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An article that appeared on HERALD - I d like to share.
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Poor kids ‘Walking Tall’ in Mapusa
HERALD CORRESPONDENT
PORVORIM, NOV 14
Located in an old Portuguese house and managed by a young English tourist, a
Children’s
home in Peddem-Mapusa has been striving to teach young children to stand on
their own
feet and walk tall in society.
Moved by the plight of the underprivileged children in the State, Robert Lyon
(35) decided to set up the ‘Children Walking Tall’ foundation at the Mango
House in Peddem-Mapusa.
“It all began five years ago when I was moved by the plight of the children in
Goa, whenever I would visit Goa during my holidays. After consulting friends
and well-wishers, I decided to start ‘Children Walking Tall’,” recalled Lyon.
He purchased an old house at Peddem and managed to renovate it purely on
donations. “Today, this house takes care of around 50 children who are managed
by volunteers from abroad and eight local staff,” explains Lyon.
The main objective of ‘Children Walking Tall’, as the name suggests, is to make
children stand on their own feet and walk tall in society.
To achieve this, children are encouraged to pursue education. After school,
children visit the ‘Mango House’ in the afternoon. They are then served lunch,
before teachers take up their homework, encourage them to play, teach them
personal hygiene and discipline. The session ends by about 5 pm, when children
are dropped to their homes.
“All this is being done only with one aim and that is to ensure that all
children from economically backward families enjoy their childhood and get
proper education,” says Lyons.
‘Children Walking Tall’ was registered under the Goa Children Act with the
Directorate of Women and Child Development on April 4, 2007. It took 16 months
for this institution to get a licence from the Directorate of Women and Child
Development and an equal time in getting the rice quota at a fair price
sanctioned from the Civil Supplies Department. Renewal of licences has not been
easy either.
“However one consolation is that medical authorities from Mapusa Urban Health
Centre and medical practitioners from a nearby private hospital are very
co-operative and provide free treatment to the children,” acknowledges Lyon.
Having made Goa his second home since the last five years, Lyon has taken upon
himself the task of moulding the lives of young underprivileged children.
“We do not work on any religious lines, nor do we encourage indiscipline. Our
main concern is to see that these poor children get good nourishment and get
themselves educated. This is only our main purpose of setting up Children
Walking Tall,” explains Lyon.
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