It is estimated that there is a vulnerable child entering a railway station every five minutes. In recent times, child trafficking is on a rise due to the COVID-19 pandemic, as many marginalized families have been compelled to send their children to work to make…

RAGS STIFLING MY VOICE, I CRY. Rani was 12 years old Her mind painted in wonder The child like chuckle that creased her eyes The eyes that widened with astonishment But on that day they widened But with fear.   Sweat greasing her brows She…

  ALWAYS RUNNING.    He was walking to school Dragging the heavy backpack Tailing behind his sister She kept walking faster and faster He tried catching up Running behind eyes squinting to the sun ‘go away, my friends are almost here’ She screamed whispering to…

Child trafficking for sexual exploitation and forced labour represents the tragic end of childhood, and a crime against children. ILO data estimates 1.2 million children are trafficked every year, almost instantly stripping children of their right to education, protection, safety amongst others. Here are some…

When India went into lockdown in March, schools and workplaces closed, and millions of families lost their livelihoods. A battered economy provided a fertile ground for human traffickers, targeting desperate families and their children. Families had no choice but to pull their children out of…

  Hi! I hope you are safe at home because right at this moment a girl is being abducted and nobody will ever know how and why she has gone MISSING One is introduced to Missing: game for a cause with these chilling lines. However,…

Child trafficking, a menace affecting childhoods across the world, is predicted to rise during and post the COVID19 pandemic. With millions of livelihoods lost, and families thrown into deeper poverty, many are left with no choice but to pull their children out of school and…

Strong suspicions about a group of children being trafficked On 12th December 2018, our team noticed a group of children sitting on platform No.4 with a man who was accompanying them to some place. At first it seemed that the children belonged to different groups, but…

THE BRIDGE TO ‘HUMAN’ RIGHTS She looked up at him He looked younger By maybe a year Or might be the angle As she saw him from the dusty intercompartment of the train It was the bridge Between clean floors and people The bridge people…