09th Jan’16 was a day when volunteers of DIYA Mumbai got associated formally with Rescue Foundation through National Seminar on Women Empowerment. Shradheya Dr Sahab announcing that All World Gayatri Pariwar would be supporting Rescue Foundation in their endeavor of making women empowered in true sense.

Since then DIYA Mumbai is working closely hand to glove with Rescue Foundation Mumbai an NGO working in multifarious activities for rescuing, rehabilitating, reintegrating and repatriating the unfortunate, underprivileged girls and children from hell of flesh trade. Project Samvedana triggered brings a change in their mindset. The deep-rooted stigma attached to their work has conditioned them to live in a state of low self-esteem. The sex workers are given divine Samskara by means of Gayatri Yagna and Gayatri Mantra Chanting, Praga  Yoga  and Pranayama, which has helped them to overcome depression and trauma  and rebuild lives.


The journey started on 17th Jan 16 when GNIMS second year MBA students along with DIYA Mumbai visited Rescue Foundation office in Kandivli and spent time understanding this work through Triveni Acharya, Head –Rescue Foundation. This meet and few moments with 70 girls at this rehabilitation home culminated into a visit to the second visit to their rehabilitation home at Boisar on 27th March’16.

Dahisar Mahila Mandal has been instrumental in spreading Thought Revolution through Yagyas, Sanskar, Deep Yagya. They conducted Yagna and collective prayers for well being.

Dr Khyati from Nair Medical College, community medicine took session on health & hygiene.

Latter all of them collectively cleaned toilets at Rehabilitation centre & Distributed chocolates.

The whole day visit was very well coordinated by DIYA Suchita Shetty who always walks on path of  thorns and obstacles, overcoming  all hurdles. Team DIYA was successful in healing the scars of the womens.

Purification of sanskaras : Yagya

27th March’16 was no different. By 09:30 a.m Dahisar Mahila Mandal team reached the venue and made the venue ready for five kundiya Gayatri Yagya. The girls were in a different mood pre yagya but they were listening to the instructions religiously. Dahisar Mahila Mandal made the impossible happen with their Jaykaras, sincere prayers, motivating words of getting smiles back on faces of all 50 girls present for yagya.

One could see smiles, peace, satisfaction post Yagya on the faces of all women which included minor girls & women from the age of 15 to 40. Some were unwed mothers with their children. Collective prayers were offered for their physical and mental well-being. Prayers were also offered at their residential rooms.

Testimonials:

1. I felt great for the first time in my life.” Thank you   -Mrs.Pooja (An inmate earlier at Rescue now got married through efforts of Rescue Foundation leading a happy married life).
2. Please come again
3. We felt nice, relaxed
4. Please pray  for my sister’s well-being
5. Please pray so that I meet my parents soon.

It was love, love everywhere at Rescue Foundation Boisar campus, which Pandit Shri Ram Sharma Acharyaji taught all volunteers.

Post Yagya, the same team purchased cleaning material (brooms, phenyl etc ) from nearby shop and started demonstrating the first lesson that Prampujya Guruju taught all volunteers of AWGP – Walk the talk,do the task silently.The Didis with brooms in their hands cleaning the toilets of inmates embarrassed the girls and eventually they also joined hands in this task of cleaning toilets.

Apart from this, Dr. Khyati a faculty member from Nair Medical College and Community Medicine voluntarily came and helped DIYA Mumbai in this noble endeavor. She took a session on health and hygiene for 30 women in dining hall.. It was an eye opener for us and we understood their medical requirements. There is a  lot that can be done for their physical and mental well-being.

In the pipeline as actionable:

01.A health camp for 112 women at Boisar again in April 2016
02.Weekly Yog and meditation session by Dahisar Mahila Mandal from June’16 at Kandivli rehab home - Rescue Foundation
- BY Mumbai DIYA team.