Preventing Inter-Generational Prostitution

Session on Child Sexual Abuse

This workshop was organized in MCD Primary school where a hundred girls participated from the fifth standard. It is important to discuss good and bad touch with the children so they could be safe and could reach out to us if something goes wrong. Through these workshops, we make them understand about safe and unsafe touch; and that they are not wrong. Also, we try to fill them with confidence to immediately reach out to family members or teachers at school.

Session on Life Cycle of a Butterfly

This session was organized in the community in Dharampura where fifty children participated from the de-notified caste communities. In this workshop, we taught children the life cycle of a butterfly. The different stages from egg to larva to pupa to adult butterfly. We used pictures, flash cards and colors. After the session, all the children were provided with the life cycle printed on the sheets for coloring. 

Art Workshop on the theme ‘ My Community’

This workshop was organized in the community in Dharampura where seventy children participated. At the art workshop, we asked the children to draw their own community. The paintings witnessed men enjoying hookah and playing cards; and piles of garbage at every corner in the community.

Session on a monument: Humayun Tomb

This workshop was organized in the community in Dharampura with twenty-five children. We shared the history of the Humayun Tomb with them. We also talked about the other monuments made by the same ruler. 

Community Classes

The community classes are held in the evenings for school-going and drop-out children. Apne Aap members help the children finish their homework and teach the drop-out children basic English, Hindi, and Maths.

A short report on the Field Intervention work carried out by Apne Aap (in the month of January, February & March 2019) with De-notified caste communities in Najafgarh, Delhi. 

Milk Distribution:

On New Year, Apne Aap distributed milk bottles to all the women and children from the three De-notified caste communities namely Perna, Sapera and Singhi and simultaneously had an open mic session on the importance of good health, especially for a female body as they go through a menstrual cycle every month and give birth to a new life.

Art Class:

Apne Aap organizes an art workshop every month as a form of therapy for the women and girls trapped in inter-generational prostitution and are at high risk of prostitution and trafficking. These workshops help them to recover from the trauma of their daily life.

Craft Workshop:

Craft workshop not only acts as a therapy to the women and girls in the red-light areas but also gets added as a skill. The young girls are provided with regular craft classes which helps them build confidence and could also be taken as a livelihood source.

Open Mic Session:

On the occasion of International Women’s Day, we discussed the role women play in the development of a society and simultaneously distributed Red Roses as a part of the Red Rose Campaign in the community.

Yoga Session:

Yoga plays an important role in human lives. Apne Aap regularly organizes a yoga session at the school and in the community which helps women and girls both at the physical and mental level.