Lulled by the Waters of the Arabian Sea and with Shady Palms swaying in the breeze , goa’s seemingly relaxed lifestyle and white sandy beaches has always made it an alluring and Ideal introduction to India, being one of its most visited tourist destinations. The Tourism is a blessing, but , what we do not see behind the façade is that poverty stricken families from poorer states of India migrate here in order to find better living conditions.

There are many runaway children who end up as child labourers, beggars or rag pickers near the beach sites, market places and juveniles in conflict with Law. The poor families end up staying in slums, parents find daily wages labour job while their children roam aimlessly at the construction site or on the road. These children face various kinds of child abuse & malnutrition. The parents of these children are uneducated and they do not understand the importance of sending a child to school. Secondly most of these street, slum children don’t have their birth certificates or any documents of their identity thus making it even more difficult for the children to get into a local school.