The vast majority of rickshaw drivers rent their rickshaw from
day-to-day, living hand-to-mouth on each day's generated income, while
at the same time paying a daily fee to their slum lords for use of the
rickshaw. This daily rental fee prevents them from ever getting ahead.
It's a feudalistic system of human exploitation that has no place in our
world today.
Simply put, we'd like to help set them free. A rickshaw in Nepal can be
purchased for approximately 9,000 rupees ($125.00), which although not a
large amount of money abroad, is a significant amount of money in Nepal,
particularly for a rickshaw driver. Nepal's average individual yearly
income is about 26,650 rupees ($365.00).
By obtaining a list of licensed, registered rickshaw drivers from City Hall's
in the major cities of Nepal, we will select at random as many rickshaw
drivers as are sponsored through our efforts and purchase their rickshaw
for them outright, thus freeing them from day-to-day living and exploitive
daily payments.
This will eliminate the exploitive daily fees and provide them with their own
rickshaw, increased income, and independence. It's an effort that will
revolutionize their lives and serve as a direct catalyst for person-to-person
connection and change. A fresh, results-oriented, direct approach to
community development in Nepal.
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A $125 donation will directly provide a rickshaw driver with their
own rickshaw - putting an end to the feudalistic arrangement of day-to-day
rentals, providing extra income each day, and establishing a sense of
freedom and independence that everyone deserves. |
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Immediate. Direct. Effective.
Nepal Direct Effects.
