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400,000 women are trafficked and sexually exploited in the city of Mumbai #breakwithtrafficking
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At Mumbai Smiles, almost every week a call to rescue a girl who is being sexually exploited in inhumane conditions is received. The girls are between 20 and 25 years old, but many are 16, 17 or 18. They are recruited, misled and sometimes even kidnapped by mafia networks, who take them to Mumbai, where they are forced into prostitution in outrageous conditions of slavery.
These women are forced to have sex with up to 11 clients a day, in rooms and spaces deprived of the most basic hygienic conditions, and live under constant threat from the pimps. They suffer abuse, verbal and physical violence, harassment, and often they resort to alcohol or similar substances as the only way to cope with their situation.
For the past year, Mumbai Smiles has a team dedicated to rescuing victims of human trafficking and sexual exploitation, in coordination with the local police and other agencies.
Such rescue operation, as synchronized and dangerous as it is, implies great expenses that must be faced: renting a van for each rescue, paying the venue where the girls work so that they act as if we were real clients, the salary of our staff, who always operate under strict anonymity, paying the informant who alerts us to where the victims are being held, and of course covering the initial costs of rehabilitation and care for the victims. In total, a rescue operation costs approximately 1,000 euros per person. The number of requests for rescues increases every week. And this happens in a city where there are an estimated 400,000 trafficked and sexually exploited women, of which 180,000 are minors.
Rescuing 20 trafficked and sexually exploited girls is in our hands. So far this year we have already rescued 10.
You can help 20 more girls survive the slavery of sexual exploitation and thereby achieve freedom and a life of dignity.
Sonrisas de Bombay es una ONG fundada en 2005 por el periodista y escritor Jaume Sanllorente, que centra su acción en la lucha contra la trata de seres humanos mediante la prevención, el rescate, la rehabilitación y la integración social de las personas supervivientes a esta lacra. La Fundación opera de la mano de las comunidades más desfavorecidas y vulnerables en Nepal, Bangladesh, India y también en España.
De estas acciones, se han beneficiado ya más de 15.000 personas en proyectos de cooperación y acción social, a las que se suman más de 25.000, durante acciones puntuales de emergencia y ayuda humanitaria.
For donations equal to or greater than 50 euros, we will send you an exclusive high-resolution digital sheet to use as wallpaper or so that you can print it and show your support for the peaceful fight against human trafficking.
For donations equal to or greater than 100 euros, we will send you a cloth bag from Bombay, with an inspiring surprise inside, lovingly handcrafted by the women survivors of human trafficking whom we support in their rehabilitation.
Sonia
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Comments (21)
Sonia
Repito. Gran labor
Maria
Espero que podáis rescatar a muchas más y que puedan tener una vida digna. Ayudarlas a sentirse que se merecen lo mejor. Porque se lo merecen. Gracias.
Sonia
Animo y muchas gracias por tu iniciativa
Beatriz
Gracias por vuestro trabajo!
Cristina
Gràcies per la feina que feu!
Irma
Maravillosa iniciativa, bravo
Aintzane
Necesitamos más personas como vosotros en este mundo. Gracias!
Jordi
Anims a tot el equip de Sonrisas una abracada Jordi i Lili, felicitats per la vostra feina que hem pogut veure en directa. JORDI I LILI
Cristina
Jaume y equipo, sois ejemplares. Un fuerte abrazo
Gonzalo Aparicio
Sois unos artistas! Mucho ánimo!
Carolina
Mil gràcies per la tasca tant important que tant de bo no s'hagués de fer
JOSE
Que nunca decaiga el animo, gracias por lo que haces.
David
Ánimos amigos . Con cariño !