Overview
Overview
Social Initiatives
Help for street children in India
Food, education and the chance for a better life
More than ten million people live in the city of Mumbai (formerly Bombay) — an environment in which the weak and helpless can quickly fall by the wayside. This includes thousands of children who have to live on the streets. Bayer India and the Voice organization it supported have helped many of these street children to lead a better life.
Voice stands for Voluntary Organization in Community Enterprise. Volunteers from this organization provide the children with the basic necessities of life, giving them food, shelter and clothing. But that's not all: the aid workers recognize that their efforts offer long-term perspectives when the children also receive practical training.
Thanks in part to financial assistance from Bayer, Voice has been able to provide support that goes beyond just the basic necessities. The aid workers from Voice have provided the street children with educational care — including the lesson that the street is not an irreversible fate for these young boys and girls.
Voice stands for Voluntary Organization in Community Enterprise. Volunteers from this organization provide the children with the basic necessities of life, giving them food, shelter and clothing. But that's not all: the aid workers recognize that their efforts offer long-term perspectives when the children also receive practical training.
Thanks in part to financial assistance from Bayer, Voice has been able to provide support that goes beyond just the basic necessities. The aid workers from Voice have provided the street children with educational care — including the lesson that the street is not an irreversible fate for these young boys and girls.
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