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Informational video about the current poverty situation in India

In this video we hear her story and learn about what it really means to be desperately poor. Kajal is 9 years old, up at five and dodges pigs, stray dogs, cows and monkeys throughout the day ragpicking. She races others each morning to reach the fresh garbage of the day. Whatever is earnt from her collections feeds her family that night...Born in India, raised in a slum, trapped in child labour.Isnt is time to do something real Go to httpwww.worldvision.com.au40hourfamineTry myspace.com40hourfamine, bebo.com40hrfamine

Animals are illtreated, under very heavy, stress, pain, injury some time death they carry goods, Iron, sugarcane etc. Complaint was lodged by Naresh Kadyan then he moved to the court for orders.

Where do the children play Youth Ambassador tells Rajnis story the sole breadwinner in her family. Rajni must work in the city streets collecting rubbish, which she then sorts through for recyclers to buy. There are about 2,000 children living in this slum. All of them living, breathing human rights violations...Born in India, raised in a slum, trapped in child labour.Isnt is time to do something real Go to httpwww.worldvision.com.au40hourfamineTry myspace.com40hourfamine, bebo.com40hrfamine

a glimpse of life in the slums of northern India

This report from the BBCs Human Rights, Human Wrongs series looks at the return to Bangladesh of the 50,000 Jumma refugees who had fled to India during the worst of the violence against them.I found this on www.survivalinternational.org and it moved me. As a Bangladeshi it is like seeing my own face in the mirror.

SOUNDS OF GLOBAL WORSHIPINDIA THE DALIT STORYThe caste system of India has produced a classless people, literally outcasts, called the Dalits, or untouchables. They number about 300,000,000, representing close to onethird of Indias total population. If the Dalits were a nation, it would be larger than the United States of America and the fifth largest in the world. An incredible movement is taking place in which many Dalits are rejecting Hinduism, which is believed to be the cause of their condition, and in large numbers are embracing other religions, including Christianity.read more »

Paul Polak films housing conditions in construction camps... the real slums of India.

Sociology project

Watch Sandeep as he leaves the house at 6am every day to collect coal from the nearby railway tracks. If Sandeep doesnt collect coal, he and his father cant eat. At his rate of income, Sandeep would have to save up for 5 and a half years for a iPod Nano...Born in India, raised in a slum, trapped in child labour. There are an estimated 60 million child labourers in India.Isnt is time to do something real Go to httpwww.40hourfamine.comSpread the word myspace.com40hourfamine bebo.com40hrfamine