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Railway Children Projects in Asia
Bangladesh
Working with both local and UK partners the Railway Children provides funding for drop-in centres and night shelters for an estimated 700 children.
India
In Vijayawada, the number of children estimated to be living on the streets, with no family ties, is estimated at more than 8,000.
Patna is the capital of Bihar and a major railway junction, Bihar has been identified as a major source of platform children. Approximately 200 children can be found on Patna station on any day.
Railway Children started supporting Prayas Juvenile Aid Centre Society's initiatives at Samastipur Railway Station, Bihar from July 2004 onwards. Samastipur is a major rail division in Bihar and the region is considered to be a major source area for the runaway, abandoned, and trafficked children - found across the country.
Working with Anubhav and supported by Comic Relief, Railway Children support a project that reaches out to both children living on the platform as well as passing through the Delhi Cantonment station.
Railway Children is supporting the Health on Wheels project of Butterflies. A mobile health team consisting of doctor and health worker visit the twelve contact points of Butterflies twice a week.
Railway Children started supporting Prayas work at New Delhi Railway station from July 2004 onwards. The support was mainly for the management of the child assistance booth in the platform, outreach work, emergency shelter and home reunification.
Based at Raichur, SATHI are working at Wadi, Guntakal, Renigunta, and Delhi with the support of Railway Children.
Itarsi is one of the major railway junctions in Madhya Pradesh, Central India with 138 trains passing through to the north, east, west and south of India. A large number (200) of platform children are found here.
Railway Children and Saathi address a range of issues for street youth and runaway boys and girls: family reunification, health and education support, recreation and savings, economic and housing alternatives to having a space and people to call your own.
National Initiatives
New Alipore Praajak Development Society was established in 1997 to work with marginalized children and adolescents in the state of West Bengal.
Supportd by Railway Children, Don Bosco Anbu Illam have been working towards ensuring the future of the street and working children. The organization has two Shelter homes. They also run transit schools, supplementary education centers and Children's Parliament, Children's development Bank in several slums in Chennai.
Madurai is known as the Temple City of South India. In the last decade many districts around Madurai have been affected by droughts. Due to this a high number of people have started coming to Madurai in search of work which also includes a number of children.
Supported by the Railway Children, the vision of SAVE is to build the capacity of the exploited and deprived groups for enabling them to mobilise their collective strengthen for empowering their status.
Since 1998, SEED have recognised the need to work with children on the streets and platforms of Howrah and subsequently have a drop-in centre, girls' night shelter, a half way home and a boys' night shelter.
Children who run away from North East India pass through New Jalpaiguri station. There are approximately 500 families who have migrated to New Jalpaiguri and live around the station.
CINI Asha provide drop-in centres and shelters for about 70 street children living on and around the Sealdah railway stations. The centres provide non-formal education, food, healthcare, counselling and recreation. The shelters provide protection, security, washing, sleeping and toilet facilities.