August 2019 - Blog - Salaam Baalak Trust

Street Children Healing the Right Way

Adolescence can be a period of great emotional torment, not only for the child but also for the family. Confused due to various bodily changes, a child often experiments with the development of their personality before a coherent identity is formed. How children see the world is bound to be framed, primarily and directly, by what they […]

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Child From Streets Finds his Way Back

A child’s heart is as pristine as the untouched glaciers of Himalayas. This world however, gets more and more toxic with each passing day. Coming from a house where violence was an everyday reality, this particular child’s heart was soon contaminated with violence and the fear of being a subject to it. Living with an alcoholic […]

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Deeper Understanding of the Condition of Street Children

There are millions of street children in India – unfortunately, the number has only spiked in the last decade. There are many reasons why children become runaways, hawkers, thieves, work odd jobs, or do absolutely nothing in life – nothing productive anyway. Most street children spend their lives on the streets of big market areas […]

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