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One life at a Time

Chaiim Foundation is registered under the Maharashtra Public Trust Act 1950 – E29881 and is a NGO (Non Profit Organization) rehabilitating survivors of human trafficking and promoting the welfare of the marginalized, the poor, disadvantaged and exploited irrespective of religion, caste or gender. We achieve the same by giving attention to Reintegration, Rehabilitation and Restoration.

  • Vision
  • Mission
  • Objective
  • Journey

Vision is to Reinstate survivors (women, men and children) of commercial sexual exploitation and those who are at-risk.

We build and provide hope, by offering skill training, vocational opportunities, life-skills training, counseling and spiritual development to those seeking freedom to live dignified lives.

Our Mission is to Rehabilitate and Restore Survivors of human Trafficking.

To provide employment to young women above the age of 18 years rescued from vulnerable situations (typically human trafficking or prostitution) and to provide income for survivors of human trafficking to facilitate their successful transition to society. On the job training will be provided to beneficiaries through Fair Trade Wages.

To develop and establish relationships with other likeminded organizations based in India and abroad to support the various programs and to meet the needs of the development of the beneficiary.

Equipping Survivors with Basic Life Skills, Education, Vocational Training, Counseling, English speaking classes, field trips, social awareness trips etc. will be given to beneficiaries on further development of the project contributing to the reintegration of beneficiaries.

Our Strategy

Is to empower those who are survivors of human trafficking and the urban poor woman by having

  • Vocational Training
  • Education
  • Basic Life Skills
  • Care and Restoration
  • Counseling
  • Housing
  • Jobs Readiness
  • Reintegration
  • Micro Enterprise
  • Innovation
  • Motivation
  • Adaptive
  • Social Enterprise
  • Activity based
  • A Ready Plan of Action

Our Founders became aware and experienced the darkest atrocities that could happen to women who were survivors of human trafficking. During the course of their daily interaction with the beneficiaries, they recognized a gap in the recovery process for these women and felt that it was one thing to realize the need for emotional, spiritual and physical healing for women who have experienced sexual exploitation; however it was a tough challenge to address the practical and vocational needs as they move towards their emotional recovery.

Chaiim Foundation (which means LIFE) was birthed to provide viable employment for these women, so they are able to support themselves and their families. Despite the initial bumps and learning curves of starting a business in one of the most challenging environments in the world, our founders were able to play a part in changing the lives of women who now have a hope for their future.

Chaiim Foundation continues to help break the cycle of poverty that fuels human trafficking and sexual exploitation through employment by employing women who have been rescued with a stable line of work. By providing training and jobs we prevent this from happening by employing women who are at risk. Our desire is to give these vulnerable women a choice where they’ve had no choice and make a lasting difference in their lives. Your support not only impacts the lives of these women but also gives them that second chance where your support helps integrate and restore ‘One life at a Time’

The CHAIIM Model

4 Year Program

Entry

Bacis Life Skills

Life skills are important because they give the beneficiaries more control to improve their lives.

Bacis Life Skills

Life skills are important because they give the beneficiaries more control to improve their lives. We all want life skills learning to work and have an impact on the behavior and choices made by beneficiaries. A life skill class helps them to be positive and face the carious challenges in the life. Life skill class is conducted every week to see positive changes in girls by giving them and training them to live a life as an over comer.

Vocational Training

Sometimes, victims may have dropped out of school or training, which further reduces their

Vocational Training

Chaiim introduce a tailor made program to each trainee in safe and healthy environment. Individual attention is given to each girl according to her grasping capacity.

We assist victims, depending on their age, to set up realistic employment goals corresponding to their abilities, skills, educational level, and the available employment opportunities in the location. Efforts made to provide the vocational training are necessary to realize such goals. Vocational training is imparting the necessary skills to find employment and been offered on a case-by-case basis, taking into account the victim’s age and in accordance with a comprehensive reintegration assessment.

Education

The girls at Chaiim Foundation are very eager to learn and pursue their education.

Education

The girls at Chaiim Foundation are very eager to learn and pursue their education. Some of our girls are doing their 10th grade. They have subjects like English, Hindi, Marathi, Home Science, Computers, Business studies etc. Many of them are aspiring to do courses in Nursing, Computers, Parlor Course etc. Many of them have never gone to a school, so they are privileged to be given a chance through Chaiim Foundation to work and to fulfill their dreams.

Skill Training

Chaiim Foundation provides freedom for women from the sex trade, women who were forced into

Skill Training

Chaiim Foundation provides freedom for women from the sex trade, women who were forced into prostitution by trafficking or poverty. These unfortunate survivors didn’t choose their profession; someone else chose it for them. Chaiim Foundation now offers these survivors a real choice. When they choose to work at Chaiim, they can start new lives, regain dignity in their communities, and begin a journey towards restoration and wholeness. Our projects provide direct services to survivors and those at-risk to human trafficking. In the long run though, we deploy sustainable and effective solutions to actively curb the growth of slavery and sex trafficking.

