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 […]
September 2023 Issue
As I looked at all their smiling faces and heard their laughter, I was once again amazed at the difference love can make in the life of a human being. These young girls, who have endured such unspeakable atrocities in their lives, now feel safe (some for the very first time) and actually have hope […]
August 2023 Issue
Dear Friends, Many of you are probably aware of the situation in Manipur, a state in North-East India where violence broke out earlier this summer between two ethnic groups – the Meiteis (Hindu) and the Kukis (Christian). The state of Manipur has a history of conflict between these two groups, dating back to before India […]
July 2023 Issue
The Legacy of the Dowry in India On June 12, The New Yorker magazine published a compelling article entitled How Dowries Are Fueling a Femicide Epidemic. In 2022, India ranked a hundred and thirty-fifth out of a hundred and forty-six countries in the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report, behind Bangladesh (71st) and Sri Lanka (110th) as well […]