What We Do...

Nourishing Food
The children living on the streets of India often only have scraps of food to eat. The money that they might get from begging or rag picking is not enough to buy anything substantial so they end up eating anything they can lay their hands on. Many look through other peoples rubbish for food. "The Mango House" provides the chidlren with a varied balanced diet that will help them gain the basic nutrients needed to grow into strong healthy adults. Fruit runs and Rice runs are also carried out in local slums.

Medical Care
The health of the children can be very poor as diesease spreads quickly around the children. Common problems are scabies, flu like symptoms, and conjuntivius all of which spread from one child to the next. Unfortunately the children are also prone to cuts and bruises, this can be from cuts on their feet or by being beaten. The chidlren are provided with facilities to see doctors and free medicines, all of the children are also provided with vitamins on a daily basis to promote their health.

Showers and Toilets
"The Mango House" provides the children with the facilities to wash themsleves and their clothes. A large bathroom was designed and made with ample toilets and showers giving them the chance to wash thoroughly. Many of the chidlren are used to washing outside their homes from buckets of water, some lucky few that might live next to a river may use that to bathe in. Their usual toilet is also a small pot of water and a spare piece of land. Giving them the chance to wash properly will also promote good health, as many of the diesases are passed through dirt under their finger nails and unwashed hands.

Education
It started by visiting the slums and providing an informal school to the children, this has gradually progressed to a point where over 40 children have been placed into formal schools and those who can't go to school (either the parents won't let them or they're too young) are taught informally at "The Mango House". Both English and Hindi are taught at "The Mango House", along side Maths, art and crafts . It's hoped that in the future they will have the ability and skills that will make them better parents and the chance for a better life.

Clothing
The majority of street children have only a couple of sets of clothes that they wear day in, day out. The clothes they have are usually dirty and torn, safety pins often holding them together. Many rarely wear footwear and walk around on the stony grounds barefoot.

All the children who attend the center are provided with sets of clothes. Clothes are also distributed to other local slums, and also those further a field in Goa and even as far as Mumbai.

Above all we hope to give love and care for children that otherwise have nothing and no-one to turn to.

Who We are...
Children Walking Tall was set up to help the children who live on the streets and in the slums of India. We started by visiting local slums and making fruit visits and providing small classes for the children to help promote education. Once Children Walking Tall had sufficient support it extended it's help to provide clothes runs giving out clothes that had been kindly donated by visitors. In 2005 an old Portuguese house was secured which was turned into a centre and base for the children. It was named "The Mango House" and now provides a base where the children receive healthy food, a safe/dry place to rest and a chance for them to join in with creative and fun education and also time to do what children the world over should do, which is PLAY!