Right NGO to help

As a journalist I usually come across underprivileged kids with tender and fragile faces but I usually used to fret at the sight of these kids who are seen on the streets either begging or getting flogged accused of stealing. I haven’t given a serious thought to take up the responsibility and fight for their cause until I came across Reviti. She lives with her family – her parents and 4 brothers and sisters aged between 4 to 13 – in a suburb near Mumbai. Every morning she travels to work for the family. She and her sisters have never attended school but her brother goes to school and their parents are determined that he should complete his education. Reviti has been engaged in pick-pocketing from a very early age and generally steals in busy suburban trains. One day she ran out of luck and was mercilessly beaten up by the crowd. I saw her lying half-awake on the railway platform. I was haunted by the image of that girl and wondered how many such kids are out there in the world. Even after a lot of effort I wasn’t able to erase the image of the girl from my thoughts for days together. I and my friends sat back and discussed the whole issue. We chose to volunteer for the cause of underprivileged kids and wanted to place in time and effort to bring a change in their lives. Luckily, we came across an NGO, Tarang that offers free education to children who cannot afford to go to school. They have offered people like us willing to help those in need but do not have the time and resources an ideal platform to make a difference in the lives of underprivileged kids.