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Bea Puerta
Location:
Bilbao, Spain
University: Salamanca
Regions of interest: Asia, Africa
Skills: work with children, women's empowerment, teaching, photography/documentary
Volunteer Activity:
Raksha Nepal May 01, 2010 - August 01, 2010
Stories by this Volunteer
Real stories you will face while working with Raksha
Raksha Nepal, by Bea Puerta
March 24, 2010
Parvati, was born in Dolakhha district. During the war, the Maoists arrived to her village and tried to force her to join them. The only desire of that 15 year old girl was continuing her studies, so she had to flee her village and arrived to Kathmandu.Her uncle lived in the capital, and accepted her home, but after some time, he told her she had to find a job because he was not able to take care of her anymore. Parvati, being a teenager, found herself alone in the streets of Kathmandu. She finally found a friend from her village who had managed pretty well in the capital who offered to pay for a security guard training so that she could get the job and give the money back.Parvati started...