Pornima’s body was cremated today and we know in our hearts that she has been given her True freedom and entry into the Promised Land earlier than we expected. Her body was accompanied by her Sari Bari and Freeset families as well as her mother and son. One of the girls commented that Pornima would [...]
The Kolkata community suffered a deep loss Tuesday. One of our ladies who has spent three months with us in training was murdered by a customer last night. There will be no justice for her… everyone in the brothels knows who did it but will not speak up. This is a devastating loss for our [...]
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From The Sunday Times
May 17, 2009
A Life in the Day: Mariam Laskar, s*x worker
Mariam Laskar, 42, a s*x worker, the poorest r*d-light district
I wake up around 5am so I can use the latrine early, while it’s still quiet.
I share it with nine other households. Each has one room about 8ft square. Although this is a [...]
Check out this album to see the “before” shots of the new Sari Bari location in one of Kolkata’s largest red-light districts.
We just finalized the five-year rental contract for this space for our second location. This space will be able to provide for at least 40 women to work for Sari Bari and a small [...]
After 9 months of waiting and praying, we signed the rental contract for the new Sari Bari location today! We now have a location for Sari Bari right in the red light district. This is a huge, huge answer to prayer. I just want to scream FREEDOM! FREEDOM! and dance a little jig. i hope [...]
From Sarah.
My heart breaks with every loss, every stumble, every pain that my dear friends suffer on their road to freedom. It is such a long, long road to walk. I have said before that just like the Israelites, many may not see the promised land of holistic freedom. But still I live and work [...]
From Sarah, March 7, 2009.
We had the retreat with the ladies yesterday. It was A M A Z I N G! I talked with one of the newer women and she was so open. She is so encouraged to finally be able to see freedom and new life as something that is in within her [...]