Imagine finally leaving your traumatic life to have a new beginning. Hopeful right? Razia* and Latha* moved out of the red-light area with the same hope and then the lockdown during the pandemic hit them hard. Read their story. I am Razia from Kamathipura, a red-light area in Mumbai. Latha is my friend from Grant …

When a lockdown is announced, what is the first place we rush to? We go to a grocery store to stock up. Have we ever thought about the state of our farmers whose businesses have been greatly affected during the lockdown? Daniel Jabaraj, our Programme Leader – Anti-human Trafficking – South, in Bangalore was approached …

Asmitha*, a 19-year-old from Kolkatta, ran away from home and came to Mumbai. She lived in a hospital where she met Rohit who promised to marry her. With hopes of a better life she trusted him but soon enough she found that he was already married. She ran away again after which she faced big …

In Bangalore, we work across Hallegudadahalli hub to create a safer community for all women. Our new initiative was to support women in getting easy access to health services. We collaborated with Vitamin Angels, a global non-profit working to provide health care for pregnant women and infants by distributing free vitamins. Shankari, a pregnant mother …

Sandhya is a part of our social enterprise, a livelihood programme for women at Basin Bridge. She says, “My husband lost his job and was at home for the past 6 months. Since I was part of Oasis’ social enterprise, I was able to take care of my family with the salary I received from …