Free the Slaves's Blog
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Out of the Loom
- Posted on 09.30.09
Rambho was tricked into slavery after his father died. He worked 16 hours a day weaving carpets. When his fingers bled - the slave owner dipped them in oil and lit them on fire. That was before the raid that changed Rambho's life forever.
Rambho and 10 other boys were rescued by Bal Vikas Ashram - a grassroots organization in northern India that not only frees children from slavery, but houses them for six months as they recover from Rambhoyears of abuse, educates them and helps them learn to play again. Activists from the Bal Vikas Ashram also go to the remote villages where the traffickers sweet talk parents with false promises. The activists explain what is really happening and help vulnerable parents organize to demand their rights and earn a living.
Today, after 6 months in the ashram, Rambho knows how to read and write. He is back home and activists have helped his mother reclaim the family home that was lost when her husband died.
Rambho freed and at AshramRambho says he wants to be a guard when he grows up. He wants to keep other children free from slavery. "I won’t let anybody go there even by mistake. I’ll tell them that they hit you and they beat you and I would not let them go there ever."
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