Rescue
Foundation (ISO – 9001: 2000)
Promoting human rights for trafficked survivors
Annual Report 2009
To Our Supporters and Well wishers,
We are very Grateful for your kind Support of our humanitarian
activities.
With your support, our necessary and ambitious plans of providing
renewed opportunities in the life of victims of human trafficking
have been made possible. The transparency in our organization and
our management capability coupled with the available facilities and
infrastructure will surely create an ideal NGO in this part of our
world. This can be possible only with your active continued support.
Let us Make World Beautiful.
With Best Regards,
Mrs. Triveni Acharya,
President, Rescue Foundation.
◙ Executive Summary --
Organization - RESCUE FOUNDATION
President - Triveni Balkrishna Acharya
Charity Commissioner
Registration - (1) Society Reg No.1301
(2) Trust Reg No.F-22131
80 G Registration - vide order no
108/2007/2007-08
35 A.C. Registration of the
Incom Tax Act - [Link]-270/165/2007
Notification No. S.O.2370 (E)
Dated 3rd October, 2008
Foreign Contribution
Regulation Act Registration
(FCRA) - [Link].083780797
Bank Details - ABN AMRO BANK, Shankar
Bhavan, Nariman Point,
Mumbai, India.
Account – Savings Account
Account No.783627.
Swift Code – ABNAINBB.
H.Q and Mumbai
Protective Home Address - Plot NO.39, Behind Lady Of
Remedy School, Fatimadevi
Road, Poinsur, Kandiwali (w),
Mumbai – 400067,Maharasrta
Telephone – 91-22-28060707,
91-2228625240,
Telefax – 91-2228663322.
9820210705 for President.
E-mail - admin@[Link]
Website -[Link]
Boisar Home - Phulacha Pada, Village
Lalonde, Boisar, Dist – Thane,
Maharastra.
Pune Home - Hawamahal, Sasani Vasti,
Mahamadwadi Rd, Hadapsar
Pune – 411028, maharastra.
Telephone – 91- 2026970904
◙ The Organization ---
Rescue Foundation is a non government organization (NGO)
based in Mumbai, India. It is recognized by the government under
sec 21 of the immoral traffic (prevention) Act of 1956. The main
goals of the organization ARE combating human trafficking of
girls and children. We rescue, rehabilitate and repatriate the
victims. Rescue Foundation also works towards Prosecuting
criminals involved in trafficking and Sexual abuse of minor aged
victims. The majority of trafficking victims who are sold to
brothels in western India are from North eastern states of India,
Nepal, and Bangladesh. Till date the Foundation has been
Successful in rescuing and repatriating more than 1300
trafficked girls and children.
Currently The Foundation has a Staff of about 70, including the
president, a Project Executive, Advocates, Probation Officers,
Counselors, Doctors and administrative staff.
Saving these girls and children from this inhuman treatment is
not an end in itself. We provide them safe, protective shelter
with complete health care including HIV/AIDS, vocational
training so that they become self-reliant on sustainable basis,
provide detailed legal advice including TRAINING THEM FOR
entire legal procedure to punish traffickers, brothel keepers
and other anti-social elements. We then repatriate them to their
families wherever they are situated. Or to our colleague NGOs in
the source area who in turn rehabilitate and repatriate them to
their families. We ALSO arrange happy weddings for the
SUITABLE girls as ultimate repatriation.
The present Residential capacities of our Protective homes are
as under:
(1) 100 girls at Mumbai home
(2)100 girls at thane (Boisar) home.
(3) 40 girls at pune home.
With continuous repatriation, we are able to rescue about 300
girls annually.
◙ Activities –
(1) Investigation.
(2) Rescue.
(3) Health care – HIV/Aids, abortions, deliveries,
Hospitalization
(4) Vocational training for sustainability.
(5) Legal aid to prosecute brothel keepers.
(6) Psycho-social counseling.
(7) Repatriation – Weddings.
(8) Safe protective home and rich Nutrition.
◙ Achievement in 2009 ---
◙ Established Protective Home at Pune
Due to our frequent raids in the red light areas in Mumbai, the
brothels in Mumbai are regularly and frequently transferring
children (girls below the age of 18) to Pune for forced
prostitution in brothels at Pune. Hence it was felt necessary to
have a protective home at Pune to reduce expenses of conveying
girls between Pune and Mumbai. Pune home was inaugurated on
11th October 2008.
◙ Established Recovery care Centre at Boisar
Establishment of Recovery Care Centre for HIV positive girls to
give them rich nutrition, extra precautionary sanitation,
advanced medical and psychological consultation, timely
medicines, tranquil environment, intricate psycho-social
counseling etc. These HIV positive girls have left any hope of
regaining a healthy life due to lack of AWARENESS so they need
very intricate psycho-social counseling at every stage of life to
regenerate their will power and faith in mankind. They are
specially depressed by being HIV positive coupled with their
traumatic past. Thus Recovery Care Center is primarily a concept
of mental & physical care, not only a place for medical
treatment.
Japanese Government has kindly supported us for the
construction of phase I of building for Recovery Care Centre in
2009. Construction of phase I is completed. Construction of
phase II will be done in 2010. We also plan to have a pathological
laboratory and out-patient department to serve the surrounding
tribal population later on.
◙ Established cattle shed for housing
buffalos and cows
We have been able to provide thirty five buffaloes and cows so
far. The milk produced by them is useful to the girls and
generates modest income for the organization.
