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
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Mother of dead United Kingdom girl fears Goa police may charge her
The mother of a British teenager who was raped and murdered last month in Goa said on March 12 that she was worried at the possibility of police charging her with neglect for leaving her daughter alone.
Scarlett Keeling, 15, was found dead on a beach in Goa in February. At the time, her mother was away in Karnataka, according to police.
"I am worried at these reports. The police are deflecting the real issue and taking the focus away by saying that I neglected my daughter which is not true," Fiona MacKeown told Reuters from Goa.
"She was not alone and was under the care of a very responsible person. The police are only trying to cover up the case and I don't have any faith in them."
A police officer said charging MacKeown for neglect was a possibility but declined to say anything more.
"There are provisions under Indian laws to charge her with neglect," said Kishan Kumar, a senior police officer handling the case. "That is a possibility, but we are not saying anything more now".
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Scarlett Keeling, 15, was found dead on a beach in Goa in February. At the time, her mother was away in Karnataka, according to police.
"I am worried at these reports. The police are deflecting the real issue and taking the focus away by saying that I neglected my daughter which is not true," Fiona MacKeown told Reuters from Goa.
"She was not alone and was under the care of a very responsible person. The police are only trying to cover up the case and I don't have any faith in them."
A police officer said charging MacKeown for neglect was a possibility but declined to say anything more.
"There are provisions under Indian laws to charge her with neglect," said Kishan Kumar, a senior police officer handling the case. "That is a possibility, but we are not saying anything more now".
To read the full article, click here..
To read the ePaper, visit: http://www.newsindia-times.com
Labels: British teenager, Fiona MacKeown, Goa, Keeling's case, Scarlett Keeling, United Kingdom
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