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A study of street children in Bombay in 1989 found that 54.5 percent had never been enrolled in school and 66 percent of the children were illiterate. [4] A 2004 study of street children in Bombay revealed that circumstances were largely the same: 60 percent of the children had never attended school and approximately two-thirds were illiterate. [8]
Krishna and Sola Saal in Salaam Bombay! Most of the film Salaam Bombay! was shot on Falkland Road, a red light district in Kamathipura, Bombay. [9] The child actors in the film were real street children. The cast received drama training at a workshop in Bombay before they appeared in the film.
Homeless youth are often called street kids, or urchins; the definition of street children is contested, but many practitioners and policymakers use UNICEF's concept of boys and girls, aged under 18 years, for whom "the street" (including unoccupied dwellings and wasteland) has become home and/or their source of livelihood, and who are ...
Street children often have bad performance and behavior issues in school and may eventually drop out, leading to low literacy. [6] They are stripped of their right to education and recreation. [8] This ties into a cycle perpetuating poverty and homelessness. Street children have more physical and mental health issues than non-street children. [5]
SBT contact point for street children on a platform from New Delhi Railway Station. Originally established in 1988 to rehabilitate the children who appeared in the film, Salaam Bombay! (1988) in Mumbai, Salaam Baalak Trust started working in 1989, and by 2005 it had 17 centres for street child throughout India. [2]
Many of these children are born in, or migrate to, India's urban centres. Pune has about 8.000 street children, and Mumbai, with a population of over 20 million inhabitants, has close to 100.000 street children. These children improvise a living by begging, collecting and selling scrap and waste, brushing shoes and other forms of child labour.
Pratham started by holding balwadis (pre-education classes) for children in Mumbai's slums. Volunteers were recruited to teach in spaces within communities, including temples, offices, and even people's homes. The Pratham pre-school classes multiplied and were replicated in other locations. [6] Pre-school class, Mumbai, India, August–November ...
Bombay Scottish School, Powai; B P M High School; Campion School, Mumbai; Cathedral and John Connon School; Children's Academy; Christ Church School; Cosmopolitan High School; C P Goenka International School; Dayanand Anglo Vedic Public School, Airoli; Dhirubhai Ambani International School; Don Bosco High School, Matunga; Dr. Antonio Da Silva ...