Category: Child Rights
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Meet SATHI: an NGO for children who are missing or lost at railways stations
SATHI is an NGO for children who are missing or lost at India’s railway stations. With the help of the authorities, these children are rescued by SATHI (Society for Assistance to Children in Difficult Situations) and taken to the organization’s safe home where, with the help of the police and the authorities, the children are…
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5 NGOs to support this Children’s Day
CHILDREN’S Day is celebrated in India each year on November 14th and holds special significance as it marks the birth anniversary of Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India and a fervent advocate for children’s rights. The day is dedicated to honoring and cherishing the nation’s young minds, emphasizing their importance in shaping the…
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Sahyog Care For You: an NGO in Delhi caring for children
FOR a young 11-year-old boy named Ravi, a normal day used to begin before the sun even rose. It involved carrying heavy loads up a narrow, rickety staircase, in a ramshackle building filled with clouds of toxic smoke. Work rarely ended before nine or ten at night. Ravi’s story is a heart-wrenching testament to the…
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World Day Against Trafficking: 5 NGOs to support
THE trafficking of human beings occurs for various nefarious purposes such as forced bonded labor, domestic servitude, child labor and arguably the most devastating – sex trafficking. Traffickers use coercion or abduction as tactics to lure or force their victims into a vulnerable state from which they are then taken to locations far from their…