Empower Future Leaders from Mumbai Red-Light Areas

The Revolution is playing– they are going to be in the Limca Book of World Records for being part of the team with the most number of people water rappelling simultaneously! And Sumaiya, 8 years, won the gold medal in the District Level Wushu tournament! August has been a very productive month for learning at Kranti, both for the staff and the Revolutionaries. The entire Kranti team made a trip to Sangli, in rural Maharashtra, to meet the sex workers’ collective, Sangram (www.sangram.org), and learnt about organizing collectives. They had the opportunity to be inspired by empowered sex workers who were aware of and demanded and got their rights . Read our blog (www.kranti-india.org/blog) to find out more about the learning experiences of the Kranti team at Sangram. Two of the Revolutionaries– Aparna and Savita, started high school. Aparna is studying the sciences to pursue her dream of becoming a gynecologist , and Savita is studying commerce because she wants to handle Kranti’s accounts in the future. The staff of Kranti have been undergoing weekly training on counseling children who have faced sexual abuse. From 6-10th September Robin, our founder, will be attending the workshop- “We CAN Deal with Child Sexual Abuse” conducted by Lois Engelbrecht,  who has over 18 years of experience in the field of Child Sexual Abuse and has helped set up centers working on CSA in cities across South East Asia. These trainings and workshops will build capacity in the staff to support the Revolutionaries to deal with and overcome Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.

Links:

• Revolutionaries write about Sangli
• More about Sangram