Shivamma a Ashodaya Samithi member runs a lodger with 3 rooms, which she rent out for sex workers and their clients. In Indavalu village, just outside Mandya. in Ashodaya Samithi--a community-based organization in Mysore, who unites and empowers sex workers, regardless of their sexual orientation and gender. Ashodaya has been successful in mobilizing sex workers to practice and promote consistent condom use and to stand up for their rights.