This little cutie was my assistant at a jewelry training that I did at a shelter home in Bangalore. She picked up all the beads that were scattered on the floor, and got supplies and tools for anyone who needed them. She also tried to run off with half of the beads until I gave her a string of beads that she could play with while everyone else was learning to make jewelry. She started out very shy, but by the end of the two week I spend there, she became quite the little ham when the camera was out.
This home was a home for girls who had been trafficked, or who were at risk of being trafficked. Her Mom was living there. No one quite knew the Mom's story, whether she had been trafficked, or was just at risk. As far as I could find out, no one really knew the situation of her and her daughter at all. Did the Father die? Abandon them? Who knows.
In this home where they were staying, living conditions were not ideal. The girls pretty well stay in the house unless they're going out for school. It's the same routine every day, and I know I would get bored stiff. Many of the girls sleep on mats spread on the floor rather than in beds.
But they are safe. They are not in the circumstances that would cause them to be trafficked. They are in a place where they can learn and improve their lives, and one day, leave there with the skills and knowledge to get by in the world. Perhaps one day this little girl will have opportunities in life that her Mother never had, and it is because right now, she is safe.
Photos by Laura Webster-Bangalore, June 2013
This home was a home for girls who had been trafficked, or who were at risk of being trafficked. Her Mom was living there. No one quite knew the Mom's story, whether she had been trafficked, or was just at risk. As far as I could find out, no one really knew the situation of her and her daughter at all. Did the Father die? Abandon them? Who knows.
In this home where they were staying, living conditions were not ideal. The girls pretty well stay in the house unless they're going out for school. It's the same routine every day, and I know I would get bored stiff. Many of the girls sleep on mats spread on the floor rather than in beds.
But they are safe. They are not in the circumstances that would cause them to be trafficked. They are in a place where they can learn and improve their lives, and one day, leave there with the skills and knowledge to get by in the world. Perhaps one day this little girl will have opportunities in life that her Mother never had, and it is because right now, she is safe.
Photos by Laura Webster-Bangalore, June 2013
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