A girl gang trying to shed light on the topics which are less spoken seems interesting right? Yes, the Firefly Community is just that. The students Alifiya, Ayesha, Aaliya and Neeti have established this organization as there are barely any platforms where you can express your thoughts with like-minded people and this community provides you with that. On the choice of the name, Alifiya, says "It's because fireflies are known to emit light. One may not be that visible but together they are hard to miss out. LGBTQ issues, mental health, sexual abuse, disabilities are aspects that the society expects us to either suffer in silence or turn a blind eye but we believe that together we can break these barriers and taboos and that is why we decided to come up with this." 

Through different channels like art and by making safe spaces to initiate a dialogue, in addition to offering a chance for the victims to share their experiences, the community has so far been striving towards their goal for a year now, actively conducting several events city-wide, engaging students and young professionals."In addition to initiating a dialogue, our events include subject matter experts on the particular issue and through them, we also create awareness and dispell any myths pertaining to that issue," she shares. 

"The audience are usually teenagers and middle age people but we rarely find kids attending the events and workshops. It is not uncommon for the children to face sexual abuse and there is not much awareness among them as sexual abuse is often a silent epidemic. The harsh reality is that it is not just children who are unaware, but also the parents and hence, preventive awareness is much needed as it plays a vital role in curbing the crime before it actually happens because child sexual abuse isn’t always easy to spot. Most importantly people need to understand that this can't be ignored. Parents, especially women need to be re-empowered to empower their children as well. It is just that we need to make the environment comfortable to let the bottled up children explode." she says about their future plans.