Support International Street Children Day

Posted On : January 15, 2013 Published By : Muse

International Day for Street Children – Show Your Support Today

With an estimated 100 million street children around the world, a new campaign to establish an annual International Day for Street Children is being launched by the Consortium for Street Children, supported by international insurance group Aviva. Show your support today

Special Feature

A day with a street child

Deepchand at the Aviva Street to School centre in Delhi - The International Day For Street Children

Deepchand is just 14 and lives on the streets in Delhi. Gill Martin spent a day with him and also met children on the streets in Glasgow to find out why there’s such a need for The International Day for Street Children.

Street Children – A Global Issue

Helping children all over the world

Children sleep on pavements and building sites in Delhi

Children sleep on pavements and building sites in Delhi

Whether in Delhi or Doncaster, Gujarat or Glasgow the street children of the world face similar problems and need similar strategies.

Special Report

Street children

Street child receiving lessons at the Aviva Street to School centre in Delhi

Focusing on a group of children who live on the streets in Delhi and Glasgow. Gill Martin reports.

Street to School

Aviva Street to School

Aviva Street to School: the charity partnership programme that aims to help 500,000 street children back into education

Aviva Street to School is the insurance group’s international charity partnership programme that aims to help 500,000 street children back into education and training by 2015.

International Day For Street Children

International Day for Street Children

Street children in Glasgow - International Day for Street Children

The first International Day for Street Children was launched by the Consortium for Street Children.

Video

Street children in India

Street children video

Listen to the street children whose voices need to be heard and are the inspiration behind the International Day for Street Children.

Picture Gallery

Street children in Scotland

Street children picture gallery

View more of our images from the Telegraph’s visit to street children projects in Delhi and Glasgow.

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