Rescue Junction supports street children in India

Hello Everybody! Greetings from everybody at Rescue Junction! In this update I want to tell you a story , the Jaipur Bangle factory story, It is a story of systematic organised child labour ,of the buying and selling of children, some as young as seven and the slavery of young people just for the purpose making a...

Hi Everyone, I hope this report finds you all well! One of the problems here in India especially here in Bihar is child trafficking. I will let one of the boys pictured above speak for himself, “A man came to our village, he promised us work in a factory very far away, he said we would only have to work for two hours...

Hi Everybody, May I send our very best compliments of the season to you all from everyone here at Rescue Junction. Here the nights are already becoming cool, and soon will become bitterly cold for a few weeks or so. Of course street children and those living in simple shelters are most vulnerable, particularly young...

Hi Everyone!! I hope this report finds you and your family all well. Nowadays Rescue Junction is extremely busy and with our new links with the national agency childline we are getting referrals from all over India, trafficked lost missing and children rescued from child labour. We have reunited 10 children from one place...

Hi Everyone. Firstly I should mention our esteemed chairman, Mr Deepak Kumar, ( twice  Bodhgaya Rotary Club Chairman and member of various local committees including one against child labour ) received a " Gem of the Nation" award from the former president of India, Dr Kalam in front of 3,000 people in Patna, the...

This update is a little bit different from usual, it is a letter received from a participant in our village experience programme held every year. Volunteers get a chance to work alongside our staff in all of our projects. Shaun refers to Nick and Deepak in the letter, they are the co founders of the Charity. Aap Kaise Hai?...

Hello everyone. I hope this update from People First finds you well and that the New Year has got off to a promising start for you and your family. We have had even by our standards an exceptionally busy start to the New Year, as followers of our Facebook page ( the link is below) will already know we were honoured by a...

Hello Everyone! I hope the New Year brings joy for you and your family! The cold winter months are here in Bihar now, and the welcoming warmth of Rescue Junction saves many children's lives at this time of year. I wanted to tell you all an amazing story, sometimes we wonder what we will see come through the door...

Dear Friends and Supporters, May I send my very best compliments of the season to you all from here in Bihar India. There is much to report from Rescue Junction. Firstly we hope to be in the future the centre in our for the free child line service in our area. It is a great compliment to be recommended for this vital...

Dear Friends and Supporters, I am sure you are aware our work can sometimes be difficult but we are both determined and dedicated in our task. You remember the previous story of trafficked children being stopped at Gaya Junction?. Well based on information received a raid was conducted on the factory in Jaipur Rajasthan by...

Greetings to all our friends and supporters, I just wanted to keep you all up to date with all the news from Rescue Junction, Seven children were found on Gaya Station who were being trafficked for work in a factory at Rajasthan. After receiving extensive counseling, and securing follow up support from the local...

Hi Everyone, This is Sunita with another update for our kind hearted and generous supporters on Global Giving. It was our pleasure to welcome volunteers from the Trusts Village Experience Programme to Rescue Junction Recently You can see some " dance therapy" in action with the volunteers at the centre by clicking on the...

Greetings to all our supporters! The worst of the summer heat has gone but the welcome dmonsoon rains have faltered. Here at Rescue Junction, lost and missing children continue to come to the centre and a little deaf boy who cannot remember how he got to Gaya was recently united with his family. We continue our...

Greetings to you all  from everyone here at Rescue Junction. Is it really 12 weeks since our last update?, The Title of this report is a direct quote from a recent visitor, a supporter to Rescue Junction from our visitors book. Just to remind you of all the services the Gaya Rescue Project at our centre Rescue...

Warm Greetings, from all of us at Rescue Junction. Through all of the regular updates I hope you all have come to understand the very important and unique work of the Gaya Rescue Project. It is remarkable and please forgive me for repeating this fact, that although the State Welfare Department has recognized our work by...

Greetings to you all! I want to tell you the story of a boy called Devnandan. Devnandan has lived on the station for as long as he can remember, physically challenged with the loss of an arm in childhood in a freak accident with a thresher mill, he sweeped trains and begged to survive from day to day with little future...

Greetings to all our supporters, we hope this update finds you well Do you remember two very small girls were found abandoned on the station on two separate occasions? After extensive efforts including a lot of publicity we were unable to locate their families, sadly it seems as if they were left on purpose. Rescue...

May we send our heartfelt thanks and greetings with compliments of the season from Rescue Junction in Bihar. Let me bring you up to date with all the latest news from the project. During the past weeks many missing children have come through the doors of Rescue Junction, but Rescue Junction is there for other vulnerable...

The Gaya Rescue Project continues to offer shelter care and a safe environment for children who simply do not have any other place to go. This update contains just two stories of some of the children who have come through the centre recently. With your help we can its doors open. This is the sad story of Pramilla,...

Bill Brower is a Field Program Officer with GlobalGiving who is visiting our partners’ projects throughout South and Southeast Asia. On June 4th he visited People First’s Rescue Junction in Gaya, India. His “Postcard” from the visit: Nick Hansen of People First had the same reaction I did to seeing shabby-looking...

It was a pleasure to welcome Bill Brower Field Officer for Global Giving to Rescue Junction recently. Global Giving is a key part of our fund raising strategy, Bill wrote in the visitors book at Rescue Junction, "I am impressed with how thoroughly records are kept and the organisations obvious dedication to the...

This story indicates how many children in India have such tough lives. Our next update will include the outcome of this story as rescue efforts are well underway. One important piece of news is that the work of Rescue Junction has been recognised by the Government of Bihar, this does not mean funding only recognition of the...

Firstly, the link address for our website on the Global Giving page is wrong. We have tried to correct it using the project updating pages and in fact the address is listed on those pages is the correct one www.peoplefirstindia.net. PROGRESS REPORT Much development has taken place at the centre. The new...

As part of the work of Rescue Junction we are the only non profit, or NGO, that works in in the one facility for children that the state provides in six districts, the childrens jail which is for boys only. Although some residents of the home have committed serious crimes many have commiitted very small offences or no...

I thought you would like to see these photos of warm blankets being distributed at Rescue Junction. We aim to make sure that all street children who come to our centre get all the care they need.