By Anna Wolf | Anti-Trafficking Resource Cell Coordinator
Prajwala has welcomed the 2013 new year with newfound hopes of healing, blessings and success for all children and adults who have found sanctuary in our therapeutic shelter home. This rehabilitative community has continued to provide a wide range of holistic services in the areas of education, healthcare, recreation, and counseling by a dedicated team of staff. The shelter is thriving as an environment where vulnerable children rescued from various stages of the trafficking process can heal psychologically, be educationally and economically empowered and have access to effective channels of social reintegration.
During the last months of 2012, there were many achievements in the shelter, beginning with the fact that despite their difficult backgrounds and traumatic life experiences, six mainstream students topped their classes in quarterly exams with highest marks. The shelter also inaugurated a nursery school and children's park, the latter of which now serves exclusively as an area for fun and relaxation. The crèche currently has 2 infants and 7 toddlers with 2 caretakers managing the daily programs.
Furthermore, in collaboration with Silver Oaks International Baccalaureate School, a student leadership training program was organized by the student committee members of all centers to improve personality development and leadership qualities of the children. A total of 10 children went to Henry Martin Institute to attend the leadership training program and had the opportunity to interact with students from other mainstream schools. During the sessions, children learned about good habits to adopt in their lives and participated in a variety of interactive writing and speaking activities aimed at increasing self-confidence and interpersonal communication skills.
On the political front, after lots of struggle the shelter home received a government license for the shelter until September 2013, which makes Prajwala the only officially legal rehabilitation shelter in Andhra Pradesh. Efforts are continuously being made to make the shelter a truly healing, rehabilitative space where strong, self-reliant and capable young women emerge to take control of their lives and pursue the dreams that they themselves define.
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