Kids in India

Kids in India

Kids in India

• in India live too many kids
• so most of them are very poor, many are working or begging
• many kid are ill but the doctor is too expensive
• in Bombay, one of the greatest Indian cities, many children are living on the streets
• all in all about 3 million kids are living on the streets
• their parents couldn't feed them anymore or sold them

• many families live in slums under terrible conditions
• the woman provides for the kids, the man is working
• family is very important for the Indians
• the husbands and wives are often chosen by the parents

• girls are less worth than boys

• baby-girls are often killed after their birth
• they are sold as dancers in bars but in fact they became prostitutes

• most children go to school just a few weeks or not at all
• the materials for school are very expensive
• and many parents think that their children don't need to go to school

• in India, many children are working
• that's also a reason why so much can't read, write and calculate
• most of them work in agriculture and mining industry
• they also work as slaves, prostitutes
• or were sold to richer people where girls often are abused
• the law forbids child labour since 1938 but the people are too poor
• they need the money of all workers in family
• most working kids have no time for school
• they work under dangerous and terrible conditions
• often, they have to work 12 or 14 hours a day for getting less money
• aids is a great problem in India
• the most important reason for that is prostitution
• kids take drugs to replace their own problems
• they aren't enough resistant to aids anymore

• many relief organisations try to help the kids
• they teach them in some courses for example for dressmakers or joiners