Voice
India
| Children/Education
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In its first year, VOICE taught only a handful of children on a railway platform the basics of the three Rs: reading, writing, and arithmetic. There are now 250 children who participate in VOICE’s programs, and of these 250, VOICE has been able to enroll 153 into the local schools. Four of these students topped their respective classes this year showing what street children can do if only given the chance and the proper support. Almost all of VOICE’s students have also given up begging. VOICE now offers 10 different programs to its students to embrace many different aspects of their life to help shape them into complete individuals. Of the many children to whom we have reached out over the past thirteen years, 4000 have acquired a basic literacy and are learning/have learnt vocational skills. Most importantly however, they have learned the values that will enable them to live in society, rather than on its fringes. Now into its thirteenth year, VOICE continues its outreach with the belief that the potential of every child is limited only by the education, love and opportunities that we can give him/her. Our experience shows that by delaying entry into the labour force and acquiring schooling, children are becoming more productive and will eventually be better able to control their lives. VOICE focuses on the entire child and is involved with improving the child mentally, physically and spiritually.
