Demi Moore @Nepal

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 http://thecnnfreedomproject.bl...   June 23rd, 2011 06:45 AM ET   Share Comments (17 comments) Permalink Demi Moore sees plight of sex slaves Actress Demi Moore partners with CNN Freedom Project for a compelling documentary. A passionate advocate for victims of human trafficking herself, Moore travels to Nepal to meet 2010 CNN Hero of the Year Anuradha Koirala and some of the thousands of women and girls Koirala’s organization has rescued from forced prostitution. Premieres Sunday, June 26 MORE DETAILS & TIMES Kathmandu, Nepal (CNN) - Dawn breaks in Nepal, a nation whose natural beauty brings tourists from across the globe. Sun glints off the Himalayas and in the ancient capital, Kathmandu, trekkers gear up for a day of sightseeing and adventure. Amid the beauty is devastating poverty which provides fertile ground for one of man’s horrors – human trafficking and sexual slavery. Nepal is a major hub for traffickers luring girls into brothels in India with promises of well-paid - or at least better paid - jobs. Fighting the traffickers is a small, dedicated band whose limited resources are stretched. They work with border guards trying to stop women being taken across the border, and in India’s red light districts rescuing women from prostitution, and in Nepal’s villages educating girls about the dangers. Today is one of hope. Tulli is returning to her home village after being abducted into sexual slavery for several weeks and another six months at a halfway house after her rescue. She is excited but nervous at how the villagers will treat her because sometimes the shame is directed at the trafficked, not the trafficker. She was rescued by the Maiti Nepal organization and has spent time readjusting in the group’s halfway house while efforts were made to bring her traffickers to justice. Maiti Nepal - which translates roughly to mean Mother’s Home - is run by CNN Hero winner Anuradha Koirala, who has made it her mission to help thousands of rescued women. For this report movie star Demi Moore traveled from Hollywood to Nepal with CNN to see how the group works and how it can help her own organization The DNA Foundation, which works with girls forced to work in the U.S. as prostitutes. At the Maiti Nepal complex Tulli is packing her bag as other girls pray or eat breakfast while others are busy sweeping. Tulli gets to say goodbye to her best friend in the facility and jumps into a minivan for the six-hour drive into the mountains to her home village. For parts of the journey, the road is the same one where she first met the man who trafficked her into India. It’s also the same road that has her favorite tea restaurant. Koirala said the town was particularly bad for trafficking because it's a key stopping point for buses heading to Kathmandu. She explained traffickers are able to lure girls with promises, drug them and spirit them away. Koirala said: "Tulli was looking after her brother's shop in the village and one day she met a man who said it's better in a bigger place and he said I will find you a better job.” She went into town to buy supplies for the shop and did not return. "At first they (her family) thought she was in the relative's house and they looked there and could not find her. "Then afterwards they knew she had disappeared somewhere. They didn't tell anyone, they just waited and then later they got the message that she had been trafficked." Despite knowing where Tulli was, it took the help of two volunteer groups

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