The basic aim is to provide education and the basic rights to the children who spend their majority of livelihood begging at the traffic signals of Mumbai city. Bhatu Sawant is the CEO of Samarth Bharat Vyaspeeth (SBV) an NGO which is the brain behind Signal Shala, a school dedicated to children who beg on the streets near the Teen Haat signal flyover in Thane, Maharashtra. Sawant's organization had first tried to take the children to school. They didn't succeed, the few who went also dropped out. Meanwhile, the Thane Municipal Corporation was also trying to come up with a plan to help these kids get a shot at a better life. At the same time, SBV carried on multiple surveys and figured out that there are 22 children who live there permanently with their families and beg during the day. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx
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