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AASAI is involved in the rehabilitation of abandoned children through Dena Seva Sangha located in Bangalore, India.

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Many poor children are routinely abandoned by their parents and with no place to go, they haunt the streets of many of the metropolitan cities in India. They easily fall a prey to undesirable members of society who use them for thieving or begging and other abusive purposes.

AASAI is now involved in assisting the street children by taking them away from the streets and arranging for their boarding, lodging, and education. Towards this end, AASAI is supporting Dena Seva Sangha (DSS), a non-governmental organization in Bangalore that is willing to undertake this work. DSS was started in 1930 by a band of Gandhian workers and continues to provide services in the areas of education, health care, and rehabilitation of orphan and destitute children. They serve a population of 20,000 in various slums in and around Bangalore.

DSS currently owns about 60 acres of land in Pestalozzi Village on Magadi Road (15 kms. from Bangalore) where it runs an orphanage housing 50 children (ranging in ages from 6 to 16) in four cottages. The younger children attend an elementary school on the premises (Grades 1 through 7) and the older children attend a high school located nearby. During weekends, all the children assist in a vegetable farm on the premises.

Through AASAI’s efforts 10 children are now housed in three cottages at DSS. They attend school and integrate with the existing children in all their activities.