Breaking the cycle

In the Bangladeshi town of Goalundo, there are an estimated 2,000 commercial sex workers catering for ferry crews and truck drivers, making it the second largest red light district in Bangladesh.

The most vulnerable girls are daughters of sex workers – girls like Mini. These girls live in brothels with their mothers and are often banned from mainstream community schools. Without an education there are few alternatives to following in their mother's footsteps. But Mini and many more like her now have a bright future due to the work being done by Save the Children and their partner organisations.

Mini was once illiterate but can now read and write and earns a living by sewing clothes. Save the Children gave Mini an education, safe housing and the hope of a better future. The safe-house where she lives accommodates 25 daughters of sex workers and provides the girls with vocational training for careers other than their mothers’ trade.

Sumi, an 11 year old girl, is bright and intelligent, full of hopes and expectations. Sumi also lives in the safe house, attends school and hopes to become a journalist one day. Girls like Mini and Sumi have many more opportunities than they could otherwise expect because of Save the Children’s work. Provision of safe accommodation, schooling and a sense of self-worth give girls like Mini and Sumi the chance of a better future.

Save the Children’s philosophy of long-term developmental solutions rather than band-aid relief instills in people a sense of self-respect and hope of a brighter future.

$50 will provide girls like Mini with vocational training and literacy education for 2 months, thereby providing them with an alternative to working in the sex industry. $80 will provide girls with school education for a year.

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