Woman of Indian descent crossing the English Channel to swim

London: A female entrepreneur of Indian origin in the United Kingdom trains to swim across the English Channel to raise funds to fight child trafficking in India

Leah Chowdhry, who runs a childcare service called Pop up, Party & Play, will leave Dover for a grueling 35-kilometer run up to Calais in France on Wednesday to raise money for the British Asian Trust, a charitable organization founded by Prince Charles.

"I am honored to be one of the very first British Asiatic women to take up this challenge, with just under 1,500 people to complete the race," said Ms. Chowdhry, who is preparing to fight with jellyfish. For the duration of the trip, she should take an average of 13 hours in the light and darkness.

She will have family and friends in a support boat that will travel alongside her, but according to the rules of the Swimming Association

She has been a lot trained in the last six months to help raise funds to protect vulnerable children from trafficking and exploitation in India and to provide quality education to some of the poorest children in the country. Chowdhry has already collected more than 35,000 books for this life changing work.

It is estimated that about 1.2 million children in India are victims of commercial badual exploitation. The Asian Asian Trust partner organization in India, Prerana, runs three night care centers for at-risk children, as well as reception centers and a residential training center for girls rescued from the traffic.

a resource center dedicated to the prevention of badual offenses against children and providing 80 girls and young women aged 15 and over with a rehabilitation care program to build a better future.

The Trust is also working with The Education Alliance to transform primary education for the poorest local communities in Delhi by bringing together best practices developed by non-governmental organizations (NGOs) for the transformation of the school. whole.

Thanks to this work, about 1800 students from disadvantaged communities in South Delhi will receive a high quality primary education. be supported to improve their level of learning.

In February, Ms. Chowdhry visited both partner organizations in India to see the work of trust in action.

"When I asked some of the children what they aspired to be, they responded:" a footballer "or" a doctor "despite all their difficulties, they remained so motivated and positive, which pushes me even more with my training, "she said.