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Mirza

Mirza arrived at New Horizons in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic in January 2021. With no parents to protect her, she had been raped and sexually abused by a family member. Her first few months with us were very challenging, and she remained scared and distrustful of our staff and the other girls. Struggling […]

Vala

Vala’s Story At just four years of age, Vala lost both her parents to HIV. She passed into the care of her aunt who, when she turned sixteen, tried to force her into an arranged marriage with an older man. This older man intended to profit from her by selling her to human traffickers. Terrified […]

Roopa

Like many of our girls, Roopa’s background was one of poverty and instability. Unable to support her, her mother sent her to live with her cousin where she was put to work as a maid and sexually assaulted. Later, when she attended Junior college she was abused by her neighbor and sent to several different […]

Mallika

Mallika and her family worked as ragpickers, part of the lower classes in India who survived by segregating waste. Her father was an alcoholic, incapable of taking care of her, her mother or her younger brothers. Malliker fell victim to a trafficker who forced her into prostitution. In late 2018, a policeman rescued her and […]

Parvatis

Parvati has grown so much during her time with us at New Horizons House. Coming to us as a young girl from a place of desperation and with no educational background she is now a young woman who understands her own worth and the potential she has for her future.