ma chameli i am not trying to sound haughty or anything tara senior year of high school i had to do this extensive, year long reseaarch of sex workers of kathamdnu. so i know exactly wehre the loopholes are of trying to help them out. all right you said helping out a little. ..say $100. if that moeny goes twoards making them get into other occuptions like silai bunai, then they are only going to back to this profession because they are not going to make enough moeny to survive...!!!!! so they will be right back wehre they started. so your money is not being utilized. its not helping!! i talked to women who told me that once you get into this profession, its hard to get out becasue only by doing sex work, they make enough money to sustain themselves. well, can you blame them?? maitii nepal is a great organization trying to help sex workers, but the problem is they think these women should be trained do something else. but that's the problem. they are not being practicalllll!!!!!! in the short term, teh best way to handle is not to be judgemental about them, udnerstand their position and educate them about safe sex in the short term, teh best way to handle is not to be judgemental about them, udnerstand their position and educate them about safe sextion the long term solution is udnerstand that we will never be able to get rid of prositituion, but we can lessen its extent through empowerment of women, emphasis on education of women all over the country so that women have a choice. i feel kind of stronlgy about this issue. so i applaud your openness about creative solutions.