Salaam Baalak Trust
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Salaam Baalak Trust is an India
n Non-profit and Non-governmental organization, established in 1988 with the proceeds from the film "Salaam Bombay!
" (1988) made on street children
by noted film director, Mira Nair
, which provides support for street and working children in inner cities of New Delhi
, and Mumbai
, this includes providing education, basic literacy and schooling, full care facilities for the young (up to 12 years), drop-in shelters for older children, health care and counselling in HIV/AIDS and TB awareness.
Today SBT runs, five 24-hour full care shelters for children, with one devoted to girl children, (Arushi), , in Mumbai
, Delhi
and Bhubaneshwar; five outreach contact points mostly near railway stations and a 24-hour toll-free helpline service, catering to children in distress all over India, in all looking after 5,000 children every year .
It is also a project 'H71 partner NGO' of United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
(UNODC), which whom its runs its 'Kishalaya Centre' , and awareness programme at YMCA
, Mumbai
.
Today, SBT children, who have been trained in theatre, dance and puppetry, are giving performances all over the world
Since 2007 SBT Delhi is running the Salaam Baalak City Walk - New Delhi, a guided tour through Paharganj
and New Delhi Railway Station
area. The guides are former street children from the trust. The walk aims to sensitize about street life, street children and Indian society problems. During the walk the guides share their personal story of survival with the participants and show them the contact points and shelter homes SBT provides.The walk also provides an opportunity for the young people to improve their communication and marketing skills. All proceeds go directly to the trust to enable more opportunities to be made for street children so the walk is 100% non-profit making.
(1988) in Mumbai
, Salaam Baalak Trust started working in 1989, and by 2005 it had seventeen centre for street child throughout India .
In New Delhi
, SBT started its operations with 25 children in the open-air balcony at the police station at the New Delhi Railway Station
, when three trustees inspired by the film, started caring for them .
Starting 1999, Family Health International
(FHI), with funding from USAID, started working with the SBT, on HIV/AIDS education and prevention, while supplying, street children
aged between 4 and 13 with food, medical aid, education, and essential supplies . Over the its shelters have been visited by various national and international dignitaries, including, Tony Blair
and Cherie Blair
(2005) .
Since 2003, it has also been working with volunteers from University College Dublin
Volunteers Overseas, (UCDVO) . In 2006, Salaam Baalak Trust won the ‘Civil Society Award’ from the National AIDS Control Organisation
(NACO) and UNAIDS . Earlier in March, it started a guided city walk, through the areas managed by the Trust, its shelters, contact points, and areas around the New Delhi Railway Station
in Paharganj
, where the streen children live and earn a living, doing menial jobs, the tour guided by former street children themselves, sensitizing people about the lives of street children in Delhi, and the turnaround possible in their lives, when given an opportunity .
Its latest home, Arushi, built exclusively for girls, was open in New Delhi
, in August 2008, and provides shelter to over 70 girls , the Arushi centre at Gurgaon
, also opened in 2008, houses around 45 girls, aged between five and 18 .
(NIOS), Formal Education it is also offering Non-Formal Education (NFE) and Bridge Education/ Course to street children. Apart from this it also runs, Mobile Learning Centre (Mobile school), along with Government of Delhi
, covering area around Connaught Place, New Delhi
.
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n Non-profit and Non-governmental organization, established in 1988 with the proceeds from the film "Salaam Bombay!
Salaam Bombay!
Salaam Bombay! is a 1988 Hindi film directed by Mira Nair, and screenwritten by her longtime creative collaborator, Sooni Taraporevala. The film chronicles the day-to-day life of children living on the streets of Bombay...
" (1988) made on street children
Street children
A street child is a child who lives on the streets of a city, deprived of family care and protection. Most children on the streets are between the ages of about 5 and 17 years old.Street children live in junk boxes, parks or on the street itself...
by noted film director, Mira Nair
Mira Nair
Mira Nair is an Indian film director and producer based in New York. Her production company is Mirabai Films.She was educated at Delhi University and Harvard University. Her debut feature film, Salaam Bombay! , won the Golden Camera award at the Cannes Film Festival and also earned the nomination...
