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				Subhash and Anil
				FIRM, Kerala 
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Credits: Rohini Muthuswamy 

[Will be completed soon]

Subhash: Formed in 1995 in Kerala.  Works with marginalized section of
/Anil	 the society- WIP (Women in Prostitution). We have different
	 programs- We are part of national network of sex workers.  
	 
	 Sahadaya - a help line. 
	 
	 Chilla- means branch of a tree.  
	 
	 Networking: We organized 3 conferences of Sex Workers in
	 kerala.  We also organized the National Network of Sex
	 Workers conferences, which is usually held in Calcutta.  
	 
	 From the Sex Workers point of view- protection and care of
	 their child, protection from police, housing, and finally
	 health. There is no redlight area in kerala, there is no
	 brothel in kerala.
	 
	 One of the issues we work with is the rehabilitation of the
	 child of sex worker. They started a program called Chilla.
	 Most of the SWs send their children to orphanage.  The child
	 becomes an orphan because the mother is usually not allowed
	 to see her child.  A mother has the right to protect her
	 child, watch the progression of her child.
	 
	 We are caring of 27 children- 10 are in residential school
	 and 17 are at home with Anil and Roja.  We are supporting
	 about 150 children through school uniforms and other things.
	 There is no funding agency but only through friends. 
	 
	 Chilla functions at different levels. The identity of the
	 child is that of the mother.  When the mother is able to
	 operate her own children, the children will move back with
	 their mother.  We just provide a temporary home.  We try to
	 provide some alternative economical help for the mothers but
	 we do not tell them do not do what you are doing.  We are
	 helping the children to overcome the stigma.  

Q: How frequently do the mothers come to visit their children.  

A: There is no restriction.  Some mothers come once a week, some come
   during vacation.