May 24, 2012 at 12:48 PM · Filed under Newsletter Updates
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April 3, 2012 at 12:04 AM · Filed under Newsletter Updates
The Schools for Schools Program began at Emerald Primary School in 2011. Aiming to connect the lives of students here in Australian with those of the student age children in the red light area in Kamathipura, the program pilot was a real success!. As part of cultural exchange, and relationship building the Picture Pal program produced a calendar including amazing artwork exchanged between students in Australia and India. Read the rest of this entry »
April 3, 2012 at 12:03 AM · Filed under Newsletter Updates
Amy shares how this experience of walking along side the AAWC outreach workers has impacted her:
What stands out the most is despite the poverty, the sorrow, and the despair; hope overrides the undercurrent of doom that lurks throughout Kamithipura. It penetrates through the heavy stink of sewerage and hits the nostrils as strongly as the toxic air. This is a place where women are ashamed of imposed duties beyond their control, where betrayals of traffickers are accepted by society as life choices made by slaves. It’s a place where women are beaten, tortured and raped into accepting ‘their destiny.’ Yet, these same women who have nothing to their names, still find smiles to give friendly westerners who come to talk. Read the rest of this entry »
February 15, 2012 at 12:14 PM · Filed under Volunteer and tagged: volunteer
There is a fantastic opportunity to get involved in Asha India’s Speaker Tour coming up this November. Find a brief summary of the available position below. Read the rest of this entry »
September 22, 2011 at 1:45 AM · Filed under Miscellaneous
This is a guest post from Chris, one of Asha India’s followers. It is about his journey in discovering about issues of sexual exploitation and how it relates to his own life. Read the rest of this entry »
