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India is one of the most highly populated and poorest country in the world. It is estimated that one million children become orphans every year. These children are vulnerable and share a common story: a life of poverty, malnutrition, social exclusion, illiteracy and exploitation.

Poverty is an acute and widespread condition for most of India's 375 million children. 50% of India's total population lives below the poverty line. They lack food, clean water, adequate housing, clothing and proper work conditions. According to statistics, 5.6 million children die every year because of malnutrition.

Children from poor families start to work from a very young age and most likely do not receive proper education. Any money which poor families have is used for food and survival.

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11 million children are on the streets of India. Often, Children come from a very difficult background such as abject poverty & parental abuse. To escape the harsh reality, they choose to live on the streets where they get even more neglected, malnourished, exploited and abused.