I arrived in Calcutta in the middle of last night with a group of 12 volunteers - several artists, a museum curator, a lawyer, a minister, two people from The Body Shop - a diverse and passionate group.  I can see right off that my blogs from this trip are not going to be the beautifully written, concise, and thought-provoking reports that I was hoping to write.  To say the least, it is very distracting here! Right now i am at TEN's Destiny Center, where 10 trafficking survivors from four local NGO partners come to work each day. Between the volunteers and the survivors, buying paint for creating a preschool at the Sanlaap shelter, changing money, developing some new products, dealing with one girl's health crisis, planning a week of arts workshops for the volunteer team, and dealing with the inevitable issues that come up around here each day, I feel like I am using 100% of my intellectual and spiritual capacity.  And we've been here less than 12 hours!  

Today was a really special day for Tanaz.Click to Read more