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Gopal, 17/18 years old, was found by Ramlal at the railway station 7 months ago. He could barely see out of  one eye and was hearing impaired. It transpired Gopal had lost his father and was at the mercy of his paternal uncle who regularly beat him,  severely injuring his ear and his vision. Gopal […]

Aasraa has set up a Guest House. Our first vocational interns have graduated to supervisory roles. Raj Kumar has excelled these last two years. He is no longer addicted to drugs! These children are now responsible young adults, employees of Aasraa and are training other street children in the art of textile block printing. This […]

Today was an unbelievable, awesome day as 65 children trooped in for the afternoon outreach on the 2nd day at the Unnayan Shiksha Kendra. The noise level was phenomenal, the excitement of the children palpable & our satisfaction at the end of three hours complete. The children are completely unschooled, but adorable! Even the die hard, […]

Our efforts with slum and street children on Kanwali Road are progressing steadily. We are delighted by the positive response from the children! The day outreach program is bringing in 56 children into the shelter daily. The children come enthusiastically come rain or shine. The staff at the shelter is teaching Maths, English and Hindi. All these […]

This is Chandini – an energetic, bubbly, endearing vegete, hungry for affection & approval. Eleven year old Chandini is a fair skinned, brown eyed, beautiful child, a double amputee, who has been begging at one of the busiest intersections of Dehradun for the last 5 years, under the alias ‘Sanjay’, to protect her from unwanted […]