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Embarking on a New Journey with the Help of an Aadhaar Card

Embarking on a New Journey with the Help of an Aadhaar Card

  • Tue 26 Feb 2019

Sumit, a 12 year old boy lived in a shelter home being run by a partner organisation of Save the Children near Slaughter House in Kolkata. Sumit ran away from his home when he was eight because his mother forced him to work in a factory. He did not want to work as a child labour in that factory. His father left his mother and his mother could not make both ends meet. He is originally from Kolkata.

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Helping Avinash to Rise from Despair and Look Forward to a Secure Life

  • Tue 26 Feb 2019

Avinash is a 10 year old boy who is living in a park next to Lal Quila in Delhi with his parents and younger brother. They originally hail from Bihar. Their family migrated in search of a livelihood. Avinash’s father works as a daily wage labourer to earn a living.

Save the Children identified Avinash and tried to interact with him. Initially, Avinash was reluctant to answer questions, but eventually he opened up. His father was an alcoholic. He used to often rink with his friends and then come home and shout at everyone. There is no sense of stability living on the streets like this. Avinash felt unsafe. He said that sometime children from his neighborhood used to just disappear. It was a challenge to survive like this since they did not have any identity.

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Overcoming Uncertainties with the Help of Save the Children: The Story of Gauri

  • Tue 26 Feb 2019

Gauri is an eight-year-old girl who lives in a temporary shelter inside a park next to Lal Quila with her father, mother, and younger brother. They are native to Bihar and moved to Delhi in search of livelihood. Gauri’s father now works as a daily wage labourer to earn a living. With his income, they found it difficult to sustain the family. This was the reason why educating their children was a far-fetched dream. Gauri helped her mother in all the daily household chores.

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Helping Shivani get Back to School after the Devastating Kerala Floods

Helping Shivani get Back to School after the Devastating Kerala Floods

  • Thu 21 Feb 2019

Kerala floods have been devastating – loss of life, loss of property, loss of livelihood, all this has hampered the normalcy of life in the state. Children have been largely affected by this calamity. Imagine what a child must have left when the rising water levels destroyed the books, school bag, drawing kit, uniforms, etc. 7-year-old Shivani who lives in a two-room Indira Awas house in Pandalam lost all her study materials in the floods, the flooding was so bad that the family had shifted to a local shelter run by a religious group Pathnamthitta District of Kerala. When the water receded, the family went back home to check their belongings. It was then that Shivani found out that she had nothing left to carry to school no books, no bag.

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Chasing the Dream to Accomplish a Better Life: The Story of Sangeeta

  • Mon 18 Feb 2019

Sangeeta is a 14-year-old girl with a smiling face. She is chirpy and amicable. She loves spending time with her family and friends. Currently Dhapa Dumping Ground, Kolkata is where she resides with her mother, grandmother, brother, and sister. Her family originally hails from North Bengal. Sangeeta’s grandmother’s house is in the city. The community mobilisers informed that they lost their house due to debts.

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