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Help Educate Street Children in India

Hundreds of Indian children spend their childhood in trash, working for their next meal. They pick out paper envelopes, discarded coffee cups, cans and glass bottles out of waste dumps to sell to recyclers and use the money they get to feed themselves. This not only deprives them of a chance to get a quality education – which is their only way out of poverty – but also exposes them to serious illness.

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These children are the concern of the Chintan Environmental Research and Action Group, a new AP partner in India. Chintan seeks to get these young recyclers off of the streets, out of the trash dumps, and into learning centers where they can prepare for admission into municipal schools. Chintan also gives the really poor children money to buy food.


You can help! A small donation goes a long way: 

• $10 will buy warm clothes for a child for a year
• $25 will keep a child in a learning center for a month
• $250 will pay for the job training for a child for a year

Please give generously to our appeal and share this page with your friends. If you want to give in honor of a loved one, donate then download this document to personalize for your recipient. All funds raised will go to the young recyclers.

Thank you!

For more information about India and Chintan visit: Chintan's partner page AP's resource section on India

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