Slum school
“Open Shelter” is a small education centre in a slum in Koraput town which is supported by my charity 'Catalyst for Change'. It serves children of mixed ages and gender who do aren't able to access normal government schools. The slum centre is an experiment to see if we can help children who may already be working to find a way into education, by inspiring them to study so that they can move on to local government schools. We are also trying to find ways to support their families, so that the children can stop working and study for a better future. When I visited, it was clear that the energy of the children needed to be channeled!! Whew!!
“Open Shelter” is a small education centre in a slum in Koraput town which is supported by my charity 'Catalyst for Change'. It serves children of mixed ages and gender who do aren't able to access normal government schools. The slum centre is an experiment to see if we can help children who may already be working to find a way into education, by inspiring them to study so that they can move on to local government schools. We are also trying to find ways to support their families, so that the children can stop working and study for a better future. When I visited, it was clear that the energy of the children needed to be channeled!! Whew!!
Group for travel pictures
A portfolio of Anne Helsop's professional weddings photography.
The world’s poor spends a staggering US$ 40 billion annually for their energy needs. This equals 10 to 25% of their precarious monthly household budgets on dirty fuels like kerosene. Many remote villages in tribal India are still without electricity. Just £15.00 buys a solar light which will give a family more than enough good light on a daily basis when fully charged. Women can continue with their work, without the toxic hazard of burning kerosene and more importantly children can study into the evening without damaging their eye sight. Whenever I am given a charity donation my first thought is which village needs solar lights!