THE BACKGROUND
National Crime Records Bureau reported that 500,000 children went missing in India. A majority of these children were girls between 10-18 years of age.
Poverty, ignorance, illiteracy are the main causes of parents selling their children to brothels. Some girls are sold to the trade even before they can reach puberty. Their fragile and underdeveloped bodies are pumped with growth inducing hormones. Shapeless bodies start to fill out, hallucinations, vomiting, loss of coordination, seizures and high blood pressure; all side effects of the hormone become constant companions throughout these young girls’ lives.
Every girl is bought at a high price so any resistance or escape attempts are met with physical and sexual abuse and starvation. Many girls contract sexually transmitted diseases, some receive treatment and get better, others succumb to life threatening illnesses and die lonely deaths believing that they were totally useless, unworthy of love.
THE SOLUTION
Freedom Firm is an anti-sex trafficking NGO on a mission to eliminate sex trafficking of children in India. This is done by conducting rescue operations, restoration programs, and fighting for justice for victims of sex trafficking.
IT COSTS ONLY INR 55,000 TO RESCUE ONE SURVIVOR.
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ABOUT ME
My name is Vijayalakshmi J. I currently work in Goldman Sachs within the Credit Derivatives division in Bangalore.
The birth of a girl is celebrated with joy in certain communities in India. Not because the daughter will bring joy or happiness to the family, but because she can be sold to a brothel when she is older and earn money for them by selling her body to multiple customers. It is extremely disturbing and disheartening to know what young girls go through in life because of poverty and illiteracy of their parents.
It is extremely important to rescue and transform the lives of these girls. Every survivor has to reject the predominant message of being unwanted and believe that she is worthy of love and a normal life. Freedom Firm has been transforming the lives of young girls for the last 13 years. The cost of rescuing one girl is INR 55,000.
Please support my campaign and let's together help transform the lives of many girls.
ABOUT THE NGO
Freedom Firm is an anti-sex trafficking NGO based at Ooty. Freedom Firm is on a mission to eliminate sex trafficking of children in India. We accomplish our mission by conducting rescue operations, restoration programs, and fighting for justice for victims of sex trafficking.
Rescue
Investigators comb cities, towns and villages searching for minor girls engaged in prostitution. Once they find them, they document the crime and share their findings with the police. With assistance from Freedom Firm, the police raid brothels and rescue girls
Restoration
Freedom Firm’s aftercare team visits the girls in the shelter home and provide them with counselling, life-skill and vocational training. Girls showing an interest in academics are enrolled in schools. Every year Freedom Firm organizes two adventure camps for rescued girls living in government shelter homes. Through inspirational stories, arts and crafts activities, and outdoor activities, girls start to heal and develop confidence.
Justice
Freedom Firm aggressively pursues convictions by assisting public prosecutors at each stage of the criminal trial. Rescued girls are encouraged to testify against their abusers. We file an appeal or petition in the higher courts whenever our case is dismissed in lower courts. We have a team that monitors and follows up each case.
TAX BENEFITS
Funding for this campaign is eligible for tax breaks as Freedom Firm is a registered NGO & you can avail of benefits under section 80G of the IT act.
FAQs
Will we get to know the details of how the funds have been used?
Yes. After the money has been collected it will be transferred by Fueladream to Freedom Firm. It will take from 60-90 days after that to get details of how the funds have been used. Once I shall upload this on the UPDATES section of this campaign.
When do I get the receipts?
It takes a week after the campaign is closed for the monies to be transferred. The receipts will start getting processed about 2 to 3 weeks AFTER the campaign is closed and will be sent to you directly.
How does crowdfunding work?
Crowdfunding in India is a relatively new concept & is growing very quickly.
It’s s concept that allows a large number of funders (like you) to fund an idea or a cause or event by giving small amounts of money online. Fueladream is a crowdfunding site and platform in India that allows for such pooling of funds. You can fund innovations & ideas on FuelADream and be the first to get these products or make them come true. You can also do a good turn by funding charities and causes through crowdfunding. When you fund a charity it’s more like a donation & you get small innovative rewards like a shout-out on a FB page or a thank you email from the beneficiaries.
