By Yvonne Neuman | Founder VITAL
In December 2019 4 members of the VITAL team visited the railway children at Mallickpur. The children were excited to see us giving us gifts of handmade origami flowers whilst they enjoyed our gifts of emoji balloons.
We are pleased to report that a total number of 498 street children have been connected through outreach activities receiving provided services of access to safe space, education, health and care facilities. While those children are kept in track, 262 more children have been connected in the second year through outreach activities, making the total number of children outreached at the end of two years, 760.
The need to create a safe space at Mallikpur was of utmost importance. The close connectivity of the community children to the station made their situation immensely vulnerable. Children were observed wandering, begging, working, playing and spending time on the platforms without any adult to supervise their movement. It was clear from their situation that they had no one to look after them at home while their parents were away to earn a living. Some came to work so as to support their families. Most of them were not school goers and hence whiled away time in the station for long hours.
In the last project period, 246 children connected to Mallikpur Railway station have been accessing the safe space at Mallikpur regularly.
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