The Hindustani Covenant Church (HCC) has been ministering to vulnerable women in the red light area for over a decade. Since 2006 more than 63 girls have escaped from the sex trade with the help of HCC and Covenant Social …
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Former Sex Workers Help Liberate Others
Filed under: Community Development
Tags: Human Trafficking, India, Women
Escaping Human Trafficking
Filed under: Community Development
Tags: Human Trafficking, India, Women
Gangubai Shinde comes from a middle-class family. When she was fifteen, her parents forced her to marry a man twice her age. Her husband accused her of being unfaithful, and he began beating her. Although Gangubai realized that she was …
Flood Relief Continues in India
Covenant Social Services (CSS) of the Hindustani Covenant Church continues to send updates to Covenant World Relief regarding the devastating floods in India and current disaster relief efforts:
Recent natural calamity due to cloud burst, followed by flood and landslides …
Weaving Leads to Youth Empowerment
Baba is a teacher in the carpet-making class offered for youth in northern India. The classes began a year ago for the youth of these villages. The interest among the youth to learn the skill was encouraging; within six months …
Transformation in the Red Light District – Sunita
Below is the story of a woman whose life was radically transformed when she was provided with the opportunity by CWR’s partner HCC to escape a life of prostitution.
My name is Sunita Vijay Naik. I am 35 years old …