B
NARRATIVE VALUE
Certainty
●●● high
ABCDEFG
There is no confirmed −; independently verified + decide the position (B). No unreachable strike-through.= non-additive meter
As of: 2026-Q4Status: ActiveCeiling reason: No confirmed −
History2026-Q4BHistory grows each quarter
Maiti Nepal: Standing at the border, stopping it before they are taken. The letter is B; certainty is high. Unconfirmed concerns are placed under “Watching.” (As of 2026-Q4; estimate based on public information.)
Main narrative
Girls taken from Nepal into India disappear from view once they cross. In 1993 Anuradha Koirala, then a teacher, chose to put people in the place before they are taken - the border itself.
Maiti Nepal ("mother's home" in Nepali) monitors 26 points on the India-Nepal border together with police and local authorities. Staff approach a girl travelling with an unnatural companion and separate them on the spot. Those taken into care are given shelter, medical treatment, legal support, vocational training, and somewhere to stay if they cannot return home. According to Wikipedia, the organization was involved in the rescue and rehabilitation of more than 50,000 women and girls between 1993 and 2022. Its own site carries the headline figure "51,102+ survivors intercepted", undated. In September 2026 it recorded the safe rescue of a 14-year-old Nepali girl in India. Koirala was named a CNN Hero in 2010.
One person’s story (N1)
+ A single story
In 1993 Anuradha Koirala, then a teacher, chose to put people not where girls end up but in the place before they are taken. At 26 points on the border with India, staff monitor alongside police and local authorities, approach a girl travelling with an unnatural companion and separate them. Those taken into care receive shelter, medical treatment, legal support and vocational training. The organization is recorded as having been involved in the rescue and rehabilitation of more than 50,000 women and girls between 1993 and 2022. Nature of sources: independent (encyclopaedic and international media).
Source nature: Wikipedia / Global Citizen / T2 industry media. Positive effects are not used to offset negatives.
Positive / negative effects
+ effects
- The positive side of this assessment rests on the single story (N1) above and its source. A per-item ledger of positive effects has not yet been compiled for this organization.T2 industry media
Watching (unconfirmed; not counted in the assessment)- Widely varying figures across sources
- the care required by the intervention method itself
Looking ahead (not included in the assessment)- Continuing border monitoring and the rehabilitation of those it takes into care.
A second look
The numbers given vary widely by source and year (12,000, 18,000, 50,000), and no independently audited figure could be found. Separating people at a border is a method that requires care on both consent and rights. Following what happens to those taken into care over the long term is difficult.
Sources
+N1Wikipedia / Global Citizen｜2022｜🔗
How to read this assessment
A Independently verified +, with no confirmed −
B Leans +, with independent backing
C Mixed. A confirmed − sets the ceiling, or much is unverified
D A serious confirmed − sets the ceiling
E A serious − reaches the core of the organization
F Serious and systemic, with little redeeming +
G Only extreme cases
Out of scope An entity whose core purpose is illegal
On hold Independent evidence is scarce on both + and −
- Reachable upper bound (ceiling): a confirmed − sets the ceiling, and independently verified + decide the position within it. + do not cancel out −.
- The weight of evidence is not symmetric: only confirmed − are counted; the volume of disputes or allegations goes under “Watching.” + are counted from independent evidence, while an organization’s own PR is treated as “reference.”
- Size is not value: scale is not used in the assessment. Matters that stay within money or competition—investors, shareholders, sanctions, trade secrets—are also excluded.
- The letter (assessment) and certainty (how reliable the information is) are separate axes.
This is a translation; the Japanese version is authoritative. The assessments here are generated automatically by AI based on published criteria. The operator does not alter individual results. Because they are AI-generated they may contain errors, and they are opinion and commentary, not statements of fact. Where evidence is insufficient, the entry is marked “On hold.” Requests for correction are accepted via the form.
Terms: Narrative Value = an assessment (A–G) of the distance between the narrative an organization tells and its reality / Ceiling meter = a visualization of the reachable upper bound / Watching = unconfirmed matters not counted / Protected stakeholders = people, animals, nature, and future generations. | Generated by: AI | As of: 2026-Q4 | Back to top