Donate for Child Education to Support the Future of India

Are you tired of the helpless state of children in the streets of India? Have you made up your mind to contribute in any way possible? If yes, you’re on the right path of becoming a ‘changemaker’ of this unfortunate state of children in India. The future of the world lives, eats and sleeps on the footpath, and that is an alarming reality that needs to evolve for the better, at the earliest. Children living in an unhygienic, unsafe and unreliable environment need to be offered a better tomorrow, one that is protected and dignified.

The answer to the problem of children living on the streets is intervention and education. Intervention will help in guiding children towards programs that specifically cater to their needs in such circumstances, as well as repatriation of street children. Being actively involved in such programs may often prove to be difficult to participate in. But you can take your first steps in creating a change by donating for the education of children. Salaam Baalak Trust is an ideal example of an organization that carries out several child-centric programs that solely focus on the rehabilitation of street and working children in a beneficial and long-lasting manner. From identifying children on the streets to reaching out to them, from introducing effective programs for them to attend to ensuring they derive significant results in their lives, is what SBT stands for.

The impact of funds is, unknowingly, often underestimated and assumed to be the responsibility of the next person. This is not the case, and must be taken in our own hands.

So join in and help reach out to more children, build stronger programs, and implement activities with a more systematic approach.

Children, after all, need us to take care of their well-being. We cannot afford to disappoint the future generations of our country - not now, not ever.

Salaam Baalak Trust - New Lives, New Dreams

Many developing countries are plagued with the issue of homeless and abandoned children. Although there are many sympathizers to the cause there are not many countries that are doing enough the tackle this glaring problem. To handle this issue effectively it is important to understand the wide range of conditions, experiences and challenges faced by these children. While some may have a modest establishment to retire to at night, there are many who live and sleep on the streets and wander in search of a suitable shelter on a regular basis. Moreover, there is a constant competition for the limited resources that the streets have to offer. Not only do the children have to fight for a sleeping shelter, they also have to find means to earn a living. Many non profit organizations (NGOs) have come to the assistance of these children providing them with a stable shelter, meals and medical aid. To help them effectively the volunteers must understand the hardships faced by them as it gives a good outlook of the lives they have led. Salaam Baalak Trust is one such NGO that works relentlessly to develop solutions to ensure street children lead long, fulfilling lives.

Goal of Salaam Baalak Trust 

SBT strives to create a healthy and nurturing environment for the street children to enable them to grow mentally, physically and holistically. Since most of the children have led lives of struggle and hardships, a comfortable environment would help them to acclimatize to a normal life in a civil society. SBT aims to provide them with a better life and empower them to dream about a great future ahead in terms of career.

Volunteer Contributions

Anyone who is willing can volunteer, donate and contribute to Salaam Baalak Trust. A simple help from you can change a child’s entire future. Volunteers can indulge in teaching and inspiring the children. You can also contribute by spreading the word about us and even giving us suggestions on how we can make our cause more effective and increase its exposure. Monetary donations can also be made that will be used to rescue more and more children and provide them with better facilities to live, learn and grow. You can also sponsor a child’s education. Salaam Baalak Trust is extremely honoured by any contribution and goes great lengths to ensure they are utilized effectively to identify, rescue, protect the street children.

SBT - Changing Lives of Street Children in Little Different Ways

Based out of Delhi, Salaam Baalak Trust is a non-profit organization for street children. It’s main objective is to improve the lives of those children who survive and work on the streets or have been orphaned or abandoned by their parents. SBT’s works tirelessly to rescue such children from their lives of poverty and distress and provide them with the necessary care, shelter, education, nutrition and an overall healthy life. SBT also trains the kids in tradecraft and miscellaneous skills that would make them self-sufficient in pursuing a career of their choice. 