, which provides support for street and working children in inner cities of New Delhi
New Delhi
New Delhi is the capital city of India. It serves as the centre of the Government of India and the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi. New Delhi is situated within the metropolis of Delhi. It is one of the nine districts of Delhi Union Territory. The total area of the city is...
, and Mumbai
Mumbai
Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
, this includes providing education, basic literacy and schooling, full care facilities for the young (up to 12 years), drop-in shelters for older children, health care and counselling in HIV/AIDS and TB awareness.
Today SBT runs, five 24-hour full care shelters for children, with one devoted to girl children, (Arushi), , in Mumbai
Mumbai
Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
, Delhi
Delhi
Delhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census...
and Bhubaneshwar; five outreach contact points mostly near railway stations and a 24-hour toll-free helpline service, catering to children in distress all over India, in all looking after 5,000 children every year .
It is also a project 'H71 partner NGO' of United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime is a United Nations agency that was established in 1997 as the Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention by combining the United Nations International Drug Control Program and the Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Division in the United Nations...
(UNODC), which whom its runs its 'Kishalaya Centre' , and awareness programme at YMCA
YMCA
The Young Men's Christian Association is a worldwide organization of more than 45 million members from 125 national federations affiliated through the World Alliance of YMCAs...
, Mumbai
Mumbai
Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
.
Today, SBT children, who have been trained in theatre, dance and puppetry, are giving performances all over the world
Since 2007 SBT Delhi is running the Salaam Baalak City Walk - New Delhi, a guided tour through Paharganj
Paharganj
Paharganj is a neighbourhood of Central Delhi, located just west of the New Delhi Railway Station...
and New Delhi Railway Station
New Delhi Railway Station
The New Delhi Railway Station , station code NDLS, situated between Ajmeri Gate and Paharganj is the main railway station in Delhi. New Delhi railway station is the second busiest and one of the largest in India. It handles over 300 trains each day with 16 platforms and about 360,000 passengers...
area. The guides are former street children from the trust. The walk aims to sensitize about street life, street children and Indian society problems. During the walk the guides share their personal story of survival with the participants and show them the contact points and shelter homes SBT provides.The walk also provides an opportunity for the young people to improve their communication and marketing skills. All proceeds go directly to the trust to enable more opportunities to be made for street children so the walk is 100% non-profit making.
History
Original established in 1988, to rehabilitate the children who appeared in the film, Salaam Bombay!Salaam Bombay!
Salaam Bombay! is a 1988 Hindi film directed by Mira Nair, and screenwritten by her longtime creative collaborator, Sooni Taraporevala. The film chronicles the day-to-day life of children living on the streets of Bombay...
(1988) in Mumbai
Mumbai
Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
, Salaam Baalak Trust started working in 1989, and by 2005 it had seventeen centre for street child throughout India .
In New Delhi
New Delhi
New Delhi is the capital city of India. It serves as the centre of the Government of India and the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi. New Delhi is situated within the metropolis of Delhi. It is one of the nine districts of Delhi Union Territory. The total area of the city is...
, SBT started its operations with 25 children in the open-air balcony at the police station at the New Delhi Railway Station
New Delhi Railway Station
The New Delhi Railway Station , station code NDLS, situated between Ajmeri Gate and Paharganj is the main railway station in Delhi. New Delhi railway station is the second busiest and one of the largest in India. It handles over 300 trains each day with 16 platforms and about 360,000 passengers...
, when three trustees inspired by the film, started caring for them .
Starting 1999, Family Health International
Family Health International
Family Health International is a public health and development organization dedicated to improving living standards of the world's most vulnerable people. Family Health International has 2,500 staff conducting research and implementing programs in fifty-five countries...
