Do you know that our bustling metropolis Delhi has an estimated  60,000 street children, who are living without any proper access to food, shelter, education or medicine.

These kids are condemned to a life of hunger, abuse, illiteracy & malnutrition as Delhi has no social scheme to ensure that these street children are provided access to basic human rights like food, education, security, shelter and heath-care. 

In a city where even grown-ups, women & men both, feel unsafe in venturing out in the dark or communicating with strangers, most of these unfortunate kids have to spend their life on the streets at the mercy of strangers.

Can you imagine how scary, helpless and lonely their life must be?

Just close your eyes for a moment and think about living the life of a street child for 24 hours and maybe you will better appreciate what I am trying to convey.

The present Delhi Government has taken many steps like improving the government schools and launching a mentorship program, to ensure that children of Delhi receive good education as well as academic guidance, irrespective of their financial background.

However unfortunately the plight of the street children of Delhi has somehow escaped the attention of our government, as well as the civil society so far.

For some strange reason our street children, remain invisible to most of us. 

It costs just around Rs. 2500/- per month to provide for proper care, nutrition & education of a child and therefore I feel that if Delhi government was to launch a transparent & reliable sponsorship program for street children, then it will not be difficult to find 60,000 kind souls in Delhi to sponsor & mentor atleast one child's upbringing & education.

Please Sign This Petition & Join Me in requesting Mr Arvind Kejriwal-Chief Minister of Delhi; Mr Manish Sisodia-Deputy Chief Minister & Mr Jasmine Shah-Dy Chairperson of  Development & Dialogue Commission of Delhi to launch a Sponsorship Program for the Street Children of Delhi, whereunder citizens of Delhi can sponsor the upbringing and education of a street child by paying Rs. 2500/- per month to the government.

I bet that if we work together on this issue, then we can ensure that no child has to live her or his life on the streets of Delhi.

Aditya Dubey,  Aniket Gupta, Aman Banka & Siddhant Sarang.