We will help 800 girls & boys from red-light areas get back to schools and provide food and hygiene items along with livelihood support to 10,000 victims of sex trafficking and other vulnerable women so they can prevent their own sexual exploitation and sex trafficking.

Challenge

The aim of this project is to prevent 800 girls and 10,000 women from red-light areas get back on their feet after Covid. The girls have lost two years of schooling during the lockdown and are also suffering from mental health issues. The women are deep in debt and many have lost access to housing and livelihoods that they were transitioning to as daily wage workers and small business owners. Food prices have escalated and school supplies and tuitions are prohibitive. Hunger is a daily problem.

Long-Term Impact

800 girls enrolled in the school will directly benefit from this project as will the 10,000 women and their family members in red-light areas. This project will provide food, stave off starvation, help with housing and enrol and keep vulnerable girls in school,dismantling the cycle of prostitution and sex-trafficking. It will be a lifeline to the most vulenrable women and girls who are transitioing out of the devastation that Covid has caused in their lives.

References

1. https://www.apneaap.org
2. https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/apne-aap-is-helping-sex-workers-integrate-into-mainstream-society-118081001375_1.html
3. https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/apne-aap-is-helping-sex-workers-integrate-into-mainstream-society-118081001375_1.html
4. https://www.facebook.com/apneaap/photos/pcb.10154248434492508/10154248356767508/?type=3&theater
5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9Nd11Jeqak

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