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Maternal, Neonatal, and Child Health (MNCH) Program

Our maternal health care fund supports girls who have been sexual exploited and become pregnant, and women who have become pregnant through sex work. The majority of these women are already mothers and sex work is their only option to feed their children. This program provides: antenatal care; covers the cost of delivery in a hospital with skilled staff, including emergency c-sections; the cost of compulsory supplies required by the hospitals (including antiseptic, sterile gloves, etc.); childcare for their other children while the mom is in the hospital; transportation to/from the hospital; postnatal care; and food for the mom and her other children while she is pregnant and and after giving birth. It costs $1,000 for one pregnant girl or woman receive comprehensive maternal health care. This also covers the expenses of our local partners who ensure the pregnant women and girls get the care they need.

Nutrition

Our nutrition fund supports mothers in sex work and their children who experience severe food insecurity and do not otherwise have access to food sources. Food insecurity is a primary driver for why mothers enter sex work. It costs approximately $127 to feed one mother and her child, and $53 for each additional child in the household.

Education Program for Children of Sex Workers Fund

Our Education Program for Children of Sex Workers fund supports the children of sex workers who experience discrimination and/or are trafficked and/or abused due to their identity as a child of a sex worker. This fund helps to accommodate the creation of alternative schools for children of sex workers, pays for boarding school fees for adolescent daughters of sex workers to eliminate instances of sex trafficking, and supports the protection of children from abusive situations, such as through helping to relocate them from brothels and into safer environments.

Economic Empowerment

The vast majority of mothers who support their children though sex work tell us they want alternative sources of income. In response we have started an economic empowerment program to help the mothers develop alternative sources of income. As one of our local partners stated “This is the ultimate harm reduction program: the moms will not be at risk of HIV or violence that often leads to their death, and will prevent hunger among their children.” We work with our local partners to develop a business plan for each mom to start a business that can fully sustain her and her children. The average cost to support a new business for a mom is $800.

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