Operations Undertaken by Salaam Baalak Trust

There are mainly 4 departments under which SBT has categorized its mission:

Resident Homes and Centres for Children

Delhi has a total of 18 Salaam Baalak Trust centres - 13 Contact Points and 5 shelter homes. A contact point is like a day centre that is generally situated at crowded places and exit points like railway stations, to find, identify and provide relief to distressed children on the streets. The young street children often have a fragile emotional state and can also be quite aggressive as a result of a harsh childhood on the streets. The teams of SBT at these contact points aim to find such children and treat them with warmth and sensitivity. All centres of SBT provide these neglected children with the facilities they need through a short-term or full time residency. They also organize medical check-ups/treatments and attempt to trace the history and background of these children if possible. SBT takes the kids under its caring wing and works non-stop for the well-being of these unfortunate children. Some of the major services at these Contact Points are:

• Identify and reach out to distressed children 
• Provide food, clothing and toilet amenities
• Provide counselling
• Provide education and vocational training
• Provide health support
• Engage children in various recreational activities and skilled hobbies

Medical Care

The children who live on streets are usually surrounded by an unsanitary and unhygienic environment. They are often exposed to different types of diseases and infections. Due to lack of support and care, these children do not entirely understand the importance of  staying in hygienic conditions and maintaining sanitation.

SBT frequently conducts medical check ups for the kids in their centres. Every child possesses a health card where their medical specifics and history are maintained. Pathological tests are conducted on children if recommended by the doctors. SBT has a full time doctor at their premises to attend to the children at all times. Regular vaccinations are also provided to them such as Hepatitis-B and tetanus.

Educational and Social Exposure

SBT prioritizes education of street children among other things. It believes that there is no speedy solution for children who have been denied education; education at SBT has to be need-based and demand-driven. SBT makes use of various educational programs to impart formal as well as non-formal education. The primary purpose is to make sure that the children grow up to be knowledgeable, conscientious and responsible citizens of the world. 

Recreational Activities

SBT continuously encourages its children to develop a creative interest and indulge in performing arts to discover, display and sharpen their talents. Many creative recreational programs are organized by SBT like pottery, theatre, puppetry, photography, dance and others. Salaam Baalak Trust strives to inculcate a sense of self-confidence, dignity and positive thinking in these children by conducting these activities and events. 

Salaam Baalak Trust has been working tirelessly for street children to improve their lives and show them the right path for pursuing their hopes and dreams for a great career ahead.

How Salaam Baalak Trust Rescues Abandoned Street Children?

Salaam Baalak Trust is a non-profit organization in Delhi that aims to uplift the life of underprivileged, orphaned, street children who do not posses the necessary means for a healthy life or prospects of a bright future. Salaam Baalak’s objective is to provide these children with care, protection, health, nutrition, education and vocational training that would make their lives better and help them to fulfill their dreams.

Creation Of Salaam Baalak Trust

The harsh and unforgiving streets of Delhi have been home to thousands of orphaned or neglected children since many years. These children have most elements missing from their life, which are essential for human living. They are deprived of food, care, security, education and most importantly love. In an effort to create a more livable world for these underprivileged children, Salaam Baalak

Trust (SBT) was created. 

Salaam Baalak, which literally translates to ‘Salute the Child’strives to uphold the spirit of street children without any discrimination based on caste, religion or gender. SBT centres welcome all children below the age of 18 who work and live on the streets. I provides them with care, love, education and instills in them the resolve to live a life of dignity and pursue their dreams.

SBT’s Mission and Vision

• Mission

The mission of Salaam Baalak trust is to provide underprivileged children working on the streets with a caring, loving and sensitive environment that enables them to lead a better life and hope for a healthier future. It aims to dissolve barriers that rob children of opportunities to realize their rights. 

• Vision

The vision of Salaam Baalak is to develop a nurturing environment for neglected street children that promotes their normal physical and mental growth. SBT believes that such an environment will allow them to return to mainstream society and eventually contribute to its development.

Contributions to Salaam Baalak Trust

Anyone who is willing to help our cause can contribute to SBT. There are many ways by which one can be a part of this initiative. You can contribute by spending time with the children to teach and motivate them. You can also contribute your ideas that would make this program better and gain more exposure among the citizens of India. You can also contribute financially by making charitable donations that would be used for the betterment of the facilities being provided to the rescued and abandoned children.