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What do we do?
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SKCV Children's Trust helps street children
in South India who have no other form of support. Through SKCV
Street Child Rescue Projects, multitudes of deprived youngsters are gaining a new self-confidence and self-esteem, which is
enabling their inborn talents and capabilities to unfold naturally.
Who are Street Children?
Street Children are those
unfortunate children:
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who have only intermittent contact with parents or family (usually
mother or sisters) but live most of the time with other children
in the city streets, or are on the move. {There are numerous
reasons for a child to leave home}
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who have
been literally abandoned by their parents/relatives, found themselves on
the street from the beginning because of family problems, or have chosen
to leave
home due to some kind of constant abuse.
Those who have run
away from home can be separated into two categories:
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Those who have an unpleasant or traumatic home environment,
including child abuse.
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Those that experience family problems they are unable to solve:
i.e., alcoholism, child abuse, ill treatment by stepparents,
HIV/AIDS, unemployment and poverty. Their tolerance level has been far
exceeded, leading to the drastic decision to leave their family
and home to become street children.
An SKCV Profile
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A registered Charitable Trust in
India, UK and Holland, the Trust works DIRECTLY
with kids who have no other form of support. SKCV is presently running/planning seven
major child development Street Children Rescue Centres in South India. They are:
1. A Night Shelter and Day Care Centre for children
still on the streets
2. A 24 hour
Three Ward Charitable
Hospital with emergency facility
3. A Non Formal School for
street children (with three annexes)
4. A Residential and Day Care Centre
for Street Girls
5. Two Comprehensive Children's Villages
with complete facilities for both girls and boys
6. An Organic Farm & Dairy Project managed by street children
7.
Comprehensive Vocational Training
Programmes for older children especially computer training.
Local Coordination
Our organisation is
jointly successful in setting up, and supporting, Child Line free
booth (Dial 1098) on Vijayawada Railway Station for earliest
intervention for runaway children and street kids in India. This was achieved through proper
and ongoing sensitisation of Railway and Police authorities.
We are also successful in encouraging the District Collector,
Police Commissioner, Municipal Commissioner, Mayor, Dty. Mayor,
Assistant Labour Commissioner and other local administrative
authorities to act on the problems of street children as part of
their annual agenda. This includes a considerable specific annual
budget authorised by the local council for street child welfare. We have also set up
and maintain programmes for HIV/AIDS, Non-formal education, the
Girl Child and volunteer work.
A Few Facts
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There are more than 100
million street and working children in India.
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They are eking out a
grim existence in India's towns and cities.
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Children as young as six
have to resort to car washing, begging, carrying luggage,
fetching tea or working in small industries to
support themselves ... and sometimes their families.
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More than 20% of
India’s Gross National Product is produced by children.
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Girls as
young as eight are forced into
prostitution in order to survive.
Contact Information:
Postal address: SKCV Children's Trust,
Ayyadevara Kaleswara Rao Santosh Bhavan,
Gandhinagar, Vijayawada. AP. India.
520003
Telephone:
+91 (0) 866 2571371
FAX:
+91 (0) 866
2573125
Enquiries:
skcv at skcvtrust dot com
Volunteering:
volunteer@skcv.com
Information:
links and resource sheets
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