Help where it can make a difference
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Although HELP A POOR CHILD has its clearly defined projects, it sizes on opportunities where it can make a difference. Examples of such help have been the regular Book Distribution programmes to large groups of children representing multi-ethnic communities enabling some poor children show an interest in education and for others to resume their studies, which they had abandoned.
Other examples have included HELP A POOR CHILD identifying children with severe disabilities and purchasing for them wheel chairs, which has made a huge difference in their lives. A life without independent mobility means that disabled children essentially miss out on their childhood and it diminishes their life chances, adding to the terrible conditions in which they already live.
HELP A POOR CHILD has also been involved in one off projects of varying types, but of having the same objective of making a difference.
The renovating of toilets at a school of 900 poor children was a welcome experience for them, particularly the girls and teachers who had been using toilets, which were in an appalling and dilapidated condition. The repair work had been overdue by several years. As a result of the poor sanitary conditions, the children’s health were exposed to risks of infections and illness. This project has already seen the instant benefit to the children from the complete renovating of the toilets.
A Boarding Hostel housing 125 poor tribal boys had to be rebuilt following severe damage caused by floods. The Building has three “Halls” for Junior, Intermediate and Senior boys and are used by them to study and sleep. HELP A POOR CHILD helped with the construction of one of the Halls, enabling the Hostel to resume its programme of helping the poor tribal boys.