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30 Students Supported | 12’000 Swiss Francs invested
We started our partnership with EL Shaddai in 2022 and been continuing till now - sponsoring 10 kids per every year. El Shaddai began work in 1997 to give childhood back to the children on the streets and living in slums. Our first home, Victory House in Chapora, Goa started with six children. The numbers slowly grew with the magnitude of the problem.
El Shaddai opened four homes in Goa between 1997 and 2002. But there’s only so many children they could reach with their homes. There were many more still in the streets, especially in the cities. So, in 2003 they have opened the first Shelter in the capital city of Panjim. Since then, more shelters were in the commercial capital of Margao and the port town of Vasco. These shelters provide direct support to children at particular risk in these cities.
Through the shelters, El Shaddai could provide children on the street a safe place to rest, have a shower and a hot meal. The Intention, through the shelters is to first tackle the basics but to gradually get the children to take up education by enrolling them in government schools in the locality. Skills training is also provided to the children to develop skills that could provide them with profitable business or employment opportunities.
