Rescue Junction Supports Street Children in India

Namaste Everyone,

May I offer you warm spring greetings from all of us here at Rescue junction in our new bright and comfortable centre here in Gaya.

I want to include in this report the words of a porter (Raju -name changed) who works at the station,

"Before People first opened Rescue Junction nobody cared or looked out for the children here at the station. What People First do is hold regular meetings with us the porters, the railway police and others who work on the station and they let us know what to look for such as children on their own, suspicious groups and women in distress. I will be honest we first went to the meetings because we were offered a good vegetable curry for lunch but we soon realised what an important part we could all play in helping children who needed help and rescuing from harm.  It is a source of great pride now for us that we are part of this noble work".

 The prevention of child abuse is everyone’s concern, and through our awareness programmes work in schools and other places we hope to create a safer environment for all children in our area. With the involvement of Railway staff, we can have a hundred eyes and ensure there is no place for traffickers to hide. This includes travelling ticket examiners on the actual trains.

Your support is so important to enable us to reach out to even more cjildren and make life safer for all of them.

Thank you so much!

Priya and Raju

Links:

• Our Website

Namaste,

Here is hoping as the New Year approaches that the New year is a happy and peaceful one for you and your family.

Here at the centre, we are as busy as ever.  As you know we are almost every month becoming more proactive in our work particularly regarding trafficked children and with girls. If you don't know already, we have a sister project on GlobalGiving which helps fund craft training and support for girls, which you can find below,

https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/girl-power-helping-girls-recover-from-abuse/

I also want to mention that we are the centre of child line in Gaya District. Any child in trouble or distress or who needs help and advice can ring the toll-free number 1098 for immediate advice and assistance. This number works all over India and I would to use this report to ask all tourists and visitors to India to not walk away if they see any sign of abuse or mistreatment of children anywhere in the country. Pick up your phone, people like us are waiting to respond to your call.

Here is a message from one of the children,

"Before we had no protection, we were at the mercy of everyone now help is only a phone call away. We know people will help and protect us, we are all safer because somebody cares and looks out for us. Thank you for helping to keep Rescue Junction open for help education and care. We will always be grateful"

If I might I would like to mention our special appeal. Related to Rescue Junction but a separate appeal, you can find it here,

https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/help-the-victims-of-child-slavery-in-india

Just to be clear if you donate or are donating ( special thanks and appreciation to our regular donors) all of your money will go directly to support the children . We don’t deduct anything from all of our GlobalGiving donations…. it’s the children’s money. 

I will finish this update with a comment from one of our regular students,
who previously lived on the station, ( I have changed his name only). These
are his words,

"Before Rescue Junction was here we were at the mercy of god. Now we have
somewhere safe to go, somewhere that protects us from harm , gives us food
and education, and that thing I thought only others received , love and
kindness ".

"Thank you to everybody who has helped us".

 “Thank you” !!

Pramod (age 11)

Please help us help a child like the one below, 

Until next time,

God Bless you all,

Priya

Links:

• Our Website