The Self Employed Women’s Assocation (SEWA) started the Hamare Bachche (“Our Children”) Program aimed at rehabilitating children who lost one or both parents in the riots and placing them back in school to finish their education. Children between the ages of 3-18 years are enrolled in Nursery, Primary and Secondary Schools.

Students from the Lyons Township High School Social Action Club are supporting Hamare Bachche program in Ahmedabad City, and sponsoring 15 students with the resources students to complete their education, achieve self-reliance and seek more prosperous opportunities for their families. Join the students of Lyons Township High School, and partner with the Ahmedabad by providing child victims of the 2002 riots with the opportunity to advance to high school and beyond.

In 2002, a train in the city of Godhra in Gujarat, India was set ablaze by a mob, sparking a massive riot that resulted in the deaths of over a 1,000 people. The dead were mostly several male breadwinners of these poor communities. According to official accounts, 900 women were widowed and over 600 children orphaned.

Many children were severely shocked by the brutality of the Gujarat riots, and often witnessed their parents being burnt alive by mobs. The widows and children of these victims not only suffered deep psychological trauma; they also lost their means of livelihood and lack the education and support to restart their lives.

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Direct Impact of Your Project

Provides school fees, school supplies, healthcare, and trauma counseling for 10 children affected by communal violence. Allows students to advance to secondary school and acquire skills to succeed in life.