Anuradha among CNN top 10 heroes

REPUBLICA

KATHMANDU, Sept 24: Maiti Nepal founder Anuradha Koirala has made it to the list of top 10 CNN heroes. Her organization has been rescuing and rehabilitating trafficked girls and women.

CNN, the reputed US-based international news channel, has been choosing people whose selfless contributions have brought about tremendous changes in the lives of poor and helpless people across the globe as its heroes for the past four years.

Koirala, chosen from among over 10,000 social workers, was earlier selected for the top 25 CNN heroes. CNN made public the list of top 10 heroes through its website Thursday night. Koirala secured her place in the list for ´protecting the powerless´.

On November 25, CNN will announce the winner of CNN hero from among the top 10 nominees on the basis of online voting. A crew of CNN journalists, which is expected to arrive in Nepal on October 4, will shoot a documentary on Koirala´s life. "I am glad that my contribution has been recognized globally," she told Republica.

Meanwhile, in a press statement released on Friday, Maiti Nepal asked all its well-wishers to help Koirala win the award by voting in her favor.