• 18 million children estimated living on the streets in India
• Rat bites, malaria and starvation are everyday hazards
• Medical help and food for over 250 children in Kolkata
• Education & food for children living at the Bhutan border
• Rapidly expanding with opportunity for two other slum locations open to us
If you have seen the movies above or the movie Slumdog
Millionaire you’ve seen the face of the children we serve in Kolkata,
India. Since start we have been funding a food and basic medical
programme for children that live in the gutters, pavements and rubbish
piles of Kolkata. These children are surviving because of practical help
given to them.
A Shelter of Hope
A country with such huge needs, it can seem overwhelming. Our
programmme in Kolkata brings medical help and food to over 250 kids in
five slum areas and it’s expanding rapidly! In the shelter where we feed
the children, the food we are able to provide is often the only meal
the kids will have that day.
We’ve found some fabulous people, who work in very difficult
situations, to love those who may seem unlovable to others. Together we
have been working on how best to serve the estimated 18 million children
that live on the streets, many targeted as child workers and in danger
of trafficking.
North of Kolkata, by the border between India and a little country
called Bhutan, we are helping children with education and also hope to
provide medical care. Bhutan has a terrible secret – it’s the source of a
large number of young women, who are trafficked across this border and
sold, some as young as ten years old. Partnering with the locals, Our
organization is beginning the task of making some of these children at
least a little safer. By providing them with a school uniform, people
that care, food and a place to learn, these children’s lives have been
made less desperate.
Ammar is an example of the children we help here. When we first met
him in 2007, his father had just died. His mother was sick and he was
only 14. We purchased him a Rickshaw, which is held in trust for him so
his older brother could earn money for food. Late 2009 his mother died
from an infection, and Ammar and his older brother, Ranjeet, now live on
the street alone. Ammar and Ranjeet are receiving food, medical help
(which they could not get otherwise, as they are considered outcasts),
and Ammar is receiving a very basic education (names changed for
privacy).
This project relies on much needed acts of kindness.
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