Counselling

The experiences that trafficked victims have been forced to go through are torturous

Counselling

The experiences that trafficked victims have been forced to go through are torturous and against the most fundamental human rights. After rescue, their problems continue as they are confronted with difficulties, practically, socially and emotionally, hence the rehabilitation process needs to take into account many complex problems.

Housing

Every person has a dream to have a home where they can call it their home, Chaiim provides

Housing

Chaiim Foundation offers our girls who join the program a safe home. These girls who do not have any support from family or who are homeless are provided a home. A house mother is appointed to look and take care of the home and the girls . The girls are happy because they have a shelter to sleep. Everyone shares the responsibility and expenses of the home. These homes are situated in safe places and have all the nearby facilities like market, school, training center’s, food center’s, hospitals and educational units this enabling the girl further in safe rehabilitation.

Exit

  • 341

    Total Impact

  • 132

    Being given Life Skills and Supported

  • 85

    Supported Via our Aftercare Program

  • 22

    Given Skill Training and Housing

  • 56

    Rehabilitated

Articles

One life at a Time

Human trafficking is one of the major problems in India. Till date no concrete study has been conducted so far to know the exact number of trafficked kids in India. The New York Times has reported on the widespread problem of human trafficking in India especially in the state of Jharkhand. Also in the report it is stated that young girls are trafficked from neighboring Nepal to India. In another article published in The Times of India – Karnataka is the third state in India for human trafficking. Other South Indian states are also the most sought after destinations for human trafficking. Every year more than 300 such cases are reported in each of the four south Indian states. Whereas West Bengal and Bihar, on an average have 100 such cases each year. As per the data, more than half of the human trafficking cases are from these states. According to the latest report on human trafficking by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime reveals that Tamil Nadu has 528 such cases of human trafficking in 2012. The number is really high and more than any other state except for West Bengal (549). As per the data from Home Ministry, 1379 cases of human trafficking were reported from Karnataka in the period of four years, in Tamil Nadu the number is 2,244 whereas Andhra Pradesh has 2,157 cases of human trafficking. Recently 300 bonded labourers in Bangalore have been rescued. According to an article in Firstpost, Delhi is the hub of human trafficking trade in India and half of the world’s slaves live in India. Delhi is the hotspot for illegal trade of young girls for domestic labour, forced marriage and prostitution. Delhi is also the transit point for human trafficking.

Is Human Trafficking Illegal In India?

Human trafficking outside India, although illegal under Indian law, remains a significant problem. People are frequently illegally trafficked through India for the purposes of commercial sexual exploitation and forced/bonded labour.

What is meant by Girl Trafficking?

Girl trafficking is a social crime,evil and also known as the major problem in the society. In this social crime the girls from any country is took in the name of love or by doing marriage or kidnapping them and taking them away to another country or same country to prostitution to earn money.

What is Child Traffic?

Trafficking of children is a form of human trafficking and is defined as the "recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring, and/or receipt" of a child for the purpose of exploitation.

What are the causes of Child Trafficking?

Poverty is one of the main causes of child trafficking. Poor families sometimes have no choice but to abandon their children, leaving them in the hands oftraffickers. Poverty also causes a large increase in the number of street childrenand orphans.

What is Sex Trafficking?

Sex trafficking is a form of modern slavery that exists throughout the United States and globally. Sex traffickers use violence, threats, lies, debt bondage, and other forms of coercion to force women, men and children to engage in commercial sex against their will.

What is a Victim of Human Trafficking?

THE VICTIMS. Victims of human trafficking are frequently lured by false promises of a lucrative job, stability, education, or a loving relationship. Victims can be men or women, adults or children, foreign nationals or U.S. citizens.

Where is Human Trafficking most common in the world?

China, Russia, and Uzbekistan have been named among the worst offenders when it comes to human trafficking, according to a State Department report released Wednesday, joining Iran, North Korea, Cuba, Sudan, and Zimbabwe on the bottom "tier" of the U.S. human trafficking rank.

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Testimonial

As children, we all of have dreams about what we will be when we grow up, dreams of whom we will be someday. For the lucky few of us, we have parents who love us and teachers who mold us, helping us take hold of that dream. Not so with Rinku – her stepfather molested her every night and her mother would verbally and physically abuse Rinku, unaware that her own husband was tormenting her 12 year old daughter. Unable to do anything else, Rinku left home hoping to build her dream in the city of Mumbai – the city in which dreams can be built. Roaming the streets of Mumbai at night in search for food and shelter, Rinku was more than happy to accept work propositions by various men. She finally thought her dream was beginning to materialize into reality. Little did she know that she was about to plunged into her worst night-mare.

