Nandita
"I found a sponsor!"
Nandita is a 9 year old, who walked into Snehalaya from nowhere in April 2011.
Sponsor A Child In India
Your support can change a childs life!
Little breaks a heart faster than a child's smile. It may be a smile of anticipation...a smile of pure joy...a smile of longing ... a smile that says "thank you" (’Dhan’yavada ’ in Hindi ) that means much more than words in any language.
In "Snehalaya" there are more than 63 (the number grows daily) smiling faces. These are the children that have escaped the hard, menial, and monotonous future of living on the streets of India...and have come to a place where they are treated with dignity and all their needs are met.
"Snehalaya", meaning "the home with love" in Hindi, is a care home for disabled children, homeless women and the aged, where they live together as a family in individual cottages, with aims to help make them independent and live with dignity.
It is our aim for Snehalaya to become completely self sufficient. We have drilled bore holes to provide fresh drinking water, cultivated 15 acres of land and we rear dairy cows and poultry to provide food. We are making good progress but we are a long way off from being 100% self-sufficient, with electricity production being our biggest and most costly hurdle.
The Gwalior Children's Charity does not receive any government support from India, despite operating in one of it's poorest and most needy areas. Because of this we rely solely on donations from around the world. 
All running costs are met thorugh the kindness of our donors. Nothing is deducted for administration costs with 100% of funds going directly to help the children.
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BECOME A VOLUNTEER
If you think you'd enjoy the volunteer experience in a new and
different environment, qualified volunteers are needed in the field as Doctors (GPs, Specialists, and Consultants in all disciplines), Dentists, Nurses, Paramedics, Teachers and Social Workers |
Village clinic in session
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We also need play specialists, care givers, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, audiologists, speech therapists and emergency technicians. In fact we welcome volunteers from all walks of life (whether your preference if for gardening, farming or caring and participating in play activities with children in Snehalaya). We believe that love and care have no boundaries and do not need special skills. To find out more about volunteering - visit our volunteers information site : http://gchvols.pbworks.com/ . Schemes to subsidise costs exist, special travel arrangements are available.
Students and trainees are welcome to join us to gain work experience and do their
electives/internship.Contact Dr. Sharma personally with an email to Gwalior.Hospital@care4free.net
or a phone call [+44] (0) 1922 629842. Fax: [0044] 1922 632942
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BE A ROVING REPRESENTATIVE
..and spread the word! Small charities such as ours cannot afford advertising or
public relations. We rely on the goodwill of volunteers to get our message out to like-minded people who might assist us with our many tasks. If you can give some time to publicise the urgent needs of Gwalior children or to tackle fundraising, we are ready to offer support for such activities. |
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Just tell every one for this work and its needs and display our posters in prominent places in your area where they can be seen by the maximum number of people. Please contact us for more information.
You can view/download a poster to display here (To download the file to your computer, right click the link and choose "save link as" , the file is 2.6MB size. If you have a pdf viewer installed in your browser you can just click the link and the poster will open in your browser) |
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YOU CAN APPLY ONLINE TO BE A VOLUNTEER
If you fill out the online application form here , Dr Sharma will receive the completed form and get back to you as soon as possible.
(please note that sometimes he is working in Gwalior and there is not a good internet connection there, so please be patient for a response)
Forms For Download
If you prefer you can download the application form for volunteering, print it out and mail it back to the address on the form. Or you can contact us as above and get some more details. (to download, right click on the link and choose "save link as") The application form you download will be a .doc file, which can be opened in Microsoft Office or Open Office programs.
Volunteer Application Form (doc)
Volunteer Declaration Form (doc)
Sponsorship / Event Form (doc)
Posters
Volunteers Wanted Poster (pdf)
2011 Display Poster (pdf)
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The 2011 Souvenir book is available to read online and for download, with all the latest news about Snehalaya and Gwalior Childrens Charity.
Click here...
The Gwalior Children's Charity does not receive any government support from India, despite operating in one of it's poorest and most needy areas. Because of this we rely solely on donations from around the world.
All running costs are met thorugh the kindness of our donors. Nothing is deducted for administration costs with 100% of funds going directly to help the children.
The Gwalior Children's Charity raises money to help poor and destitute people in Gwalior, India. Although our main focus is on the children of Gwalior, our work also extends to women and the elderly.
Our projects aim to give the children of Gwalior, and where possible their families, independence by providing the skills, education and healthcare required to break their cycle of poverty and live a better life.
New School The school will provide education for residents of Snehalaya with special needs plus 500 children from surrounding villages. This is one of the important services provided free of charge, with the help of GCC supporters.
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