{"id":54,"date":"2023-09-15T12:48:45","date_gmt":"2023-09-15T12:48:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/aawc.in\/?page_id=54"},"modified":"2025-02-09T15:41:55","modified_gmt":"2025-02-09T15:41:55","slug":"our-story","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/staging.aawc.in\/?page_id=54","title":{"rendered":"Our Story"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"54\" class=\"elementor elementor-54\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66483697 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"66483697\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-67aa6acd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"67aa6acd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.17.0 - 08-11-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<h5>Origin:<\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Founded in 1998<\/strong>, Apne Aap Women\u2019s Collective (AAWC) is an anti-trafficking organization serving women and their daughters of Falkland Road, Kamathipura and Turbhe Stores, the red light area of Mumbai and Navi Mumbai. Initially a single-room drop-in centre, AAWC evolved\u00a0 into a resource centre providing professional counselling, medical care, micro-savings facilities, education and empowerment services. Thus, the <strong>Umeed (hope) program<\/strong> marked the beginning of AAWC initially with only <strong>10 women beneficiaries<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5>Expansion:<\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recognizing the risks faced by the daughters of the Umeed program\u2014being coerced into prostitution due to their extensive exposure to the brothel system, lack of educational aspirations, and absence of positive role models, AAWC launched the <strong>Udaan (flight) program in 2000 to prevent second generation prostitution.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>In 2010<\/strong>, AAWC geographically expanded and <strong>created a new centre in Kamathipura<\/strong> to serve more beneficiaries. In 2011, a shelter home was initiated for girls aged 2.5 to 18 years to provide a healthy environment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>In 2019<\/strong>, responding to an influx of women in Turbhe, Navi Mumbai, AAWC opened a new center, <strong>increasing its reach to 3,100 women beneficiaries<\/strong> <strong>across three centers.<\/strong> In 2022, AAWC identified the vulnerabilities of the daughters of women in Turbhe and initiated daycare activities to provide the necessary support.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>In 2023<\/strong>, the shelter home was <strong>relocated from Kamathipura to Nerul<\/strong>, creating a safer environment for the <strong>overall development of the Udaan beneficiaries.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-align: center;\">We may not have changed the world but we have indeed, changed few lives.<\/h3>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8668946 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8668946\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-98984dd elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"98984dd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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