In Mumbai, thousands of young girls are kidnapped or sold against their will into the sex trade. The Rescue Foundation provides a refuge for girls who escape and also works to discover and free imprisoned girls, helping them to rebuild their lives.About ExploreExplore is a philanthropic multimedia organization that makes documentary films and photographs to showcase extraordinary nonprofit efforts and leaders around the world.Through fact-finding missions to identify potential grant recipients, members of the Explore team see first hand where and how possible financial support might be used. Explore opens the door to a world most people never get to see - one that has been neglected by the mainstream media. Viewers meet the people affected by positive change catalyzed by philanthropy, and just as importantly, the leaders creating it.
Learning Questions
1. What is the purpose of the Rescue Foundation?
2. Why are the girls sold into the sex trade?
3. What is the significance of devadasi?
4. What horrific experiences did the girls in the Rescue Foundation experience?
5. According to the detectives in the film, how can they distinguish between the most recent arrivals of girls that are forced into prostitution?
6. When the girls are freed and sent to the Rescue Foundation, how are they treated in their new home?
7. Why do the girls practice yoga?
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