The girls and Chan wrote their own marketing letter - it says more than I can:

OUR STORY :

We are five. Five girls, who were detached from our roots as a result of ironies which were different, but led all of us to a common hell – a market for human flesh.

As children we have been subjected to inhuman drudgery and violence. We had been robbed of our adoloscence and forced to become adults and wage a lone battle against drakness.

……. And one such day enkindled a ray of sunlight, a ray of hope. We were rescued from our respective dungeouns by the police and some responsible members of the civil society and were sent to SNEHA (Shelter Home of SANLAAP) under judicial orders.

We were happy at SNEHA with others like us. We could pursue academics, learn skills, dance, sing and play.

But we missed a lot. We missed our families and inspite of all the love and affection from all around us, we missed something else which we couldn’t identify or name either.

All five of us learnt the skill of garment making and have been associated with the concerted initiative undertaken by EMANCIPATION NETWORK, USA and SANLAAP, KOLKATA for helping us create our own products and marketing those in different parts of the world. We have achieved a fair amount of success not in terms of money only but also in the form of acknowledgements and accolades.

……And in the process we could identify the feeling we missed – we found our worth, our self-esteem.

Today, we are no more at SNEHA, we are not dependent on financial support, however, we have gathered a lot of moral support around us.

Today, we are a part of an extended family in the mainstream. We have no stigma or taboo around us.

Today, we are on our own. Our dreams of designing our future is a process of reality. We have created our own manufacturing and marketing unit with support from our above named mentors.

Our enterprise shall not limit to supporting ourselves only. On one hand we shall be outsourcing as and when required to use the skills of the other girls at SNEHA, with an aim to enhance their empowerment, generate resources and create a corpus fund to facilitate reintegration of other survivors, on the other.

We are not looking for charities and welfare schemes. We can cater to your everyday needs.

WE shall be honoured to help YOU.