Pratibha (name changed) is an orphan girl of 19 yrs from Bagalpur (Bihar). Her mother was killed in front of her when she was a small girl, and during the process her left eye was damaged. Her father then married again, and later passed away, leaving her an orphan girl with her step mother, who mistreated, and verbally and physically abused her.

This led her to run away from home, as was being abused daily by her step mom, and arrived in Delhi. She was spotted by the Delhi Police inside the New Railway Station, Delhi. She had worked as a maid for two months with a family. When we met her she was wearing filthy clothes and was crying inside the railway station office. As we spoke with her she mentioned that she was in search of her lost younger sister whom she doubt had been sold or given away somewhere by her aunty. She was reluctant to come with us as we were not known to her. She wanted to go back to the lady who had hired her as a maid.

We counselled her and gave her an opportunity to think and develop her skills while making a decision to return would negate. She needed a lot of counselling and encouragement to develop her mind and confidence. She was mentally disturbed and was not behaving in a proper manner when she was handed over to us by the Child helpline.

After three months of counselling, she gained confidence and began to believe in herself. Although her was a difficult child, her personality and behaviour was so different than girls her age. She was stubborn girl, and everything had to be done her way. She has suicidal tendencies, and threatened staff and the other girls with a knife.

Dr. Deepak Kumar from The Institute of Health and Allied Services was contacted and was recommended to visit Dr. Shabana at the Delhi Government Dispensary who works as a Psychologist. We had taken her to the dispensary on 14th September, and was asked to come for a revisit on 20th September, which she refused to go. She was thereafter, given training in Jewellery making and Baking classes were conducted.

An opportunity was given for her to study but unfortunately, although she was keen she was unable to cope due to her eyesight, as one was damaged and the other sight was poor, hence ready and writing was a major threat to her one eye. Finally an opportunity for employment at a textile factory and she was very quick to pick up the skill, again unfortunately she could not do much work as a skill buy only as a labour in packaging due her eye sight problem.
Her desire was to return back to Rahab and work in the city in local shops in the malls to earn a livelihood and was able to settle herself.
She still visit the home, and calls often to enquire about Rahab and the team.

Delhi is one of the largest metropolitan city where around 60% girls are trafficked from Assam, the statement of Rimpy who left her husband’s home from Assam along with her 1.6 years old son, due to sum misunderstanding between them, and travelled by train in the general compartment of Avadh Assam Express.

Study shows that the female pimps also travelled in the train from Assam and was caught in the web of pimps, who promised her shelter as well as a job. When the train reached New Delhi railway station at 1AM, she was with the pimps. One of our contacts saw her in distress and called us midnight informing us about Rimpy. The Railway police completed formalities and brought her to our NGO.

Our Counsellor conducted several sessions with her and after a week we were able to contact her husband through one of her auntys phone. After speaking to her husband, and aunty we asked to come to Delhi.

Due to poverty they were reluctant, and finally borrowed cash and arrived on 28 th May, 2018, that the date of my 30 th Wedding Anniversary, which we were not able to celebrate, but he joy of reuniting a family in Assam who lost all hopes of seeing his wife ands on again, wept and wept seeing his son and wife safe in our Home.

He could not help but thank us again and again and again, which move our hearts and brought tears. Completing all legal documentation for handover and verifying the same from the letter received from the Assam Police Station, Rimpy and her 1.6 year old son were handed over to her husband Pankaj and a drop them to railway station was arranged alongwith train tickets to Assam.