By Ray Umashankar | Executive Director
ASSET India partner Prajwala faced a major crisia when asked to vacate the current office location as retaliation for outing rapists. Fou der Sunitha Krishnan's car was vandalized and her staff received threats in person and over the phone.
a decision was made to acquire a plot of land to construct a new shelter and office block.
ASSET India Foundation contributed $25,000 for the project and also helped set up a crowdfunding campaign on Crowdera. Through this effort, a total of $225,000 has been raised for the construction.
ASSET India donor ChandaZ is supporting the education of 100 sex trafficking victims through admission to Saint Xavier College in Kolkata.
In partnership with Nobel Laureate Kailash Satyarthi's KSC Foundation, Freedom Caravan bus will reach out to young women and children in 150 villages in North India. Sex trafficking survivors through music and drama will explain the dangers of falling victim to false promises made by traffickers.
Legal support has been provided to families of more than 200 girls who were trafficked from tea estates in the north eastern state of Assam.
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