Sharon Welfare Society began work in 2007 to give childhood back to the children on the streets and living in slums. Our first home, started with six children. The numbers slowly grew with the magnitude of the problem.
We opened our second children home in 2017. But there’s only so many children we could reach with our homes. There were many more still in the streets, especially in the cities. These shelters provide direct support to children at particular risk in our surrounding areas.
Through our shelters, we could provide children on the street a safe place to rest, have a shower and a hot meal. Our intention, through the shelters is to first tackle the basics but to gradually get the children to take up education by enrolling them in private school for primary education and government schools for secondary education in the locality. Skills training is also provided to the children to develop skills that could provide them with profitable business or employment opportunities.
We developed models of grassroots change based on our experience working with street children and addressed higher levels of intervention from education to outreach and advocacy.
As the years rolled by, and our direct experience with the children in the streets and slums increased, we developed models of grassroots change. In 2009 we opened our Special Training Centre (STC) under the NCLP ( National Child Labour Project) an initiative of Ministry of Labour And Employment to eliminate child labour.
In 2014 we were recognized as the Best Ngo for our contribution in elimination of child labour. Through these projects, we aim to help the village communities develop their own villages and improve their living conditions.