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Biography
By partnering with local NGO’s (non government organizations), VITAL supports projects which ensure the many disadvantaged and vulnerable children receive access to quality education, healthcare facilities, nutrition and clean water, protection and emergency shelter. VITAL believes that the international community must come together through organizations like VITAL and prompt the necessary action from governments, world leaders and the communities themselves to ensure the Rights of the Child are upheld.
My Purpose
VITAL was founded in 2007 and is currently operating in Kolkata(formerly known as Calcutta) Like MicroGiving, VITAL is a new charity and it would be fun for VITAL and MicroGiving to grow together
Visiting tribes in Orissa We loved our first visit to India so much that we asked our guide, Suvo, to organise an interesting tour for our return in January 2007 & he suggested the tribes in Orissa. This was to be a gruelling trip of 8 hours each day in a car, travelling along narrow winding roads full of potholes after the monsoon rains had eroded them away. There were no fancy 5 star hotels, no restaurants or toilets, as we were in the middle of no where, visiting tribes very few people knew existed. Tourism in this area had only started 20 years ago with about 12,000 visitors each year. There were 3 different markets we had to reach on certain days to see these tribal people walk miles to buy & sell goods. The Bonda tribe was the most fascinating for me with only 3000 of them left, living in the mountains 1000m above sea level, untouched by modern civilisation. We came across Dongaria Kondha, once infamous for their practice of human sacrifice, Kut >>>
The children living on the streets & in the slums of Kolkata(Calcutta)
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April 21, 2008
The children living on the streets & in the slums of Kolkata(Calcutta)
Description: Historically the relationships between the children who live on and from the streets of Kolkata and the police and other officials were at best adversarial. The children are predominately children of migrant workers who came to the city from rural villages in search of work. Without an education or a skill, regular paying work is difficult to find and before long the children are sent out to earn money for the family by whatever means they can.
With no accommodation the migrant families live in make shift shacks, in derelict buildings or under the railway platforms. The police frequently evict them from their ′homes′, as is government policy, and often the confrontation becomes violent and may result in serious injury.
The children, who often have to resort to begging, prostitution or petty crime, come into frequent conflict with the police.
The Child Watch Programme is attempting to eliminate the violence against these children. By building a partnership with the local po..
Category: International, Poverty & Hunger
Why? The potential long term impact..
The programme aims
to provide 24 hour
support, care and
services for the
children; improve
the quality of life
for street children;
ensure their basic
human rights and
create an
environment that
will enable them to
have a secure
future.
Progress:
$ (23%)
Still needed: $7658.73
Supporting Documentation:
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