Mumbai is one of the 4 major Metropolitan cities of India with a population of 24 million people. There are 3,00,000 street children living on the streets of Mumbai. With all the help provided to these children it is estimated that only 15,000 of them receive any kind of attention and care. Vision Rescue is a non-profit, registered charity involved in feeding, providing non-formal education, medical help, skill training and other kinds of help to the addicted and abused street children.To rescue the people on the streets who are addicted, marginalized, harassed and abused by giving them food, clothing, education, counseling and rehabilitation so that they
can live with dignity and respect.“Little did I know what I was putting my foot into, regarding the deep waters of the needs and challenges of the city of Mumbai. Though the images of the children on the streets would haunt me, I never thought it would make any difference even if I tried to help a few of the hundreds and thousands of street children in Mumbai. I kept holding myself back from this enormous need standing out like a huge scar on the face! Until....
One day a friend of mine told me about a newspaper cutting he had seen, there was a picture of a 3 year old boy lying next to a dog. Looking closely at the picture one could figure out that the little boy was drinking the milk of that dog!! The caption given under the picture read "This dog is his mother". When i heard this, that was it!
I decided that i was going to do something about this and not just turn away from the horrendous conditions of these children. If i could make a diffrence in the life of 'one' of these kids, if i could keep 'one' child from drinking the dog's milk, 'one' child death due to starvation and malnutrition, i would do it!
Now the excitement of the possiblities and the avenues available to change the destiny of people thrills my every moment!"
Biju Thampy
(Founder - Vision Rescue)
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