Combat Sexual Slavery
 in Nepal
For over 8 years Crooked Trails has supported the work of Maiti Nepal which rescues girls from lives as sex slaves in Indian brothels. There are 450 girls the center. All support which keeps the girls fed, housed, loved and healthy comes from donors and from the beaded work the girls make. Maiti Nepal has a strong border prevention program and in 2008 alone prevented 1747 women and girls from being trafficked. More info…

Crooked Trails in support of Maiti Nepal coordinates House Parties where supporters can receive a House Party Box sent directly to them with easy instructions on how to have your own mini-fundraising event. For more info on hosting a house party click here.

The Chinchero Girls Education Project
 in Peru’s Sacred Valley
In 2004, a Quechua family from the Andes village of Chinchero began building a weavers training cooperative with Crooked Trails’ support.  Paulino and Vilma and their children recognize the help they were given and now they want to pay it forward.  The Chinchero Education Project mission is to construct a boarding school. More info…

School Construction
 in Rural Nepal
In Nepal, the children attend primary school up to age ten, but after that whether or not children attend school depends on if there is a school to attend. Over the past 8 years in partnership with KEEP and Three Summits for Nepal, Crooked Trails has built or re-furbished 6 schools in Nepal. Participants who help build the schools are just like you. Join us! More info…

Smokeless Kitchens in Usabamba, Peru
Appropriate technology changes lives in Peru! Using mostly local materials, this new system has allowed smoke to escape, heat to remain, less wood to be burned and hot water to flow.

18 year old Roggue is Quechua and lives in the village of Usabamba. He stood in front of us and very formally explained the details of the new adobe kitchen he had learn to build at a appropriate technology training institute. He showed us the orno (oven) which had three levels to it for baking, drying and warming. It was curved and made from adobe (dirt and straw). The design of this particular type of stove is extremely efficient- using only twigs to cook. In addition the warmth from this stove kept the entire room warm, which at 13,000 feet is a serious problem. It also incorporates a smoke pipe and tubes to heat water. More info…

Support Kenya’s Maasai Tribe Through Its Craftspeople
Intricate bead work has been an art form of Maasai women for centuries. All items are hand made by Merrueshi Women’s Cooperative. One hundred percent of the proceeds from their sales benefit the Maasai of Merrueshi Community. Buy directly through their website at www.maasai-association.org

Bring Awareness and Funding to the Issue of Obstetric Fistula in Ethiopia
When Kristie McLean returned home from Ethiopia on a SalaamGarage trip (which Crooked Trails partnered on to provide logistical support) she continued to have conversations about the possibility of creating a water-powered mill and an adjacent living compound for women who have had their fistulas treated but who have no husbands or families who will accept them home again. These women need a safe place, a nurturing community, and a means of earning income to support themselves as they move forward. More info…