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I'm Shelley Seale, a professional freelance writer based out of Austin, Texas. My areas of writing specialty include cultural issues, travel, the arts, women & children, nonprofit and social activism, real estate (commercial & residential), relocation,

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Politics, News & Issues > Hunger, Disease & Poverty Slavery past and present: 1 of 17
Dr. Manjeet Pardesi listened in horror as the young woman related her story. Neela had recently come to his home for children and pregnant women in Rourkela because she had heard it was a place where unwed mothers and their babies would be taken care of without abuse or judgment. The twenty-three year old was pregnant with he... More..
Relationships & Family > Domestic Violence & Abuse Challenges faced by women living with HIV/AIDS in India: 1 of 2

You are an elderly woman living on a meager sustenance, on the outskirts of a town called Vijayawada. Your name is Durgamma. Your home is a tiny two-room concrete block, approximately 200 square feet, in a slum known as the Vambay Colony. You share this small home with your nine and twelve year-old grandsons. You never expec... More..
Travel > Asia Travel diaries: Invisible children of India: 1 of 1
Lurching along the dirt road, I gaze out the window at rural Orissa in northeastern India as the car bounces over potholes, sending plumes of red dust billowing behind it. The small villages we pass are as familiar to me as if I had been here only last week. The shacks that line the river, their plastic or tar paper roofs hel... More..
Politics, News & Issues > International Politics (Other) Child trafficking and slave labor in India: 1 of 1
Lost and Found - Child LaborersChild trafficking, indentured servitude, factory labor and the sex trade, comprise an "industry" that huge numbers of children fall victim to each year, disappearing into an underground world. The conditions these children are forced into essentially amount to nothing more than slavery, two hund... More..
Health & Fitness > HIV / AIDS Advocacy and HIV/AIDS: Much needed support: 4 of 7
Imagine you are a 12 year old boy. You live on the outskirts of a town called Vijayawada in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India.Your home is a tiny two-room concrete block, approximately 200 square feet, in a slum known as the Vambay Colony. Imagine that you live in this small home with your grandmother and your 9 year old bro... More..
Parenting & Pregnancy > Adoption What is "foster care"?: 4 of 6
Children Aging out of the Foster Care System Face Difficult OddsChildren in the foster care system have typically already survived significant trauma or abuse, but as they grow older and approach aging out of the system, they face even more difficult odds. Children who reach 18 and adulthood in the foster care system without ... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Politics in Asia Solving the problems of illiteracy in India: 3 of 3
"Santosh is one of the boys."I looked at Papa in surprise. Shortly before leaving India, he and Caroline and I sat under the shade of the mango tree while he related to us the difficulties he was having with some of the adolescent boys. A group of them were going off to classes in the morning, but then sneaking back into the ... More..