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In 1997, the New Hope Women´s Center in Siliguri, West Bengal opened. Here, women currently attend literacy and sewing classes. Enrollment quickly swelled from thirty to fifty students. Its first Christmas was celebrated with cookies and a bowl of rice for everyone. This facility is intended to become a safe haven for Nepali prostitutes (young girls 12-15 years of age) redeemed from Bombay´s Red Light District. |
| New Hope Women´s Center in Siliguri |
| John Hopkins University, Maryland requested permission to publish an abstract of Project Innocence on their POPline, the world´s largest bibliographic population database. Indigenous groups from developing nations involved in combating female genital mutilation can now receive a copy of our entire forty-five page report free of charge. Kudos to everyone! We are proud and grateful for this opportunity to be of assistance to others. |
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| Community leaders in Kisii |
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In addition to our other activities, this year, a fund for Micro-Credit loans to augment the forfeited income of the circumcisors has been established in exchange for their becoming spokespersons against female genital mutilation. |
| Micro-Credit project in Kisii |
| Construction on the Women´s Vocational School in Visakhapatnam, India, is almost complete. Funds for the furnishings are still needed and the final curriculum is also not fully developed, but enrollment is underway for classes scheduled to begin in July 1998. |
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| Women´s school at Visag, India |
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Take me to page 5 of the July-September 98 Newsletter |
