Slum children get a new life, literally, at ‘Navjeevan’

Babita (name changed), a class VI student, loves to dance, and is adept at Bharatanatyam. No cultural programme at her school is complete without Babita’s performance, and she never fails to evoke admiration. Nothing unusual, really.Now consider this – two of Babita’s three elder sisters are commercial sex workers (CSWs). Her father, a drunkard, is a rag picker, and has taken another wife after the death of Babita’s mother. The three sisters, her father and her stepmother live in a cramped shanty they call home.
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