Support underprivilege children for their well being

The SPID Society is running 4 centres for children 24/7 in Delhi.

1) SPID-SMS Center

2) SPID-Kishori home

3) SPID Boys' homes

4) SPID After Care Home

Presently, around 110 underprivileged children are living full-time at our children's homes. Most of these are the children of women in prostitution. Previously these children were living with their mothers inside the brothels. Most of these vulnerable women are victims of human trafficking. They are brought to GB Road from all over India, through a powerful nexus of pimps and traffickers, and forced to work in prostitution. Forcing these women to then have a child is one way of ensuring better emotional control over them. Once women have entered prostitution, they face a strong social stigma and it's very hard for them to leave.

The NGO is facing a big shortage of raw food materials to feed these children and toiletries for their daily utilization of 100+ children. Additionally, we are also desperately in need of a van cum ambulance for supplying food for children from one centre to other and for medical emergency purposes, especially at night.

SPID-SMS is the only centre for children operating 24/7 on GB Road, providing healthcare, nutrition and education as well as protecting children from sexual exploitation and abuse. The Centre opens its arms to every single child living in the brothels. The mothers visit their children in the Centre regularly and can receive emotional support and counselling there. SMS is one of the programs of The Society for Participatory Integrated Development (SPID).

After the children enter the SPID-SMS centre, there is considerable improvement in their physical and mental development. Regular health checks, psycho-social support and an improved nutrition programme have been shown to benefit their overall health and emotional welfare.

The children are enrolled in nearby formal schools and receive remedial classes in the afternoons in the centre to support their progress. In 2016, SPID-SMS opened its first After-Care Home for young women aged 18+.

We are trying to nurture more children and enrol them in formal schools. This ensures they have a safe space to live away from the red-light area whilst they undertake further education to establish their careers and become self-sufficient young adults.

There are numerous success stories, with former children from the centre now working as nurses, teachers, social workers, paramedical staff, bank employees and in other professions.

The SPID-SMS Center is very grateful for the support received so far from the government, individuals and other donors.

However, more support is crucial to ensure the continuity of the care provided and to secure a better future for the children in the Centre, as well as the young women in the After-Care Home.

You can support them in many ways such as

• Volunteering (by donating your time as a computer, English, or art teacher, or with other skills…),
• Kind (such as cleaning and hygiene products, food, children's clothing, shoes, books and school supplies…) or by giving a
• Financial donation.

To give you an idea of what a donation can provide us:

Presently, we have around 110+ underprivileged and vulnerable children living full-time in our 4 NGO shelter homes.

• Rs. 3.5 lakhs per month could purchase groceries for a month to feed 110+ underprivileged children who live full-time in our 4 NGO shelter homes.
• Rs. 1.5 lakhs per month for 110+ underprivileged children who live in shelter homes.
• Rs. 7 lakhs one time for the purchase of a van cum ambulance for supplying food from one shelter home to another and for medical emergency purposes for children especially at night.