Salaam Balak Trust - October 2007Marcus Fairhurst
Through its ‘sensitization program’, SBT organizes meetings with police, railway officials, restaurant owners, rickshaw drivers, etc. to help them understand the issue of child poverty and homelessness better and discuss how the situation can be improved. Whilst we strive to keep our members informed about all the causes we support through regular feedback, we also hope you can all get involved, through relevant events at home and project visits & volunteering opportunities abroad. The exhibition and screening event (OPS SCREENING EVENT) for SBT next month should be an excellent night that can give us all a real insight into the lives of street children in India. We also plan to run a visit there next spring, spending some time with SBT in Delhi before heading off into the Himalayas for a week or so: whc.unesco.org/en/list/335 Figures from July – September of this year: New children registered with SBT: 118 Children provided with medical care: Children repatriated through SBT & Childline: 23 Children integrated into SBT shelter facilities: 20 Children provided with basic literacy training: 50
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Salaam Balak Trust, our partner group looking to improve the plight of street children in India, have again given us some great feedback. The new contact point at Old Delhi Railway Station that we have helped set up and run since the start of the year continues to do great work providing food, shelter, basic education, and medical care to scores of youngsters on the streets of New Delhi. Whilst SBT is doing excellent work to alleviate the problems of one of the fastest growing economic powers in the world continuing to neglect and shun its street children, they are also tackling the issue from other angles by dealing with those within society who have the most interaction with the street kids and thus most impact on their lives.