(FHI), with funding from USAID, started working with the SBT, on HIV/AIDS education and prevention, while supplying, street children
Street children
A street child is a child who lives on the streets of a city, deprived of family care and protection. Most children on the streets are between the ages of about 5 and 17 years old.Street children live in junk boxes, parks or on the street itself...
aged between 4 and 13 with food, medical aid, education, and essential supplies . Over the its shelters have been visited by various national and international dignitaries, including, Tony Blair
Tony Blair
Anthony Charles Lynton Blair is a former British Labour Party politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2 May 1997 to 27 June 2007. He was the Member of Parliament for Sedgefield from 1983 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007...
and Cherie Blair
Cherie Blair
Cherie Blair , known professionally as Cherie Booth QC, is a British barrister working in the legal system of England and Wales. She is married to the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Tony Blair; the couple have three sons and one daughter...
(2005) .
Since 2003, it has also been working with volunteers from University College Dublin
University College Dublin
University College Dublin ) - formally known as University College Dublin - National University of Ireland, Dublin is the Republic of Ireland's largest, and Ireland's second largest, university, with over 1,300 faculty and 17,000 students...
Volunteers Overseas, (UCDVO) . In 2006, Salaam Baalak Trust won the ‘Civil Society Award’ from the National AIDS Control Organisation
National AIDS Control Organisation
The National AIDS Control Organisation , established in 1992, is a division of India's Ministry of Health and Family Welfare that provides leadership to HIV/AIDS control programme in India through 35 HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Societies, and is "the nodal organisation for formulation of policy...
(NACO) and UNAIDS . Earlier in March, it started a guided city walk, through the areas managed by the Trust, its shelters, contact points, and areas around the New Delhi Railway Station
New Delhi Railway Station
The New Delhi Railway Station , station code NDLS, situated between Ajmeri Gate and Paharganj is the main railway station in Delhi. New Delhi railway station is the second busiest and one of the largest in India. It handles over 300 trains each day with 16 platforms and about 360,000 passengers...
in Paharganj
Paharganj
Paharganj is a neighbourhood of Central Delhi, located just west of the New Delhi Railway Station...
, where the streen children live and earn a living, doing menial jobs, the tour guided by former street children themselves, sensitizing people about the lives of street children in Delhi, and the turnaround possible in their lives, when given an opportunity .
Its latest home, Arushi, built exclusively for girls, was open in New Delhi
New Delhi
New Delhi is the capital city of India. It serves as the centre of the Government of India and the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi. New Delhi is situated within the metropolis of Delhi. It is one of the nine districts of Delhi Union Territory. The total area of the city is...
, in August 2008, and provides shelter to over 70 girls , the Arushi centre at Gurgaon
Gurgaon
Gurgaon is the second largest city in the Indian state of Haryana. Gurgaon is the industrial and financial center of Haryana. It is located 30 km south of national capital New Delhi, about 10 kilometers from Dwarka Sub City and 268 km south of Chandigarh, the state capital...
, also opened in 2008, houses around 45 girls, aged between five and 18 .
Residential programs
- Arushi-Shelter for Girls
- Aasra- Shelter for Boys
- Apna Ghar- Shelter for Boys
- Drop-In Shelter- Shelter for Boys
- Short Stay Home
Educational programs
SBT is working with National Institute of Open SchoolingNational Institute of Open Schooling
The National Institute of Open Schooling , is the Board of Education for open schools in India. It was established by the Ministry of Human Resource Development of the Government of India in 1989 to provide education inexpensively to remote areas...
(NIOS), Formal Education it is also offering Non-Formal Education (NFE) and Bridge Education/ Course to street children. Apart from this it also runs, Mobile Learning Centre (Mobile school), along with Government of Delhi
Delhi
Delhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census...
, covering area around Connaught Place, New Delhi
Connaught Place, New Delhi
Connaught Place Connaught Place Connaught Place (Hindi: कनॉट प्लेस, (officially Rajiv Chowk) is one of the largest financial, commercial and business centers in Delhi. It is often abbreviated as CP and houses the headquarters of several Indian firms. Its surroundings occupy a place of pride...
.
Further reading
- India: the forgotten children of the cities, by Amrita Chatterjee. Published by UNICEF International Child Development Centre, 1992. ISBN 8885401082, 9788885401082. Caste Studies VI:Jagriti; Page 32
External links
- Salaam Baalak Trust , Delhi website
- Salaam Baalak Trust, Mumbai Website
- Salaam Baalak Trust videos
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