Night Shelter for Street Children Inaugurated
It
was a delight to watch sixty street children perform, to
see the light in their eyes and the glow of happiness on
their face when UMANG a project undertaken by CNI-SSI to
cater to the need of a night shelter for street children
in Nagpur was inaugurated by Mr. K R P Kosala, Treasurer
of Church of North India Synod and CNI-SSI on 13th
October 2006 at CNI-SSI premises at Nagpur. The children
who have been brought to UMANG have seen and suffered
the brutalities of living on a street. Now that they
have come to UMANG, their rights to shelter, food,
education as well as protection from abuse and
exploitation would now be taken care by UMANG.
Present on the occasion, Bishop Paul Dupare, Bishop C.
K. Das, Bishop P C Singh, Mr. Sudipta Singh and Mr.
Parate (Deputy Collector of Nagpur) congratulated the
CNI-SSI for this wonderful project to minister to
children particularly those of the streets and
pavements. Mr. Sudipta Singh reiterating the core belief
of CNI that all children have the right to shelter, food
and decent livelihood, commended the initiative of CNI-SSI
and emphasized the fact that it is imperative on the
part of government as well as the NGOs to device plans
of rehabilitation for these children.
Children have equal rights and responsibilities like all
other citizens. Therefore, every Indian should dream of
an India in which every child has a roof over his head,
an India in which no child goes hungry, an India where
every child can go to school, an India which will ensure
that all children have the opportunity to learn, to
play, to be healthy and to live a life of dignity and
self-respect. UMANG will address the root causes of
street children and not just their superficial
manifestations. We request the recipients of this e-news
to fulfill the UMANG (desire) of the street children.
