Help rehabilitate runaway children

Hundreds of children run away from their homes every day in India, mostly as a refuge from negligent parents, pressures at school, child abuse and at times, simply because of an argument at home. However, the time it takes for a runaway to become a "platform child" is frighteningly short.

Our staff visit railway platforms on a daily basis to identify runaway children. Once identified, children are registered with the Child Welfare Committee so families can be traced. Then they are brought to our home placement centre where they are provided with food, shelter and care.

We organise regular counselling sessions, de-addiction centres, and informal education classes for children, which help their reintegration with social life. Those who are reluctant to go home are enrolled into our home orientation camp and if a family can’t be traced, they are referred to other organisations.

Early intervention not only saves a child from the dangers of platform life but it makes repatriation easier, as the child is more willing to return. Our rehabilitation centre supports every step of this process.