India's railway children -- Conventions and policies versus practice and reality -- Platform presence -- At the shelter -- Protection for children in need -- A re-integration camp -- Homecoming -- Spreading the lessons of experience -- Who really knows a child's need? -- Care and protection services for children in the UK -- The future railway children in the next twenty years
Summary
<Strong>Rescuing Railway Children</strong> focuses on runaway children in India who have used trains to take them away from home, and who live on railway station platforms and in trains. It presents the issues and challenges of reaching out to these 'railway children', particularly through the experiences of Sathi, an NGO based in Bangalore. This organisation has chosen to work with children on railway platforms across India with the intention of reuniting them with families wherever possible. <br /><br />The book deals with platform outreach and focuses on shelters close to the stations. The
