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CHILLA A Roosting Place for Sex Worker’s Children.


Chilla believes in and nurtures a truth about these children - They aren’t orphans. Stamped as children of a lesser God, unknown, unwanted and ignored, yet, lest we forget, they have mothers. Chilla nurtures and empowers the children to live as one and enjoy the richness of life.


Having begun its operation in 2000, Chilla presently cares for all the needs of these children, including shelter, education, food and cultural activities.

Today Chilla also brings together various NGO’s from all over India for mutual consultation, assistances and innovative actions in matters related to sex workers children.


Do join hands and help our children live the life that your kid enjoys.





 We at Chilla help the children to become productive and responsible citizens who can function as active partners in the social development-process.We at Chilla make the children to realize their real identity (as sex worker’s children) and overcome the stigma and fight against the discrimination.We at Chilla help to equip them with jobs in job market by providing proper training in English and computer knowledge.We at Chilla help the younger generation (sex worker’s children) by arranging training programmes (in human rights, women’s right, child rights and campaigns against domestic violence, police violence etc.) even to lead the older generation to fight for their rights.To achieve our dream we have plans to purchase land and set up a building to run our home.


WE DO NOT TAKE THE CHILDREN AWAY FROM THE SEX WORKERS; INSTEAD WE HELP THEM NURTURE THEIR CHILDREN. IT IS THEIR BASIC RIGHT TO HAVE AND LOVE THEM.



WHY CHILLA


All the existing centers for children in Kerala are orphanages. The children staying in these centers are considered as the center’s children and are orphans. But sex workers’ children are not orphans. They have their own mothers but sex workers. Most of the time, the mothers are in the streets for livelihood. They have no home or even shelter. So their children are also in the streets with them.The orphanages are not ready to admit these children as sex workers’ children. Even when they are admitted their mothers cannot visit them and they can’t get back their children when they are in need. In other words admitting a sex worker’s child in an orphanage simply means losing their motherhood.Chilla attempts to fill this gap. Chilla is a place for sex workers’ children where they can live together as sex worker’s children. Unlike other centers, there is no restriction for the mothers in accessing their children in our centre.More over Chilla was started as a part of a movement for the dignity of sex workers in the society, which enables the children not to feel stigmatized. They also don’t develop hatred towards their mothers or feel shame being a child of a sex worker.