Need For More Welfare Programs For Poor Children

Remember the particular scene from the Hindi movieThe state administration as well as the society needs
Munnabhai M.B.B.S (2003), where the Japanese touristto design child development programs and work for
was demanding to see poor and hungry people,welfare of poor children. The administration is working
whom he would have liked to click on his camera.towards that goal, but in a country like India with
May be that Japanese tourist was not able to locateover a billion populations, need for social service is
them, but for any one coming to or anyone living inrequired to a greater extent.
India the sight of poor, destitute people is a commonEducation is the key for future success. If the
sight. Near every religious place, traffic signals,drop-out rate of students from schools keeps
roadside stalls etc. one can see destitute people,increasing, it would be bad for the future the country.
especially poor children, either begging or peddlingSo there is urgent need for setting-up more
small stuffs. Sometimes one wonders how this iseducation societies that would provide free education
possible. Isn't the economic prosperity, as reported,and other facilities like food, clothes, medicine to the
percolating down social ladder? Probably our economychildren coming from poor families, so that their
is still not married to our society which would havefamilies don't feel the burden of their education. Along
led to the welfare of entire nation and not just ofwith education if some vocational training is provided,
few people who are benefiting from the economicthese children can have a decent living after their
boom. But whatever is the reason or circumstance, aeducation is complete or they can simultaneously
society needs to come up with solution to alleviatework if the skills that they will develop as result of
the problems of those who are not fortunatethe provided training. Thus school will sound lucrative
enough.option to parents of the poor children to ensure a
Have anyone noticed the rising number of poorgood future for their kids.
children running about begging, peddling stuffs,Keeping all these ideas in mind Baba Amar Singh Ji
working at construction sites or roadside stalls. Whyfounded Guru Nanak Garib Niwaz Education Society in
so many children in India meet such fate? Isn't our2006 for the children of the poor. Here the children
government is working and spending enough on childcoming from poor families are provided free
development programs. There are pure economiceducation, food, and study kits which include books,
factors that decide the fate of the children comingcopy, and pen. They are also provided with free
from poor families, especially those who aremedical and transport facilities, and vocational training,
below-the -poverty-line. Like the recent inflation isthus providing the entire infrastructure needed for
also forcing the poor parents to take the child out ofchild development. The success of the school can be
the school and put them to work, so that little morenoticed by the rise in the number of students coming
money could be earned to make the both the endsto enroll themselves. In 2006 there were just a
meet. The children of such families are the mostdozen of students registered which have increased
deprived because they are not offered anyto over 300.
opportunity to choose about what they have to do.