimaginable trauma with physical, emotional and psychological torture and abuse. In the rural Nepalese culture, many of these girls may not even be welcomed back into their homes or communities especially if people find out they were associated with a brothel. It does not matter that it was not their fault! Job training is extremely important in helping the individual begin to do something with their hands - something positive, creative and beautiful. 
These uneducated girls learn to make hats, gloves, scarves, beaded items and other crafts which can be purchased by organizations abroad. KIN plans to teach many other job skills and, as funding increases, will provide a variety of training options for the girls. Their goal is to empower these women to not only learn a business trade, but to become business owners who will be a positive influence in whichever community they chose to live.
Community Revitalization:
This program includes elements of prevention, rescue and restoration on a community or region-wide basis. Our goal is to partner with local leaders to establish a community plan building on their needs and desires for community infastructure, education, medical services and economic empowerment. In this arena, we act as coordinators bringing in partners who have established expertise in community infastructure (sanitation, potable water supplies, community center construction, etc.). We augment this with services such as medical screenings, teaching internships, entreprenurial training and micro loans. The intent is to bring health and vitality to the communities through a comprehensive approach to their needs and desires.