Wednesday, March 19, 2008
‘Children Walking Tall' helps street children in Goa
There are hundreds of children living in slums and on the streets in Goa alone, and when Robert Lyon came to this tourist haven three years ago, he decided to stay on to look after some of them.
Some are orphans, others runaways, and almost all are not from Goa. So Lyons and his friend Shermina, who came to work with another NGO, decided to set up their own.
They founded Children Walking Tall, and registered in the United Kingdom in 2004 and in India in February 2005.(www.childrenwalkingtall.com)
Along with four local employees and regular volunteers from abroad coming at their own expense, the 35-year-old computer programmer turned social worker continues the work on his own.
With no funding either from international organizations or governments, Lyon currently has seven volunteers from abroad and four permanent staff. Over the last couple of years, they managed to rebuild a shell of a building into a beautiful home for the children and named it Mango House.
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Some are orphans, others runaways, and almost all are not from Goa. So Lyons and his friend Shermina, who came to work with another NGO, decided to set up their own.
They founded Children Walking Tall, and registered in the United Kingdom in 2004 and in India in February 2005.(www.childrenwalkingtall.com)
Along with four local employees and regular volunteers from abroad coming at their own expense, the 35-year-old computer programmer turned social worker continues the work on his own.
With no funding either from international organizations or governments, Lyon currently has seven volunteers from abroad and four permanent staff. Over the last couple of years, they managed to rebuild a shell of a building into a beautiful home for the children and named it Mango House.
To read the full article, click here...
To read the ePaper, visit: http://www.newsindia-times.com
Labels: Goa, india, NGO, Robert Lyon, street childern, United Kingdom
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