Ensure food, shelter for street children, appeals NGO

TNN | Apr 12, 2020, 04:04 IST

Gorakhpur: Even as the street children in Gorakhpur face hunger, unhygienic conditions and a high risk of getting coronavirus infection during the lockdown, Gorakhpur-based organisation, Safe Society, has appealed to Gorakhpur residents to distribute essential commodities among them.
Ahead of the International Street Children’s Day on Sunday, the NGO has urged people through social media to give food, soap and water to street children in their areas, and also inform the administration so that shelter homes can be set up for them.
“Since lockdown, we have spotted 100 street children in various localities of Gorakhpur and managed to provide them food. In our next step, we will include potable water and soap in our relief packages. During the lockdown, it is difficult to find them as they are hiding in shelters, deprived of basic amenities,” said a Safe Society member, Vaibhav.
“Today we spotted four children near Tarang overbridge and provided them with food. If city residents come forward and inform the administration or police about street children in their areas, they can be saved from hunger and the Covid-19 pandemic,” Vaibhav added. “We have also requested the administration to set up shelter homes for them,” he added.