Who We Are
Mission Statement
We aim to provide children of women in the sex-trade and those rescued from sex trafficking in India with basic information technology skills and secure employment opportunities for them. By harnessing the technical aptitude of this neglected and underserved population, we hope to fulfill the needs of a global market using knowledge empowerment as a method of preventing these children from entering th
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We provide computer literacy in the form of information technology and conversational English training to the adult children of women in the sex-trade and young adults rescued from sex trafficking. We partner with non-profit organizations in India and leverage their existing relationships with the sex-worker community. Together, we manage and run computer centers and train students in batches of 20. We work with our partner organizations and companies in India to ensure that after training, the
Partners
Curricula
Executive Board
Ray Umashankar
Sushila Umashankar
Nita Umashankar
Advisory board
- Tom Kosnik - Consulting Professor, Dept. of Management Science & Engineering, Stanford University
- Raney Aronson - Senior Executive Producer at Frontline/PBS
- Arveena Ahluwalia - VP, Global Real Estate at CiTi
- Anupam Govil - Partner at Avasant, President of Avasense
- Ashanti Omkar - Journalist, Consultant, Compere, Curator
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