Dozens of ex-prostitutes ready to work

Dozens of ex-prostitutes ready to work

PALU, Central Sulawesi: Simon Pangalo, chairman of Kejora
Charitable Agency, said here on Tuesday that at least 40 former
sex workers had undergone training and had obtained skills to
fill vacancies both in the formal and informal sectors in the
regency.

Simon said the prostitutes were rounded up during a raid in
the city of Palu and Donggala regency, had received three months
training in cooking, table laying, sewing and makeup, and moral
teaching.

Data from the Ministry of Health in the province reveals that
626 prostitutes have been trained over the last three years, 113
of whom married while in the training center, 390 returned to
their families, 58 become housemaids and 65 others work as
entrepreneurs.