Within a matter of days, she learned what it was like to be trapped, to be imprisoned in an abandoned building, to be raped over and over and over again, not for one day, not for one week but for two entire months. She learned what it was like to escape from that hell only to be sucked into another one of rape and physical thrashing followed by more rape and more pounding. She learned the difference between prostitution for money and prostitution for survival – survival sex, barter sex, call it what you want to. She learned to control the terror she felt when most men approached her – the trembling, the wild beating of her heart and the eventual resignation to the fact that there was nothing beyond this. She learned where you can get almost anything – food, clothing, a place to sleep – for a price. She lived ina world we hear only whispers about – the world where you have no friends because tomorrow she can be raped to death or die from a drug overdose or beaten up within an inch of her life. All this before the tender age of 16.
Just about when Rinku had given up on hope, she was sent to live with her aunt to study Islam for two years. For the first time in her life, Rinku experienced what it was like to be loved. In her innocence, Rinku then returned home, hoping for change, hoping for love, only for her hopes to be dashed to the ground by parents who still didn’t love her, who still abused her and who continued to ruin her. Eventually the police referred her name to Chaiim Foundation. As a last resort, she opted to come to Chaiim Foundation as she knew the founders when they used to visit her while she was at various NGOs. She has been with Chaiim Foundation for the last 2 and ½ years. In a nutshell, At the Chaiim enterprise she successfully completed her internship at the Chaiim enterprise and proved herself time after time again to be a person of good judgment, making helpful choices and knowing the packaging of a product well. She has completed her secondary education and is planning on enrolling for University this year. Savings have always been encouraged and she has a good amount saved in her bank account. Finally, her wounds had started to heal. She got rid of her shame, her past and learned what it’s like to begin a new life. Sherecently got engaged to her steady boyfriend of 2 years and her mom has been the happiest since. We encouraged her to gradually reveal her past when she just met him and she developed the courage to share her life with him. Her step father was upset at her getting engaged threatening her with consequences of telling her boyfriend about her past. However she was not fearful – she told us that the truth always triumphs and she is not scared anymore. Rinku now knows what it’s like to be living the dream – a dream where it is possible to forgive despite being abused, hurt and betrayed, a dream where it is possible get rid of shame, vulnerability and no self value, a dream where it is possible to trust, to love and to be loved. At Chaiim, I now have a place called HOME.

Rinku

Social Enterprise

One life at a Time

Chaiim Foundation incubates and is open to business ideas in the various sectors of trade to help empower some of the most vulnerable and trafficked victim to be rehabilitated back to society and community.

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Volunteer

Volunteer

Chaiim Foundation Chaiim Foundation welcomes people to contribute their skills, time, talent and experience through our Volunteer Program. Please fill in the attached Volunteer Application form and email the same along with your brief Resume / CV / Bio profile to contact@chaiimfoundation.org Do note that volunteers are required to be at least 18 years of age and willing to commit time as required depending on the available opportunity.

Download Volunteer Application Form.

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  • 1. Download the Form from above link.
  • 2. Fill the form.
  • 3. Save the form to your desktop and mail it from your own email id to contact@chaiimfoundation.org
Corporate Social Responsibility

Corporate Social Responsibility The Parliament approved new Companies Bill, which mandates that companies of a certain size spend 2% of their three - year average annual profit towards corporate social responsibility (CSR), is a landmark one as it makes India among the first nations to have social welfare spending as part of company statute by law.

Around 8,000 companies would fall under the Bill's ambit and this mandate would translate into an estimated CSR spending of Rs. 12,000 - 15,000 crore annually. In order to maximise the impact of their CSR, Indian corporate houses need to look beyond the traditional lens of "charity" and develop succinct CSR strategies with potential for large - scale social and economic impact.

Private philanthropies set up by India's business leaders can be looked at as models for CSR. The first step towards developing a CSR strategy is to define a maximum of 2 - 3 social issues. Making the most of corporate social responsibility: Smart partnering can provide a practical way forward. CSR is a creative opportunity to fundamentally strengthen business while contributing to society at the same time.

The big challenge for companies and NGOs is how to develop an approach that can truly deliver for both. Smart partnering is emerging as a way to create value for both the business and society simultaneously. Smart partnering focuses on key areas of impact between business and society and develops creative solutions that draw on the complementary capabilities of both to address major challenges that affect each partner.

CSR

Get Involved

Get Involved

There are many ways you can get involved in the fight against human trafficking and help in the process of Restoration and Rehabilitation.

Fundraise

From organizing a musical evening or garage sale day, to arranging a fellowship dinner, to organizing cultural meets to fashion events… there are lots of creative ways to fundraise for Chaiim Foundation. Email us to let us know what you have planned.

For any questions, queries or ideas, contact@chaiimfoundation.org

Give

When you give to Chaiim Foundation, 93% of your donation goes straight to operational work (7% Administration expenses). Visit our Donate page for information about how to donate.

Raise Awareness

Run you own event and inform your friends, family, school or work colleagues about human trafficking and the work of Chaiim Foundation. Do keep us informed of what you have in mind and we can help with collaterals and other materials or anything else you need to help in creating awareness.

Partnerships

Chaiim Foundation work wouldn’t be possible without the generosity and expertise of some of our individual and corporate partners. If you or your business are looking to offer support, sponsorship or fundraising opportunities, please connect with us at contact@chaiimfoundation.org

Volunteer

Chaiim Foundation welcomes people to contribute their skills, time, talent and experience through our Volunteer Program. Please fill in the attached Volunteer Application form and email the same along with your brief Resume / CV / Bio profile to contact@chaiimfoundation.org Do note that volunteers are required to be at least 18 years of age.

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+91 022 28955221

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