Rescuing Railway Children

Reuniting Families from India's Railway Platforms

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Social Work
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Author: Malcolm Harper, Lalitha Iyer ISBN: 9788132118114
Publisher: SAGE Publications Publication: September 30, 2013
Imprint: Sage Publications Pvt. Ltd Language: English
Author: Malcolm Harper, Lalitha Iyer
ISBN: 9788132118114
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Publication: September 30, 2013
Imprint: Sage Publications Pvt. Ltd
Language: English

Rescuing Railway Children focuses on runaway children in India who have used trains to take them away from home, and who live on railway station platforms and in trains. It presents the issues and challenges of reaching out to these ‘railway children’, particularly through the experiences of Sathi, an NGO based in Bangalore. This organisation has chosen to work with children on railway platforms across India with the intention of reuniting them with families wherever possible. 

The book deals with platform outreach and focuses on shelters close to the stations. The reuniting process is examined from a practical as well as a child-rights perspective. It expands the horizons of analysis by presenting the system prevailing in the UK as a counterpoint, thus highlighting the concerns and current thinking on institutional care and fostering at an international level.

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Rescuing Railway Children focuses on runaway children in India who have used trains to take them away from home, and who live on railway station platforms and in trains. It presents the issues and challenges of reaching out to these ‘railway children’, particularly through the experiences of Sathi, an NGO based in Bangalore. This organisation has chosen to work with children on railway platforms across India with the intention of reuniting them with families wherever possible. 

The book deals with platform outreach and focuses on shelters close to the stations. The reuniting process is examined from a practical as well as a child-rights perspective. It expands the horizons of analysis by presenting the system prevailing in the UK as a counterpoint, thus highlighting the concerns and current thinking on institutional care and fostering at an international level.

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