Rena Home is a shelter and care centre located in one of Mumbai's oldest red-light districts, dedicated to protecting vulnerable young children and women at high risk. This area is home to sex workers from both the city and neighbouring countries such as Nepal and Bangladesh. Rena also operates a secure home, offering children a safe refuge from the dangers surrounding them.
Most of the women engaged in sex work in Mumbai arrived in its red-light districts at a very young age through very violent routes of abduction, enticement and exploitation. Force and abuse continue to be used after the young girls have been sold. This malicious cycle takes a devastating toll on their children who often sleep under their mother's beds and wander the streets with no hope for the future.
Rena provides education, nutrition, shelter, life-skill training and healthcare to the children of sex workers. These resources offer a haven and provide opportunities to these young children who would otherwise live on the streets. The creche (shelter) is unique in that it takes children as young and provides the mothers an opportunity to keep their children in the safe custody of caretakers.
The shelter operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week. It is also a drop-in centre for the community's children who can come anytime to play with the toys, read, or do school work. These programs for young adolescent girls growing up in the red light district have resulted in the reduction of a large number of young entrants into the sex trade. Education and the work of Rena start the cycle of a better life, you can make a difference, Today!
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