Aman
"I need a sponsor!"
Aman, a cute, charming, naughty 11 years old young boy with a toothy smile. He came to us in Aug 06. He is mentally challenged with speech difficulties. He always likes to look his best & usually succeeds in getting his way through for whatever he aims. He enjoys ball games, has lanceted speech but is able to make him self understood. He is happy member of family living in cottage 5 helping others.
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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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Sports and Play Activities
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Sports and play activities are very important for development and healthy living for the children with disabilities. These make up for major part of daily routine life for the children and residents in Snehalaya morning and evening for nearly four hours every day including physical exercises, yoga, games and other play activities.
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We have developed sports fields and play area with large lawn, garden and open stadium for carrying out these activities daily in pleasant pollution free environment there. |
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We hold monthly sports day every third thursday for our children and invite children from other local institutions from time to time to participate in such activities held in Snehalaya Campus. Our children take part in all competitions and coaching camps held locally or nationally. |
Recently our ten children participated in Special Olympic floor hocky championship held in Shimla and won silver medal for Madhya pradesh team. Six of these children have been selected for national coaching camp for selection of national floor hocky team for International Special Olympics. We are sure some of these children will be selected and bring up the name of Snehalaya in international sports too. |
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All this has been possible only with your support. We are sure with your continued help we can take it further to provide them life with love and happiness as they deserve very much hoping to become independent soon in future. Thanks a lot, we could never reach here without you. |
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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.
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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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