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Caring for children
| 11/02/2012 10:52 AM |
Vatsalya dedicates itself to empower the vulnerable children to become responsible citizens in the mainstream, Shukti Sarma describes
The genesis of The Vatsalya Foundation lay in a field project of students from Nirmala Niketan. They started working with the children living on the streets in the Marine Lines area (Mumbai) in 1982. “At first, they would look at us with suspicion. But when they saw that we meant no harm, the kids warmed up to us. We ate together. We went rag-picking together. And we taught them how to save from their daily earnings. By 1994, we decided to form an ...
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