ma chameli, helping sex workers is actually much much more complicated than we make it to be. the money taht is donated to organization maiti nepal goes towards making these women indepedent. they get training in various skills, like silai bunai etc. tara the thing is they will never make as much money by just making stuff, . from our point of view, this idea sounds great. hey noww they dont' have to work as prostitutes anymore!! but the money they make by doing something else will never be enough to pay rent, pay school fees, buy food utilties etc. so these women go right back to wehre they had started. its a very nice thought you have, tara we have be realistic in how to help htese women. giving them high-profile jobs they aht pay enough moeny is not pratical because they dont' have the necessary education or technical knowledge. so its like a vicious cycle. the solution prostituion/sex work is incrediblty difficulte to come up with.