Preventing Inter-Generational Prostitution

‘I dream of painting and then I paint my dream’, said by Vincent Van Gogh.

This quarter, the festival season in India, we focused to enhance the creativity of children, simultaneously providing them an open outlet to express the emotions. 

 Celebrating Human Rights Day

10th December is celebrated as a Human Rights Day worldwide. Apne Aap, fighting for the basic rights of safe space, education, dignified livelihoods and protection from traffickers, organised a workshop for women and girls in the red light area where we discussed the rights that every individual should have access to, irrespective of caste, creed, gender and religion.

Texture Design workshop

This workshop witnessed the participation of more than sixty girls at the MCD Primary school in Dharampura. The girls had find the workshop very interesting and some even would like to pursue it as a career. A girl, who studies in fifth standard and lives with her father and a sister, looked really happy with the poster colours spread on her hand and uniform. She lost her mother three years ago.

Craft workshop (Paper basket and rose)

The white paper basket and a rose made with the bright red handmade paper attracted not only the young girls but also the teachers at school. More than forty girls participated in the craft workshop and learnt to make beautiful baskets and roses with the colourful papers. On the next day, many girls shared how they decorated homes with the paper roses.

Calligraphy workshop

Calligraphy workshop was organised in the community for the girls between the age group of twelve to sixteen. Using a bamboo writing pen and an ink, the girls learnt to write in different shapes, designs and fonts. This workshop also helped them learn different designs which professional artists use.

Oil Painting workshop

Around eighteen children participated in the oil painting workshop organised in the community for the children belonging to Perna, Sapera and Singhi community. The children learnt how to paint the canvas with the proper usage of oil paints, turpentine, brushes etc. Since art helps human beings express the hidden emotions, the children were found lost in the world of oil paints and canvas during the workshop.

Cloth Painting workshop

Cloth painting workshop was organised in the community for the children in the age group of thirteen to sixteen. The participated children had arranged their old lowers and tshirts and learnt to paint it in the cloth painting workshop.

Storytelling workshop

This month’s storytelling workshop was a part of festival of voices . Many motivational stories were shared with the girls at the Primary school and were acted upon by the performers. Some girls from fifth standard also created a story as part of the workshop.

Since July to September is a monsoon season in India, we started this quarter with the health and hygiene workshop in the community, with our children from DNT communities (Perna, Sapera and Singhi).

Health Workshop

During the health and hygiene workshop, we taught our children the importance of maintaining hygiene. We showed them many videos, discussed many points related to hygiene and also distributed soaps to them.

Open mic session

Open mic sessions are the platforms where women and children could raise voice and express their opinions on varied issues. During the open mic session, Pallavi who lost her father last year due to dengue discussed the importance of education and going to school.

Livelihood Linkage

Apne Aap in collaboration with Youth for Peace International is providing catering skills to the women from DNT communities (Perna , Sapera and Singhi) in Delhi. These skills help the marginalised women start their own businesses or help them receive earning opportunities elsewhere in the mainstream society.

Art class

Art is how many times people express their struggle and trauma. Art therapy sessions help the women and children from these vulnerable communities express their deepest emotional, mental and physical traumas of life.

Literacy Day Session

International Literacy Day is celebrated each year on 8 september with the aim to highlight the importance of literacy to individuals, communities and societies. This year we did a reading session, followed by a writing session at the Primary school.

Financial Education

Financial literacy is an important element. We did a session on financial literacy with the women and young girls in the community and taught them the importance of being financially independent and the importance of saving money. We also distributed piggy banks to all the women and girls who participated in the session.