ODANADI SEVA TRUST

Greetings from ODANADI! Odanadi Seva Samsthe (or Odanadi Seva Trust) is a social organization based in Mysore (India), which has been working for the Rescue, Rehabilitation, Reintegration and Empowerment of trafficked women and children. Currently, we take care of 75 rescued children with the intention of protecting them from the clutches of the sex-trade. We endevour to provide a decent, dignified childhood to these marginalized children.

As of this writing, Odanadi has organized and undertaken 18 rescue-operations. Over 400 girls in and out of Karnataka state have been rescued, and the perpetrators of this traffic have been brought to book.

The activities of Odanadi have been recognized by the state and the central governments. The Govt of Karnataka has allotted two plots of land in Mysore for the rehabilitation of prostituted women and children. Other state governements (Maharastra, Delhi, West Bengal) have been sending rescued girls to Odanadi, to facilitate their rehabilitation. Apart from this, Odanadi is often consulted at the national level on its approach to tackling this social problem.

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