Our partnership with Freedom Firm

There are 3 million commercial sex workers in India, of which an estimated 40% are children. These children, particularly girls, are virtually all from the poorest of social sectors in India. Their families often allow them to accept the promise of a good job in the city or to venture to metropolitan areas alone in order to make money for the family. Just as often, however, parents themselves will sell their daughters into prostitution out of financial desperation.

One Day’s Wages partnered with Freedom Firm to eliminate child prostitution in India by providing rescue, restoration, and justice for victims of sex trafficking. Their goal is to operate in areas where little anti-trafficking work is being done. Freedom Firm successfully rescued 18 girls out of human trafficking. These women joined 26 other survivors in aftercare support, making an impact of a total of 44 girls. During this period, staff worked alongside with the investigations team during each rescue attempted, provided counseling to girls who were rescued, and made sure that they were present until the girls were placed in the shelter home. Aftercare support also included following up with survivors via phone calls, visitation check-ins in shelter and homes of survivors. Additionally, some were provided with life skills lessons from the social workers to sustainably prepare them for a future of independence and self sufficiency.