Nearly one in 10 children are subjected to child labour worldwide, with some forced into hazardous work through trafficking. Almost half of them are in hazardous work that directly endangers their health and development. Children are the greatest gift to humanity and they hold…
World Day against Child Labour!
The ripple effect of Sponsorship – Kindness begets kindness
Anusha, a 22 year old girl from Bellary is a bright and successful IT professional who swears to help children in need as much as possible. She is an inspiration not only to her family but also to children in…
One Step at a Time: Amrit’s Journey
“Mom, can I go out and meet my friends?’’ asks Amrit, as she sits on her bed, combing her hair. Her mother is in the kitchen preparing breakfast for her father, who drives an electric rickshaw. Hearing this, her father…
From Hard Labour to School
Rajveer dropped out of school at 13 in 2019. He was in the 8th standard because he had to walk 2km to the nearest high school. But it was not just the hard ordeal of walking to school that made…
Mending Hurt and Building Back Confidence at the REC
An alley separates Kajal’s house from the Remedial Education Centre (REC), run by World Vision India. Kajal, 11, and the other children take turns reciting the timetable. Their sound echoes in the alley outside. When Kajal first attended the REC…
A go-getter guiding the next generation
Twenty-year-old, former sponsored child Sneha is a first-generation college graduate who lives with her parents, two brothers, and grandfather in a rented house in Mumbai. Her father, Umashankar, is the breadwinner of the family and has a small business repairing…
A Small Town Girl with Big Dreams
Ramanjit Kaur (21) takes the bus to Faridkot at around 9 am. It takes her half an hour to reach the city. She carries a rucksack with her lunch, which her mom had packed. Her mother and her niece see…
Born to Soar High
“If World Vision didn’t organise those meetings for my parents, I may have been married off as a child,” says Khushbu, a 19-year-old girl from urban slum pockets of Gurgaon in India. This region in India still has one of…
From Darkness to Light
(Trigger Warning: Sexual abuse/assault/trauma) ‘’I never thought I would be able to escape this place… I wondered if I would ever see my mother’s face again,’’ says 16-year-old Aamal* a trafficking survivor. After months of being trapped in a red-light…
Timely Intervention Thwarts Child Trafficking
Savi, 14, her sister Sonali, 17 and their friend Rashmi, 17 were in a bus bound for Motihari, 450 km from Siliguri, West Bengal. It was Savi’s first trip outside the state and the girls were excited about it. Savi’s…