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Written by Administrator
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Saturday, 11 July 2009 20:52 |
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Heena: Age: 7 years old: Heena causes trouble by not wanting to sit quietly. She loves to help the younger kids and enjoys serving around the house. Even when it isn’t her responsibility, she likes to clean the rooms and take care of the younger children. Heena was born into a Muslim family in the Delhi slums. Though her parents live together, her father coerces her mother to work as a prostitute. He says he will leave his wife if she stops, so she has been “working” like this for four years. However, Heena’s father, who is almost forty years old, has also married another girl—who is nineteen. Heena’s father has a government job and is addicted to alcohol and gambling. He has abused her brother, Shanu, physically, and makes drunken phone calls to Asha House, threatening to withdraw Heena and her sisters so they can work as prostitutes as well. Heena lives at Asha House with her brother, Shanu, and two sisters, Nazma, and Rukshana. |
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 23 December 2009 21:53 |
