With an investment of rupees 4 50,000, 'Ashodaya Hotel', the restaurant, has an daily income of Rs.3000 and the profits are used for organisation's activities, after setting aside money for monthly expenses.
"The money received from this hotel helps the HIV positive patients of our organisation. The money is being used for our care home," said Akram, a male sex worker and the organisation's secretary.he organization already runs a community kitchen where sex workers can have free food, because they often suffer discrimination in hotels, because of their profession.
A study carried out by the organization in Mysore showed that there were 1,420 female sex workers in the city. It also found that there were 300 male sex workers and about 50 transgenders. Ashodaya Samithi (organization) has brought the communities together under their umbrella to provide HIV services. By Jaipal Sharma
Source-ANI
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