Juhu Beach

Juhu is known for its beach and many children can be found wandering and begging along there. Here ‘Vision Rescue’ has a sheltered area which is part of the YMCA premises. At this shelter informal teaching and food is provided for these children. On Saturday, we visited the beach to see the extent of the poverty in this area, and were instantly surrounded by a group of begging children aged 3- 10 yrs. The children were new to the area and had obviously been sent out begging by a family member. We were amazed at their reflex action to hold their hand out to us. However, the distraction of having their photo taken sent them into fits of laughter and smiles. We hope to follow vision rescue in their work helping to ‘rescue’ these children.