Former Bollywood actress Somy Ali started her nonprofit organization No More Tears to help and assist people suffering from abuse, violence, and trafficking. Apart from rescuing them, she also helps them in starting over and giving them a fresh start. She recently shared a video from 2008 when she was recognized and appreciated for her work at a small gathering.
Sharing the video, she wrote, “I am not sure I can define my emotions after watching this video of 2008. Having rescued and empowered over 5,000 lives, as I now look at our database and see over 50,000 lives saved, is somewhat surreal to me. They say it takes a village, and this #tbt I dedicate the rescue and empowering to every single person that was there for No More Tears in its infancy stage. You know people are good when they are there for you to help you save lives in your very beginning stages. That’s what NMT is all about.”
“Since its inception in 2006, so many have come to help and moved on while new people came to help us grow to an astronomical level today. Words don’t serve justice in thanking all the people over 20 years, but please know that without all of you, NMT would not still be standing tall, and I wouldn’t have the best purpose to exist in this lifetime. I thank you, each one of you who cared and dared despite all who tried and still try to tear us down. You are the real heroes,” her post ended.
In the video we can see Shannon from CBS talking about Somy. She goes, “I first met Somy about three years ago. I was doing a piece on inspirational people, and in comes this gorgeous woman, and she told me about her mission of helping women, and in the last three years, she has helped so many women escape abusive relationships and go on to build remarkable lives. So we’re so happy to be here tonight to support No More Tears.”
Somy said, “Thank you all for being here. I just want to say that I could not have done this by myself…There are a lot of people along the way that helped me. I couldn’t have done this by myself at all. And I thank you all for being here, for your support. I saw a lot of domestic violence growing up, and even in my teenage years, I witnessed it a lot, and we have a lot of work to do. And I want to make sure that what I saw growing up doesn’t happen to anyone else. So this is very personal for me, and I encourage everyone to take a stand against injustice.”
