Ashalayam, the House of Hope

To offer a future to the street children of Calcutta, the association Ashalayam has opened twenty boarding schools and four night shelters. 550 children have now gone back to school or are currently learning a profession. They play cricket and rugby. They are learning to get up early again. They can (...)

Emergency service for child victims of sex offences

In hospitals, an emergency service is being set up to listen to children who are victims of sex offences. In 1999, the association 'The Child's Voice' opened, in the pediatric unit of a hospital in Béziers, the first medico-legal unit for child victims of sex offences. The idea is to provide (...)