web009, The fact that there a lot of NGO's in Nepal is not necessarily indicative of the work they do i.e...when AMfAR came to Nepal, it started a mushrooming of NGO's; some of them like WICom, LALS, B.P Memorial Fund (a buch of doctors that worked to raise awareness of the epidemic) and several others did brilliant work in Nepal but not all NGO's were able to or perhaps willing to perform...and that's something that we need to be honest about and take into consideration in any scheme that is geared towards arresting the spread of HIV/AIDS in Nepal. As far as services for women returning from brothels is concerned, there are some NGO's that have rehabilative programs- Maiti Nepal being one that has gained internatioal recognition for the work that ANuradha Koirala does with these young ladies, but, that is not enough..it should not be up to the International Agencies to provide funds for everything-surely the government of Nepal has some responsibility to create job training programs as a means of rehabilitation (the same is true for maoist rebels as well) As far as condom distribution is concerned, I know that WICom had a directed program of safe sex at the prisons (yes, people male prisoners in Nepal have sex--get over the shock!) as well as with the armed forces so they had boxes made that we would fill with condoms and leave at the barracks and the jail..we would then recieve phone calls from army guys or prisoners saying in very shy voices that we needed to re-fill them :-) The social scene in Nepal has changed rapidly in recent years and while it is a known fact that Nepali youth are increasingly starting to form sexual relationships earlier than in prior years, to the best of my knowledge, no school, high school or even college has anything that even resembles a safe sex program..the silence is doing more harm than good and that needs to change soon if the country has any hope of stopping a pandemic amongst the youth. I look forward to other Sajhaites contributions on this thread.