District public relation department of East Singhbhum has joined hands with a social organisation Change India Foundation for a pilot project on rehabilitation of street children. 

 As part of the plan the children will be helped to realise their potential. Based on the success of the pilot project, the district public relation department will implement the same in other commercial hubs witnessing large number of street children.

 “ It is an ambitious project and we are hopeful to make it success. We want to rehabilitate children and in association with NGO Change India Foundation who were engaged in counselling and teaching such street children earlier this month we are looking forward for partnership. The experts of foundation have helped us to counsel the children before we take up their rehabilitation at the children home in Ghaghidih,” said East Singhbhum district public relation officer (DPRO) Sanjay Kumar Pandey.

 Change India Foundation founder Biswajeet Prasad has been inovled in teaching such children.

 “ We are really excited to be associated with the district administration. We were involved with the children most of whom used to beg in the streets. We have taught them about social etiquette. We want to indentify such children and help them revive their life,” said Biswajeet Prasad. The joint effort led to identification of 11 such children who agreed for rehabilitation.

“We have begun counseling and gradually we would take them to the children home where they would be provided education under children welfare committee. We are also exploring at opportunity to send them later on to residential schools,” said DPRO.

"Our idea is to ensure that the streets are crime free . We will focus on drug-trafficking and gambling which are the main causes behind incidents of snatching in the city," said another official.

 According to the officials the boys, aged between 9-14 years, are from vulnerable backgrounds, who have either not attended any school or dropped out due to financial constraints, or other problems. Handling children who have had already earned in life is a challenge but some boys are looking forward to a better future considering the fact that going to school won't feed their mouth.