Eight year old Devli is exuberant. For the first time in her life she is tasting the fruits of freedom. She is singing, dancing and playing with the other children at the Balika Ashram in Delhi. Her life is a tale of pain, torture and sufferings. She was born in bondage. Her grandparents and parents were also in bondage. She did not have a house of her own and no place to look up to. BBA activists rescued her alongwith 100 others in a dare devil raid in Charkhi Dadri stone quarries of Haryana on 15th June 2003. Despite repeated pleas from BBA, the district administration did not give the release certificates to the released labourers. BBA has enrolled the released children in its transit rehabilitation centres.

Devli is today a happy and charming young girl. Apart from studies she is also doing well in extracurricular and cultural activities and participates in all the events organized by BBA/SACCS. She exclaims,” No child should ever be held in bondage. I shall strive to release all children from the evil of bondage.”