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  Child labour is not as rampant in urban areas as it used to be. However, in rural areas, it is a different story. Child labour is one of the core social evils that other evils build upon. Help us stop this vicious cycle and help poor children, by doing child sponsorship and donate online . Walking through the streets of this small city in India, one cannot help but notice little hands picking rags, fixing screws, sharpening metal, selling utensils and many other things. It is hard to fathom children working over twelve hours, doing things that adults are usually seen doing. But here in Meerut, which comprises the highest number of child labourers in the country, this seems to have become normal. Help poor children, donate online and do child sponsorship. Well, here in a small slum community in Meerut, little children like Mohini earn Rs. 10 for stitching a football for over two days. While adults can stitch a football in two hours, children can take up to two days to do the same ...

  One of the biggest hurdles in combating poverty in India is dealing with malnutrition. Malnutrition is a deficiency disease that occurs when children are not provided with sufficient nutrients in their diet. In poorer regions in India, this disease is rampant. Partner with the  best NGO in India , World Vision, and help us save malnourished children and conduct childhood rescue. One of the best NGO in India, World Vision works tirelessly toward helping impoverished communities and conducting childhood rescue. Below is a story from the community, where World Vision India helped save malnourished children through innovative solutions during the difficult times of the pandemic. Kavita Devi was worried because her son Shivam was looking weak, irritable, and malnourished. Under normal circumstances, she would turn to WV India’s Community Health Facilitators (CHFs) who look at the health of children and screen them for malnourishment. But because of COVID-19 the usual screening fo...

Education can move mountains. We’re always taught that the first step toward a better life is education. Help us and  donate online , as we come together to help poor children and underprivileged children in India. Below is a small extract that showcases just how much a little attention and proper educational aid can help poor children. Raj Kumar is a 10-year-old boy studying in Primary school; he lives in a community where WV India works in Fatehpur, Uttar Pradesh. Raj Kumar’s parents are no more in this world; they passed away when he was very small; he is an orphan and lives in his uncle’s house. Being an orphan, there was no one in his family who could guide and support him in his studies even though he showed an interest in his studies. His guardians were not in a position to afford tuition fees or extra coaching for him. Unable to get good guidance and learning support, he was just below an average student in the community; not able to read, write and comprehend his class boo...

  The pandemic resulted in the closure of all the schools in India for an indefinite period of time. Due to this, several children, especially from impoverished backgrounds were forced to engaged in child labour.   Donate online   to help us conduct a nationwide childhood rescue, and send these children back to school.  The closure of schools on the announcement of the nationwide lockdown in 2020 affected about 286 million students in India. Out of this, only 37.6 million were able to continue school online. Ever since the pandemic struck, children from 62% of the households in 14 states across the country dropped out of school of which discontinuation was reported in 67% of the rural households and 55% of the urban households. Most of these students could never return back to school. High dropout rates in India had a severe impact on the well-being of children even before the onset of the global pandemic. As indicated in the Dropout Rate table, the Ministry of Educa...

  According to the ‘State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World, 2020 report’, 189.2 million people are undernourished in India. Help World Vision India  save malnourished children  and donate online to sponsor a child. Here’s a story from the field about Avinash, a formerly malnourished child who is now perfectly healthy! Hale and hearty, three-year-old Avinash runs cheerfully around the lush greenery surrounding his small one-room house in Lowairpoa, Assam. When he was 18 months old, Avinash would hardly sit up, crawl or even attempt to walk. In a health screening conducted during that time, it was found that he weighed only 8.5 kilograms and his Mid-Upper Arm Circumference (MUAC) reading was 11.4 cm, indicating he was severely malnourished and at a serious health risk. The Nutritional Rehabilitation Centre was focused to save malnourished children and so took immediate action. If you donate online and sponsor a child, you too can help out! Read More:  What a...