Educate and Shelter Children in Red Light District

by Village Volunteers
Educate and Shelter Children in Red Light District
Educate and Shelter Children in Red Light District
Educate and Shelter Children in Red Light District
Educate and Shelter Children in Red Light District
Educate and Shelter Children in Red Light District
Educate and Shelter Children in Red Light District
Educate and Shelter Children in Red Light District
Educate and Shelter Children in Red Light District
Educate and Shelter Children in Red Light District
Educate and Shelter Children in Red Light District
Educate and Shelter Children in Red Light District
Educate and Shelter Children in Red Light District
Educate and Shelter Children in Red Light District
Educate and Shelter Children in Red Light District

Project Report | Feb 5, 2023
What Does it Take?

By Shana Greene | Co-Executive Director/Village Volunteers

Dear Friends of New Light,

First of all, I want to wholeheartedly thank you for your contribution to New Light. What does it take to raise a child to thrive in the most disadvantaged position in life? The goal is to support the potential of young people to grow and prosper in the most impoverished communities in West Bengal.

The Children of Kalighat live on the streets while their sex worker mothers entertain clients. Malnutrition and disease are rampant among the children, and pubescent daughters are forced into the sex trade, thus perpetuating sex work from generation to generation. Kolkata has emerged both as a transit point and a destination for many young victims of trafficking often from Nepal and Bangladesh and rural West Bengal.  The importance of a residential program is to cluster services to rescue and rehabilitate women and children who have been victims of trafficking to offer hope from the abuse.

The answer is complex but most effectively comes straight from the hearts of the New Light staff and leadership. New Light provides safe and secure shelter with a caring environment, good nutrition, and medical care. They provide psychological care to overcome the experience of abuse and victimization, and vocational and skill training to provide viable and sustainable livelihood options. New Light believes that there is no better place to start than to provide the children of the red light district with a first-class education. The children are enrolled in over 15 schools and another 12 colleges.  

The success rate can be observed as you walk through the many shelters and programs where children are engaged and happy. The sweetest times are when the graduates come back to help during holidays. They don't forget that their fate was one of despair until New Light. 

There is no doubt that your donation means so much. We all rejoice every time a donation comes in and your generosity is celebrated. 

Thank you

 

 

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20 YEARS OF A SAFE HAVEN

By Shana Greene | Co-Executive Director/Village Volunteers

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Village Volunteers

Location: Seattle, WA - USA
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Project Leader:
Shana greene
Seattle , Washington United States
$16,441 raised of $20,000 goal
 
344 donations
$3,559 to go
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