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Before she started Maiti-Nepal, she spent 20 years as a teacher, teaching English in different schools in Kathmandu.","Maiti Nepal operates a rehabilitation home in Kathmandu, as well as transit homes at the Indo-Nepal border towns, preventive homes in the countryside, and an academy in Kathmandu. Maiti Nepal (\"Maiti\" means \"mother's home\" in Nepali) has been a refuge for women rescued from the brothels in India and Nepal. The women can stay in the homes run by Maiti Nepal until they can return to their homes, or if not accepted by their parents and society, they may stay until they become able to live independently. Between 1993 and 2022, she and her organisation have helped rescue and rehabilitate more than 50,000 women and girls.","Maiti Nepal also works on reuniting the rescued women with their families, patrolling the Indo-Nepal border with police and other law enforcement authorities, and also rescuing trafficked women from brothels in India with the help of Indian authorities.","Koirala received the Courage of Conscience Award from The Peace Abbey in Sherborn, Massachusetts, on 25 August 2006. She won the CNN Hero of the Year award in 2010. She has been called the Mother Teresa of Nepal for her work."],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"14 April 1949","date":"1949-04-14"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3522396#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Rumjatar","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3415355","page":"https://diginpl.com/places/rumjatar"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3522396#P19"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Nepal","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q837"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3522396#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"social worker","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7019111"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3522396#P106"}},{"key":"party","label":"Political party","values":[{"text":"Nepali Congress","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q216660"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3522396#P102"}},{"key":"awards","label":"Awards","values":[{"text":"Order of Gorkha Dakshina Bahu","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3885232","date":"1999"},{"text":"CNN Hero of the Year","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q125188777","date":"2010"},{"text":"Padma Shri in Social work","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30132984","date":"2017"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3522396#P166"}}],"office":{"profile":"https://diginpl.com/next/explore/person/anuradha-koirala","holdings":[]},"sections":[],"cited":[{"id":"decisions","title":"Key decisions and achievements","items":[{"text":"In 2010, she was presented with the CNN Heroes award; Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher presented the award at a ceremony in Los Angeles, California.","sources":[{"url":"http://edition.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/11/21/cnnheroes.hero.of.year/index.html","title":"Anuradha wins CNN Heroes Award 2010","publisher":"CNN Edition","date":"2012-03-23"}]},{"text":"She received USD 100,000 to continue her work with Maiti Nepal, in addition to USD 25,000 from CNN.","sources":[{"url":"http://edition.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/11/21/cnnheroes.hero.of.year/index.html","title":"Anuradha wins CNN Heroes Award 2010","publisher":"CNN Edition","date":"2012-03-23"},{"url":"http://www.friendsofmaitinepal.org/assets/AnuradhaKoiralaAwards.pdf","title":"Anuradha wins CNN Heroes Award","publisher":null,"date":"2012-03-23"}]},{"text":"She received the Mother Teresa Award in 2014.","sources":[{"url":"http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/mother-teresa-global-awards-for-anuradha-koirala-amte-114110900812_1.html","title":"Mother Teresa global awards for Anuradha Koirala, Amte","publisher":"Business Standard","date":null},{"url":"http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-mother-teresa-memorial-international-award-for-social-justice-held-on-sunday-2033914","title":"Mother Teresa Memorial International Award for Social Justice held on Sunday","publisher":"dna","date":"11 November 2014"}]},{"text":"Koirala was conferred India's fourth highest civilian award Padma Shri in April 2017 by president Pranab Mukherjee.","sources":[{"url":"https://pib.gov.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=157675","title":"Padma Awards 2017 announced","publisher":"pib.gov.in","date":null},{"url":"https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/List-of-Padma-awardees-2017/article17092476.ece","title":"List of Padma awardees 2017","publisher":"The Hindu","date":"25 January 2017"},{"url":"http://neostuffs.com/2017/04/anuradha-koirala-receives-padma-shri/","title":"Anuradha Koirala Receives Padma Shri Award","publisher":null,"date":"2017-04-14"}]},{"text":"In 2018 Koirala received the G.O.D. 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