LAXMI
Laxmi's mother earns only the equivalent of $1 per day as a field worker. Her father left the family when she was small. Laxmi and her younger sister went to school until the money ran out. She leaves school and goes to the big city to look for work. First, she works for an orphanage going door to door fund raising.
After six months she hasn't earned very much, and the orphanage director fires her. Without even the change to catch a bus home to her village, she is completely destitute. Overcome, she begins to cry. A young man approaches her, asks her story and promises to help. He leads her to a brothel and sells her. Forced to have sex with many men, her life becomes living hell. After a year, the police raided the brothel. She was rescued and placed in protective custody of a home.
Now she works at Ruhamah Designs and is embracing all the opportunities given her. Intelligent and better educated than most rescued girls, Laxmi absorbs everything taught to her with ease. Versatile on the computer and with a camera, she not only designs jewelry, but photographs it, documents it, and uploads it to various on-line sites. Adept at sourcing supplies and teaching other girls, Laxmi is growing in leadership, self-reliance and in the knowledge of all the components of running a good business.
Laxmi's mother earns only the equivalent of $1 per day as a field worker. Her father left the family when she was small. Laxmi and her younger sister went to school until the money ran out. She leaves school and goes to the big city to look for work. First, she works for an orphanage going door to door fund raising.
After six months she hasn't earned very much, and the orphanage director fires her. Without even the change to catch a bus home to her village, she is completely destitute. Overcome, she begins to cry. A young man approaches her, asks her story and promises to help. He leads her to a brothel and sells her. Forced to have sex with many men, her life becomes living hell. After a year, the police raided the brothel. She was rescued and placed in protective custody of a home.
Now she works at Ruhamah Designs and is embracing all the opportunities given her. Intelligent and better educated than most rescued girls, Laxmi absorbs everything taught to her with ease. Versatile on the computer and with a camera, she not only designs jewelry, but photographs it, documents it, and uploads it to various on-line sites. Adept at sourcing supplies and teaching other girls, Laxmi is growing in leadership, self-reliance and in the knowledge of all the components of running a good business.