Rahul Bose launches initiative against child sexual abuse
Mumbai
July 26, 2017
Bollywood actor Rahul Bose along with actress Vidya Balan
came together to support the eradication of child sexual abuse (CSA) as Rahul
launched 'HEAL: NGO against child sexual abuse'.
Talking about the
initiative on Tuesday evening, Rahul said: 'This is one of the causes that we do
not want to talk much about but it is a very sensitive issue that needs to be
addressed. And you would be surprised to know that our country is one of the
largely affected countries. But what is more surprising is this is one of the
issues that exist in European countries as well, so it has nothing to do with
socio-economic background; it happens everywhere in the world.'
The
initiative will be followed by an online campaign which will be supported by
many celebrities of Bollywood including Karan Johar, Kalki Koechlin, Shabana
Azmi, among others.
'Apart from conducting workshops in various schools
and train people to council and help victims of abuse, we have made four ad
films for our digital campaign which will be going on social media supported by
many collogues from our fraternity. People like Karan Johar, Shabana Azmi, Atul
Kasbekar, Vidya Balan, Kalki Koechlin, Konkona Sen Sharma, Sashi Tharoor, Anil
Kumble among others will be part of the social media campaign,' the actor added.
'Being a student of sociology I am aware of child sexual abuse. I always
wanted to avoid knowing about the reality as it's heartbreaking. But when Rahul
told me about HEAL, I said I would be more than happy to do any kind of
contribution to raise funds or anything to create awareness for the cause,'
Vidya said.
The HEAL Foundation has so far, trained many individuals in
schools and supported around 60 survivors of CSA. In near future, the NGO wants
to expand their work and reach out to more schools, children and victims to
help, train and create awareness.
Mumbai
July 26, 2017
Bollywood actor Rahul Bose along with actress Vidya Balan
came together to support the eradication of child sexual abuse (CSA) as Rahul
launched 'HEAL: NGO against child sexual abuse'.
Talking about the
initiative on Tuesday evening, Rahul said: 'This is one of the causes that we do
not want to talk much about but it is a very sensitive issue that needs to be
addressed. And you would be surprised to know that our country is one of the
largely affected countries. But what is more surprising is this is one of the
issues that exist in European countries as well, so it has nothing to do with
socio-economic background; it happens everywhere in the world.'
The
initiative will be followed by an online campaign which will be supported by
many celebrities of Bollywood including Karan Johar, Kalki Koechlin, Shabana
Azmi, among others.
'Apart from conducting workshops in various schools
and train people to council and help victims of abuse, we have made four ad
films for our digital campaign which will be going on social media supported by
many collogues from our fraternity. People like Karan Johar, Shabana Azmi, Atul
Kasbekar, Vidya Balan, Kalki Koechlin, Konkona Sen Sharma, Sashi Tharoor, Anil
Kumble among others will be part of the social media campaign,' the actor added.
'Being a student of sociology I am aware of child sexual abuse. I always
wanted to avoid knowing about the reality as it's heartbreaking. But when Rahul
told me about HEAL, I said I would be more than happy to do any kind of
contribution to raise funds or anything to create awareness for the cause,'
Vidya said.
The HEAL Foundation has so far, trained many individuals in
schools and supported around 60 survivors of CSA. In near future, the NGO wants
to expand their work and reach out to more schools, children and victims to
help, train and create awareness.
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