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CINI
ASHA has mainstreamed over 10,000 children into formal schools,
both residential and non-residential. The majority of these
children are from the slums, squatter colonies, railway
platforms and red light areas.
The 'Adopt
A Street Child' Programme is an
attempt to provide necessary educational support for two years to different
categories of children in difficult circumstances so that they
can continue with their education and create an impact in the
community they belong to. Sponsors for this programme can be an
individual, a family or an institution. This sponsorship should
not be considered as adoption of the child, as the child
continues to live with his/her family or in an institution where he/she
has been placed.
Children belonging to the
high-risk group, especially street children with or without
parents and children of sex workers may need to be placed in a
set up away from their vulnerable environment, preferably in
residential schools. Support for this group of children includes
school fees, boarding fees, tuition fees, uniforms and necessary
educational materials.
Children from the slums and
squatter colonies living with their parents (single or both)
would require support for school fees, and/or necessary
educational materials, uniform.
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