March 2024 Issue
March 15th, 2024 Recently, a prospective donor asked me how New Horizons’ approach was different from other organizations with a similar focus and from existing, government-run programs in India? I thought it would be beneficial to address that in this month’s newsletter. The 2022 Trafficking in Persons Report published by the U.S. Department of State […]
February 2024 Issue
February 15th, 2024 It all started last spring when I had the privilege of meeting Esther in Colorado. I felt an immediate connection and it was inspiring to hear her speak of the work that New Horizons was engaged with in India and how they were changing lives. At that moment, I knew I wanted […]
Jaya
Jaya (aged 14) arrived at New Horizons safe home in January 2023. Jaya, like so many young people these days, spent a lot of time on her phone. It was online that a man, a police officer, began chatting to her. This man then appeared outside her house, the same complex where he loved, and […]
Saira
The beginning of Saira’s story was difficult, as with most of the girls who enter New Horizons House. Sexually abused by a boy who promised her marriage, and then by her father when she returned home from school for the holidays, she finally arrived at NHH in March 2019. Initially, she wanted to run away, […]
Amata
Seduced by an older man and sexually abused as a young girl, Amata was rescued and arrived with us at New Horizons House in December 2021. After a lot of time spent working with our expert counselers, she grew less argumentative and more interested in her studies. In particular, she joined a math group at […]
Maha
In 10th grade, Maha fell victim to the emotional manipulation of an older man who lured her into a false sense of love and security with kind words and gifts before taking advantage of her and sexually abusing her. Her mother’s response to this was to physically abuse her and attempt to marry her off. […]
Haara
Haara was forced into prostitution by her own mother. Her mother, whose first husband had died of cardiac arrest due to financial strain, remarried and older man whilst also pursuing an illegal relationship with another. For two years, Haara’s mother would bring her to different men to sell her body. One day, a neighbour saw […]
Nan
Left with no one after her mother died and her father abandoned her, Nan came to stay with us at New Horizon’s House. In the beginning, she was suffering mentally with depression and physically with illness. Our expert staff provided her with the medical care she so needed to recover allowing her to take the […]
Aisha
Aisha arrived at New Horizon House’s main campus having suffered abuse and trauma. Aisha spent three months here working with the staff and engaging with our aftercare program before moving on to our Transition Home for a further nine months. Aisha quickly learned the value of education and threw herself into her studies of the […]
October 2023 Issue
October 15th, 2023 As the girls and young women continue to flourish at New Horizons House (NHH) in India under the care and guidance of our incredible staff, we understand that our mission of transformation must be managed with great transparency and strategic planning. This responsibility falls to the NHH board which has recently undergone […]