Children Development Khazana in Leh to secure kids future.Byline: ANI Leh, Mar 30 (ANI): A bank run for street children at Leh in Kashmir has enabled them to become self- reliant. A non-government organisation called Leh Nutrition Project started the Children Development Khazana (Bal Vikas Bank) in 2005 with the support of 'Butterflies', Programme with Street and Working Children, an NGO NGO abbr. nongovernmental organization Noun 1. NGO - an organization that is not part of the local or state or federal government nongovernmental organization based in Delhi. The aim of establishing this Khazana is to protect the interests of street children by enabling them to save money for their future. "This Khazana is open every Sunday from 10:00 a.m. to 12 noon for those children who want to deposit their money and most of the children deposit 10 rupees to 15 rupees every week. In the beginning, twenty children opened their account. Presently, fifty children have their accounts. I hope in future, more children will come forward to deposit money in this bank," said Tundup Tsomo, Manager, Children Development Khazana. Encouraged by the initiative of the Children Development Khazana, parents of a lot of street children have also started saving small amounts of money for their children. "In 2005, a Khazana was opened here in the village and it proved very helpful for our children. We started depositing money for our children's future. Earlier, we were not used to save money, but this Khazana has enabled us to do so," said Tashi Jorgais, a resident, Chushot village. The funds collected are used to encourage children to set up their own business activity when they grow up so that they become self-reliant and do not have to face a tough time earning their livelihood. So far altogether 356 children have managed to deposit a total amount of more than one hundred thousand in this Khazana. Started in April 2001, the project was conceptualized and initiated by Butterflies but·ter·fly n. 1. Any of various insects of the order Lepidoptera, characteristically having slender bodies, knobbed antennae, and four broad, usually colorful wings. 2. , as a vehicle to empower empower verb To encourage or provide a person with the means or information to become involved in solving his/her own problems street and working children. The project is operational in the South Asian region with 75 main branches and 49 sub branches of Khazana operational in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (srē läng`kə) [Sinhalese,=resplendent land], formerly Ceylon, ancient Taprobane, officially Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, island republic (2005 est. pop. . Within India, Children Development Khazana is also in Kolkata, Chennai, Delhi and Mujaffarpur (Bihar). By Nitin Bhatia (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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