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Save Street Children from Child Labour and Other Trauma

There are millions of children that go to work in the morning to earn their daily wages. This is the pattern that has been set for them, and the reason behind their deteriorating health – mental, physical and emotional. Innumerable children, in varied tiers of India, are suffering through their childhood instead of enjoying the […]

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A New Lease of Life

More often than not, our perception of people is settled in the very first meeting. That impression seldom abandons the person it is attached to. The same is the case with the street children who are given intervention by SBT. People often take one look at them and assign a rigid personality to them. Some look at these […]

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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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Children on the Streets Find Comfort Amidst Chaos

In the face of abandonment and abuse early in life, millions of children are found living on the streets of India every year. In various nooks and corners of the country, homeless children are desperately hunting for stability and security, in terms of food, shelter and clothing. Most children do not understand that besides these […]

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