- Asia
Education paves the way to a brighter future
The street children in Delhi earn their living by begging, collecting rubbish and doing all kinds of odd jobs, as mobile traders and sometimes also by prostitution. With a daily wage of between 30 cents and 1 euro, they not only finance themselves, but often also their parents and siblings.
While education and a school-leaving certificate are the basis for a better life, parents whose children are the first generation in their family to learn how to read, write and do maths, are unable to support them with their studies. Furthermore, there is often a lack of understanding that learning requires time and space. Social workers support the children and young people by teaching them in small groups and providing them learning materials that are relevant to their lives.
Psychosocial support
The social workers also provide psychosocial support. For example, by telling street children stories, they help them take their minds off their life on the streets.
The children's successes give them strength and confidence in their own abilities. The street children can support the work of the social workers as "buddies" at contact points. They specifically approach other street children and help them to become part of the project.
Every child has the same rights – worldwide
Children's rights are human rights, and putting them into practice is becoming more widely accepted throughout the world. Thanks to your support, street children can find safe havens and, with a good education, lead a self-determined life.
What we can achieve together
- Around 800 children receive regular lessons or support at the "contact points".
- Crime prevention: around 50 young people take part in confidence-building measures, sports and cultural activities.
- Fifty families are supplied with food.
- A hotline is available for children to ask for help.
Sometimes we receive more donations for a project than was granted to the legal holder of the respective project. The projects listed here are examples of the work Misereor supports all over the world. If donations for a project exceed the amount granted to its legal holder, we allocate the surplus to other projects with a similar concept.
Our local partner organisations
Butterflies
In its educational work, the Butterflies project, founded in 1986 to help street children in India, focuses primarily on children's and young people's own initiatives and co-determination.
Miriam Thiel
Donor Communications
- Telephone
- +49 241 442506
- miriam.thiel@misereor.de
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