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Beyond the Red Light: Life of Rina Mandal [name changed]


Date : 10/8/2024

Place: Aasansol, West Bengal

Focus Group: Red Light Rehabilitation: Womens empowerment

No. of beneficaries: Single mother needs to complete a house

Amount required: Rs. 90,000/-

Co-ordinator / Scout: Mr Easo D/Organisation: Sharansthan



When a child is born to a family, all are happy,  and a future is planned. But in this story, we see a woman whose life was different than others, her name is Rina Mandal. When she was very young, due to poverty in her family one day she was left at a railway station by her mother and as she was hungry and was crying an elderly woman who was nearby asked Rina to come along with her, promising that she will take care of her and give food daily. She came to Asansol with this woman who was a brothel owner.  Only 8 years old, and she was given steroids and other injections to look sexually attractive. At the age of 10 she was pushed into prostitution and till this day her trauma continues.  She has one daughter Ashar Roshni (Bengali: Ray of Hope) who is in a rescue home called “Home of Hope” in Nagpur, and is studying in 10th Standard . 


Now Rina  is working on building one small house. Work is still pending as  she had taken so many debts.We request you to please kindly support her out to complete the house and stay in her own house and start some small work and be independent.

 Requirement: The works that are pending: three doors, two windows, flooring, plastering and plumbing work.




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