NAVSARJAN TRUST, SURAT

NAVSARJAN TRUST, SURAT

Nr. R.T.O., Ring Road, SuratPH: ( 0261) 2472226, 2475683

Fax:- ( 0261) 2461324

Director:- Fr. Isaac Rumao S J

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Goal :- To empower the marginalized people

Navsarjan Trust was established in 1986

Navsarjan Trust works in two sectors : Rural and Urban

VISION:- An egalitarian world of justice, peace and prosperity

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Rural Sector

Legal Awareness

Paralegal Training for Grass Root Workers

Grooming of Tribal Advocates

Legal Guidance

Out of court Settlement

People’s Organizations

Support to unorganized Labour

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Urban Sector (Slums)

Women’s AssociationsSelf help groups Educational Programme

Pre-School ( Balwadis)Tuition ClassesTailoring ClassesChild labour rehabilitation Street Children Programme

Rag-pickers AssociationYouth AssociationsLibraries for slum youthLegal Aid

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“An Integrated Programme for Street Children”

Funded ByAlboan, Spain

Implemented By

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Who are these street Children ?

Street children are those who have occasional or no contacts with their family.

They are found in the railway stations, bus-stands, or in the streets

Definition:-

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Mother died, Father married second timeLeft home at the age of 7 due to neglect and violence by Step – mother

Age 17 yrs

From Ratlam, M.P.

Rahul Rajubhai Soni

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Mother Committed suicide. Father was murdered.therefore Orphaned.

Pintu Ranajitbhai Vasava

Age 13 yrs

From Bharuch, Gujarat

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Ran away from home at the age of 6. Because saysHe was forced to attend school with torn uniform.

Rakesh Kishan Dagade

Age 7 yrs

From Palghr, Maharastra

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Says widowed mother was forcing him to work and earn due to poverty at home.

Amit RamjankPrasad Bania

Age 12 yrs

From Delhi

Left home at the age of 9.

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Ran away from home due to constant violence by Drunken father.

Santhosh Brigesh

Age 12 yrs

From UP

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Left home at the age of 8. Says his teacher was beating him constantly.

Raju Rajkumar

Age 14 yrs

From U.P.

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So who is this street child ?

He is a VICTIM

Victim of separated parents

Victim of domestic violenceVictim of dire povertyVictim of uncaring adultsVictim of our prejudicesHe is an orphanHe is an unwanted child

Victim of unloving parents.

Victim of parents marital infidelity

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What happens to this child when he reaches the railway platform ?

His peers bully him.

“Taporis” befriend him for sex.

They use him for drugs trafficking, liquor procurement.

Sex workers use him to procure customers.

Coolies chase them away.

Police kick them

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Pass holders treat them harshly.

General public despises them.

Railway authorities throw them out.

Thus he faces an unkind world.

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Railway station is a fertile ground for all vices.

The children learn all of them.

These vices are:

5. Smoking

6. Pan masala

7. Whitening ink inhaling

8. Cough syrup drinking

1. Stealing2. Cheating

3. Pick pocketing4. Violent fights

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12. Homo-sexuality

14. Trafficking in liquor

15. Trafficking in drug

9. Use Ganja

11. Gardo inhaling

10. Vicks, Nitrogel tablets eating

13. Prostitution

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The circumstances that lead the children in to the hands of anti-socials

a. Absence of securityb. Absence of place to sleep.

c. Absence of regular income

The “Tapories” provide the above, that is

ProtectionFoodEasy income through liquor and drug trafficking

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NAVSARJAN INTERVENS IN THE LIFE OF THESE CHILDREN

OUR EARLY EXPERIENCES

They ran away seeing us on the railway platform

Because

They thought we were Remand home staff come to take them back.

Wearing dirty cloths they were shy to meet us.

No Fixed time to meet the children.

They were free only when trains did not arrive.

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They had no sense of health or hygiene

They had no fear of accidents .

They neglected their safety

They stole from each other.

They fought and cut each other with blade.

They lived on the platform and in the trains

But in illness they help each other.

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The children mistrust everybody

Even after being six months with them they lie about their past, parents, address.

The police were Hostile to the children and to us.

Taporis resented our presence.

Even railway staff did not understand us..

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We took them for picnics.

Our efforts at rapport building .

We organized out-door and indoor games for them.

We celebrated national and religious festivals with them.

We visited the children regularly on the platform.

We invited railway and police authorities to preside over these functions.

Thus we befriended the authorities.

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They even began co operative with us

We conducted painting sessions on the platform.

Seeing us working with the children the pass holdersare less negative toward the children

The police became less harsh.

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NAVSARJAN provides them a Drop-In-Center

Facilities and services at the Drop-In-Center

Place for rest

Boxes to keep belongings

Bathing and washing

Health check ups

T.V., Indoor and out-door games.

Literacy and moral science lessons “Bachat” BankEtc etc……

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Our Learning

The children value their freedom more them anything else.

So refuse regular study, institutionalization.

They have very poor self-image.

They lack self-confidence.

Hence they are rough and with out feeling.

They experience the world as hostile

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They have dreams but are helpless to realize them.

Some of them see no light at the end of the tunnel.

They have not experienced family love and warmth.

“ who will give us jobs”, “who will give us wives”.

They want to be loved and accepted. They dream of normal life.

They long to be in the family

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Job placement difficult due to stigma of being street child.

No child can be totally trusted even by us.

Only love and understanding can win them over.

We experience frustration working with out tangible results.

They long for mothers, sisters love

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India has ratified the convention on the rights of child on December 1992

All children have the rights to

SurvivalDevelopment

ProtectionParticipation

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Thank You