Future possibilities of establishing downstream industries for
production of Milk Products like Butter, Ghee, Curd, Cheese,
Butter, Milk, etc.
The Milk produced by them is sufficient for the HIV patients and
THE balance is sold in the market to generate income for the
NGO.
◙ Agricultural farming
In about 42 acres, farming, fruit orchards, coconut & mango
trees, with automatic water sprinkling system are planned and
being implemented.
Benefits:
(1) Generating income for sustainability of NGO
Activities in difficult times.
(2) Providing stop-gap, interim finance to the girls
Being Repatriated.
(3) Training the girls in farm labour as Farming is the main
occupation in the Villages and interiors where their
homes are situated.
◙ Gardens
Beautiful gardens near the protective home, training hall and
bungalows with variety of flowers, swings etc. are made in 2009.
We have planned a rock garden and a fountain for the gardens
with ducks in a pond for 2010.
◙ Repatriation to Bangladesh
Rescue Foundation organizes the entire repatriation of the
victims to their native place in order to prevent the re-entry of
the victims into the trafficking business. After thorough
Conversations with the victims about their repatriation and
resettlement, Rescue Foundation contacts and works with the
local NGOs in Nepal, Bangladesh and Northern India that are
engaged in the repatriation process. It is our priority that this
process can happen safely. Employees of Rescue Foundation
familiar to the victim usually travel with the person to ensure a
safe trip. We hand over the victims only to the authentic parents
or blood relations after confirmation through the legal
authorities. All the victims rescued by us have safely and
successfully been retreated.
In 2009 we had arranged Safe repatriation for 15 girls to
Bangladesh also.
◙ Formal education
In 2009 we have obtained permission from the education
department of the government and started giving formal
education as per government syllabus to all the girls admitted in
our protective home at Boisar. We educate them from standard I
to standard X.
◙ Achievement of Legal Department
◙ In the month of September 2009 Bail Application was filed by
the Defense Advocate which we opposed. The said Bail
Application stands rejected VIDE R.A. No.79/09(LAC
NO.1758/09) in Mazgaon Court.
◙ R.A. No 94/09, B.A.841/2010 of Nagpada Police Stn; and C.R.
No.210/09, B.A.20/10 of Bhandup and SS Branch Police Station;
stands rejected on 14/1/2010 by the Ld Court of Sewree
Sessions.
◙ In Case No. 225/pw/08 of Mazgaon Court, accused No.1 is
convicted for 3 Years Rigorous imprisonment.
◙ Future development –
Rescue Foundation has planned various projects at the Boisar to
be implemented as and when possible in future.
◙ Biogas plant for production of gas from cattle dung
for cooking and generation of electricity
A bio-gas plant is being erected at Boisar (Thane) Complex to
generate biogas from the cattle dung, food and human waste. The
biogas produced will be used to generate electricity with the
help of gas-generator and will partly be used for cooking
purposes whenever necessary. The erection has already started
in November 2009. The plant will be commissioned in early 2010.
◙ Vermicompost project
This project will use the slurry generated by the bio-gas plant
and the agricultural waste to produce very good quality manure.
The manure so produced will be used in our agricultural fields
and any surplus will be sold in the market fetching good price.
◙ Statistics of 2009
(Mumbai, Boisar and Pune home) ---
Year 2009 Total Raid Our own Admitted to Repatriation
For our Rescue our Three of Victims
Three Operation/ Home (handover to
Homes Intercepted (includes Parents or
victim Native
transferred Ngo/release
from by Court
government Order)
homes / or
by police)
Jan 2009 00 00 32 36
Feb 2009 05 37 28 00
Mar 2009 00 00 41 32
Apr 2009 02 07 56 43
May 2009 03 18 44 60
June 2009 02 04 38 52
July 2009 04 44 36 11
Aug 2009 03 31 48 38
Sept 2009 00 00 13 00
Oct 2009 01 10 00 07
Nov 2009 03 33 01 04
Dec 2009 05 16 02 04
Grand 28 200 339 287
Total
◙ Rescue raid during 2009 -
In year of 2009 totally 28 successful Raids have been
conducted in Mumbai, Thane and Pune’s various Red-light
DistrictS by Rescue Foundation. Among this –
• 07 Raid in Kamathipura, Nagpada, Mumbai.
• 05 Raid in Thane, Mumbai.
• 05 Raid conducted in Budhwarpeth, Pune.
• 03 Raid conducted in Grant Road, Mumbai.
• 02 Raid Conducted in Sonapur, Mumbai.
• 02 Raid Conducted in Boriwali Sonapur - Bhandup, Mumbai.
Each 1 raid conducted in Turbhe, Goregam, Malvani and Gavdevi.
◙ State and Country Wise Classification of
Rescued Girls -
In the year of 2009 totally 200 girls were Rescued, among them
48 were Minor Girls and 152 were Major Girls.
Total Girls State and Country
wise Classification
55 From west Bengal
35 From Andhra Pradesh
31 From Neapal
31 From Maharastra
29 From Karnataka
04 From Bangladesh
03 From Orissa
04 From Bihar
03 From Zarkhand
02 From New Delhi
01 From Asam
01 From Bhutan
01 From Madhya Pradesh
200 Total
Year Rescue Repatriation Admission
2008 300 770 715
2009 200 287 339
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