Nov 2, 2015
Opened in December
2014 in Agra, a city in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh,
Sheroes’ Hangout started as a crowdfunding project by Stop Acid Attacks,
a group committed to ending acts of violence against women. Its “pay as
you wish” contributions go toward the rehabilitation of survivors of
acid violence in India.
“Our visitors are mostly people from around the world who hear about us in the news,” says 20-year-old Chanchal Kumari, another
survivor who helps operate the café. A man whose marriage proposal she
refused attacked Kumari in 2012. “They come here to see how acid attack
survivors like us are coping with our lives.”
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