documentation, policy consultancy, advocacy, information dissemination, amongst others. Naunihal Girls' Shelter The Naunihal Special Home for Girls opened on 27 October 2010. The Naunihal Home provides girls with educational programs, vocational and livelihood courses, medical check-ups, arranges meetings with the girls’ mothers or guardians and provides additional recreational activities. Naunihal means "sapling" in Hindi. Post Rescue Operation (PRO) Prerana steps in to support rescued girls who are traumatized and vulnerable to re-trafficking with victim assistance and witness protection services. Services include residential care, vocational training, job placement, psycho-social counselling and legal support. Aarambh Aarambh is a joint initiative of Prerana and the ADM Capital Foundation. Its focus is to address issues related to child sexual exploitation from multiple perspectives including prevention, protection, legal intervention, and advocacy. The initiative aims to demonstrate and document best practices in child protection as well as implement the law on Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses in India. In 2016, Aarambh launched India's first online hotline for reporting child pornography. When reports are made to this hotline by the police, general public, internet companies, or victims, experts from the UK-based Internet Watch Foundation assess the content. If the content is found to involve children, IWF experts take it down, block the URL, remove it from cyberspace, and alert Interpol. The "Lakshmi" Initiative The award-winning director Mr. Nagesh Kukunoor made the film Lakshmi in 2014 about the harsh realities of child sex trafficking in India. After the film was released, the "Lakshmi" Initiative was created in partnership with Prerana to prevent and protect girls from threats of trafficking, sexual abuse, and commercial sexual exploitation. The Initiative provides education and livelihood training opportunities to 'at-risk' girls. Awards and achievements Star Foundation Award for Best Practices in Child Protection, 2009. UNAIDS National Level 'Civil Society Award' for working for children affected by HIV/AIDS, 2007. United Nations Best Practice Model of working with female victims of organized violence, 2000. ECPAT International Best Practice Model of working for the protection of especially vulnerable children against trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation, 2001. Prerana has been successful in influencing Indian policy making at various levels. The organization was instrumental in persuading the government to integrate a child trafficking policy into the country's 1998 National Plan. Following a public interest litigation filed in 2010 on the rehabilitation of sex workers, one of Prerana's founders, Priti Patkar, was appointed onto a Supreme Court panel