Nishtha is an organization supported by several chapters of Asha for Education to provide mainstream education and night shelter to children of sex workers.

Project Focus and Location:

• Education and shelter for children of sex workers
• Location: Subuddhipur, De Para Baruipur South 24 Parganas, Kolkata 700144 West Bengal, India

Background Information:

• Nishtha was initiated in 1975 in the rural area of Baikunthapur, West Bengal to support and empower women who are forced into sexual labor to provide for families.
• As a result, the children of these sex workers, especially girls are at a heightened risk for early marriage and sex trafficking.

Goals of the Nishtha Project:

• Provide financial aid in order to support education for children of sex workers (Nishtha – Jagaran).
• Provide a night shelter for these children (Nishtha – Night Shelter).
• Empower women within the village to evade businesses of sex trafficking and prostitution.

Complete Project Information:

Nishtha Night Shelter –  Click here to view the full project information, donation history, as well as a donation link as well. With a little help from everyone, we can easily surpass this endeavor!

Nishtha Jagaran – Click here to view the full project information, donation history, as well as a donation link as well. With a little help from everyone, we can easily surpass this endeavor!

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For Donorship information please contact:

Project Coordinator : Girish Ramaswamy @ nycnj.projects@ashanet.org

Chapter Coordinator : Sharda Sheshabhattar @ nycnj@ashanet.org / 732-491-7555 

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