Rescue Junction Supports Street Children in India

Namaste everyone from Rescue Junction,

Hope this mail finds you and your family well.

We have been very busy here during the time of festivals, of course we maintain our  child services 24/7 365 through every holiday, and of course your support helps make this possible.

If you are thinking about making a donation however small may I gently remind you that on December 2nd and 3rd December GlobalGiving are running a bonus donation scheme adding to the amout of donations made so that would be a great time to donate. 

Here are a couple of stories,

Rithik 11 years old- A cruel stepmother

Rithik’s father remarried and moved away from his home village. His new stepmother regularly beat him for the crime of trying to go to school instead of doing housework. Unable to bear the constant abuse he ran away and was spotted on the station by a member of our staff alone and crying. He was bought to the protective care of the Junction where our case workers are considering the best options for him.

Ajit 12 years old – working his childhood away at 18 hours a day  

An orphan Ajit (a street child) was captured by child traffickers who sold him to a factory owner where he was made to work from 6am to 11am every single day except Sunday for which he was never paid he got only basic food.  He tried to run away and was beaten, after which he was chained to his bed at night. He managed to use a co- worker’s phone and phoned the toll free childline number which he had seen in a discarded newspaper at the factory. As a resukt of his call within 48 hours over 50 children were rescued from the factory in a police raid and the owners are in custody.

Please help us continue our important work, and we thank you for your support We have changed the names of these children according to our best practices protocol.

With thanks and appreciation to all our supporters,

Gopa 

 

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