This Article is From Apr 26, 2020

Highlights Of #TheInvisibles Telethon: Protect India's Children Affected By Coronavirus Outbreak Lockdown

Making The Invisibles Visible, a 21-day campaign initiated by Save the Children and NDTV aims to bring focus to the lives of over 20 lakh children living in street situations

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Making The Invisibles Visible is a 21-day campaign initiated by Save the Children and NDTV to bring focus to the lives of children living in street situations. As India fights the Novel Coronavirus, we must not forget one of the most marginalised and excluded groups whose lives have been long ignored – street-connected children.

Nearly 20 lakh children live on the streets of India, without an identity, a name to call their own, a place to call home, sleeping on empty stomachs for days and nights. These twenty lakh are children, who have dreams, who have rights, who are our tomorrow. They are living in the shadows today.

The 21-day campaign will generate public interest and raise funds to ensure these over 20 lakh children who live, earn, sleep and eat on our streets are cared for and protected. Amidst the crisis the world is facing, they are most vulnerable, exposed to infection and disease.

World

67,69,38,430Cases
62,55,71,965Active
4,44,81,893Recovered
68,84,572Deaths
Coronavirus has spread to 200 countries. The total confirmed cases worldwide are 67,69,38,430 and 68,84,572 have died; 62,55,71,965 are active cases and 4,44,81,893 have recovered as on January 9, 2024 at 10:54 am.

India

4,50,19,214 475Cases
3,919 -83Active
4,44,81,893 552Recovered
5,33,402 6Deaths
In India, there are 4,50,19,214 confirmed cases including 5,33,402 deaths. The number of active cases is 3,919 and 4,44,81,893 have recovered as on January 9, 2024 at 8:00 am.

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Apr 26, 2020 21:56 (IST)
That's a wrap on the NDTV - Save the Children #TheInvisibles Telethon
Thank you to all the donors. You can still contribute and make a difference to the lives of lakhs of children: https://special.ndtv.com/making-the-invisible-visible-65/donate-now

Apr 26, 2020 21:45 (IST)
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Zarin Gupta, Chairperson, Salaam Baalak Trust on issues facing the children on the street:

Having the children in the shelters is absolutely the need of the hour. To get the street children who roam around and keep them in a shelter is tough so we have a very good team, thanks to whom we are able to achieve this. Our volunteers include teachers, doctors, who are staying with us for 7-8 days and helping our children. Education is very important for these children to help their mental health as well. 
Apr 26, 2020 21:34 (IST)
Singer, Prateek Kuhad on #TheInvisibles telethon:
Apr 26, 2020 21:33 (IST)
Ambrish Bakaya of Hewlett Packard Enterprise:


We believe that these are trying times for families,communities as well as businesses. We need to contribute as a technological company by offering network, and technology, whether for policy makers, scientists, medical professional or doctors. 
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Apr 26, 2020 21:26 (IST)
Swaroop Rawal, Actor turned Educator:

We need to take care of the psycho-social health of the children, its extremely important. We need to act now, we cannot wait for COVID or lockdown to get over to act. After COVID is over, we need to continue doing it. Mental health is one issue that I'm most concerned about. 
Apr 26, 2020 21:20 (IST)
Actor, Mandana Karimi on #TheInvisibles telethon:
Apr 26, 2020 21:19 (IST)
Vasvi Bharat Ram, Joint Vice Chairperson of The Shri Ram Schools in Delhi NCR:

- It is a very important issue. Lives of children are at a standpoint due to the pandemic. Even the children at home, their lives are disrupted, so the children on streets are most affected. Education has come to an absolute halt. We need to figure out how we can help these children. 

- Post lockdown, its going to be a huge challenge for the government to take life back to normal especially, in education sector. India is known to be a survivor. Right now, nobody knows what's going to happen, so we need to wait and watch. We can just hope that we overcome this crisis. We all need to help and do our bit in whatever way we can. 

Apr 26, 2020 21:14 (IST)
Bidisha Pillai of Save the Children on the challenges that lie ahead post the lockdown
Apr 26, 2020 21:13 (IST)
Telgu actor Lakshmi talks about her own initiative to help children in her state of Telangana
Apr 26, 2020 21:07 (IST)
Shireen Vakil, Head of Policy and Advocacy unit of Tata Trusts on the telethon:

 - I think children our vulnerable across the nation. one of the issues is that they are last in line for the help they need. They are not able to communicate their need for help and anxiety being faced by them. 

- Education is the biggest issue for these children. We are sitting in the national capital, where at least one lakh children are on the street. We need the government to formulate policy for these children. many of them do not have any identity and NGOs like save the children are playing an important role in helping these children. 

Apr 26, 2020 20:57 (IST)
Actor Huma Qureshi on the challenges facing children and why we need to do all we can for them:
Apr 26, 2020 20:51 (IST)
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Apr 26, 2020 20:49 (IST)
Boxer, Vijendra Singh on #TheInvisibles telethon:
Apr 26, 2020 20:47 (IST)
Economist, Shiv Kumar on the NDTV - Save the Children #TheInvisibles Telethon:

A dimension that has gotten sidelined in providing  food, shelter and money, is the mental well-being for the children. Forced lockdown may lead to a mental imbalance for children and have impact on child's well-being and growth. looking at mental wellbeing along with physical wellbeing is crucial right now.
Apr 26, 2020 20:41 (IST)
Manish Pasi, MD, MINI KLUB on the NDTV - Save the Children telethon:
Apr 26, 2020 20:39 (IST)
Rahul Ram from Indian Ocean on #TheInvisibles telethon:
Apr 26, 2020 20:38 (IST)
Actor - Director, Konkona Sen Sharma on the telethon:


- In every community and industry, there are enough people who need our help. This is important right now, because everyone can speak about the vulnerable class of our fraternity, industry and community but who's going to speak about these children? We have to realise that they must be facing a trauma right now and we need to talk about them and help them. 

- The problem is not visible to us right now. we are sitting at home and not going on the streets so we don't see these children. We are consumed with our own problems right now and don't realise that these children are the future citizens of our country and are very vulnerable. If we're sitting at home watching TV in an AC room and have food in the fridge, we are extremely privileged. 
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